FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CAPT

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CAPT

PSYCH NURSE EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -223 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: The client suddenly begins to hyperventilate and complains of being scared but doesn't know why. The psychiatric technician most correctly assesses this event as

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Anxiety Question 2: Which of the following is most important when caring for the client in the first phase of alcohol withdrawal?

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Provide the care and administer medications which minimize the effects of delirium tremens.Question 3: In determining which restraints are appropriate for a particular client, which of the following is the basis for the Psychiatric Technician's decision?

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The least restrictive mode that provides the desired intervention.

Question 4: The client participates in a group session in which helps him to understand his interactions with others until he reaches the conclusion "I'm O.K. You're O.K.". This is an example of which of the following types of therapy?

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Transactional analysis.Question 5: The question, "Are you sad today?" is an example of which of the following?

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Open-ended sentence Question 6: In an outpatient group, a client states that she was furious when she found out her job was taken by someone else. Another client states he had a similar experience. What should the Psychiatric Technician do?

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Understand that the clients are learning that they are not alone in their experience.Question 7: The child with obsessive-compulsive disorder is having trouble with peer relationships in school at the psychiatric facility. Which of the following might the Psychiatric Technician suggest to help this child?

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Have projects assigned to small groups.Question 8: A client with fugue has amnesia and which of the following behaviors?

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Flees.Question 9: The Psychiatric Technician encounters a 15 year-old client who is threatening suicide. Which of the following actions would be the most appropriate for the Psychiatric Technician to take?

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Acknowledge the client's feelings.Question 10: The Psychiatric Technician student is instructed before a group meets to pay particular attention to the group process. Which of these should he focus on?

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What is going on between members of the group.

Question 11: The Psychiatric Technician is assisting the client to ambulate when the client becomes dizzy and says, "I think I'm going to faint." What would be the most appropriate action to be taken by the Psychiatric Technician?

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Ease the client to a chair or to the floor.Question 12: The Psychiatric Technician has been asked to address a class of third graders on the topic of substance abuse. Which of the following topics would be most appropriate to include?

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Inhalants

Question 13: Which of the following approaches is an example of behaviorism?

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Have the client keep a diary to identify maladaptive responses and possible causes.Question 14: Which of the following questions would the Psychiatric Technician use to test the abstract thinking of the client?

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"How are an apple and a pear alike?" Question 15: The Psychiatric Technician notices that the client with severe depression is sitting alone in his room. Which of the following would be the best approach for the Psychiatric Technician to take?

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Hand the client his shoes and tell him to go for a walk with you.Question 16: Which of the following statements is an indication that the dying client is in the bargaining stage?

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"I'll never complain about dying if I can just complete this year of school." Question 17: Which of the following statements illustrates the characteristic of "obsession" in the codependent individual?

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"I cannot stop worrying about my daughter's poor performance in school."

Question 18: The Psychiatric Technician is observing the client for early symptoms of opiate withdrawal. Which of the following would the Psychiatric Technician most likely observe?

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Perspiration and runny nose.Question 19: Which of the following actions would be indicative of a client with anxiety that is at a panic level?

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Client is unable to solve simple problems and is fearful of loosing control.(Don't get sever and panic mixed up) Question 20: The 16 year-old client has been caught shoplifting. The mother states, "It's my fault. I don't earn enough money to get the things she wants." Which of the following best describes the behavior of the mother?

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Codependency Question 21: Which of the following describes the term "scope of practice"?

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A legal document stating the function of a person in a designated occupation.Question 22: The 19 year-old client is unaware that she suddenly "becomes" another personality with behavior patterns different from those of herself. She is most likely showing signs of which of the following?

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Dissociative disorder Question 23: Your client complains of the following symptoms: anxiety, drowsiness and headache. You recognize these as side effects of which one of the following medication?

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fluoxetine (Prozac) Question 24: The client states that she has "acrophobia". The Psychiatric Technician would expect that the client has a fear of which of the following?

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Being in high places.