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National Council Licensure Examination(NCLEX-PN) Questions 216–220 (page: 45)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

In performing a psychosocial assessment, the nurse begins by asking questions that encourage the client to describe problematic behaviors and situations.

The next step is to elicit the client’s ______________.

  1. feelings about what has been described
  2. thoughts about what has been described
  3. possible solutions to the problem
  4. intent in sharing the description

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Questions should be asked in a precise order (specifically, from the most-simple description to the more difficult disclosure of feelings).
When the problems have been described, eliciting the client’s thoughts about the dilemmas provides further assessment data as well as the client’s interpretation of what has happened.
Feelings, solutions and articulating intent are more complex processes.



The most effective nursing strategy to assist a client in recognizing and using personal strength includes
______________.

  1. encouraging the client’s self-identification of strengths
  2. promoting the client’s active external thinking
  3. listening to the client and providing advice as needed
  4. assisting the client in maintaining an external locus of control

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Encouraging the client to identify his own strengths is the most effective strategy.



Appropriate nursing strategies to assist a client in maintaining a sense of self include ______________.

  1. using the client’s first name when addressing the client
  2. treating the client with dignity
  3. explaining procedures only if the client is attentive
  4. discouraging the use of personal items

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

All clients must be treated with dignity.
Rather than a strategy, treating clients with dignity is a basic core value universal to nursing.



Which of the following describes the stages of domestic violence in an intimate relationship?

  1. happiness, crisis, angry outburst, intervention
  2. honeymoon period, escalation of stress, outburst, reconciliation
  3. acting out and making up
  4. peace and calm, angry outburst, peace and calm, denial

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

A pattern of behavior known as the cycle of abuse has been described in the literature. It involves a honeymoon stage, followed by a buildup of stress, an angry outburst that might involve beating, reconciliation, and another honeymoon phase.
Clients who do not receive help are at increased risk of harm, which might include homicide.



Which of the following statements is correct regarding rape?

  1. Most rapes are reported.
  2. Legally, a woman can be raped by her spouse.
  3. Prosecution and conviction for rape is easy.
  4. The most common location of rape is the victim’s own home.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The definition of rape is sexual intercourse against someone’s will.
It is a degrading, brutal crime of violence and can occur between any two persons regardless of their marital status.



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