MENTAL HEALTH TEST BANK COMPLETE
STUDY RESOURCE FOR NURSING STUDENTS
WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
LATEST UPDATE
Providing a large group of patients minimal care through assistance with tasks such
as bathing, eating, and toileting was historically referred to as what form of care?
A.Structural
B.Moral treatment
C.Custodial
D.Asylum - ✔✔✔ANSWER-C.Custodial
Asylum-based training programs began in the late 1800s in Canada. What was the
rationale for initiating psychiatric nursing training?
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,A.There were greater needs for custodial care
B.Changes in treatment approaches meant greater needs for nursing care and
assistance
C.The early feminist movement advocated for career training for women and
girls
D.The moral treatment era meant that early psychotherapy strategies were
desired in asylum settings - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B.Changes in treatment
approaches meant greater needs for nursing care and assistance Which of the
following is the major distinction between fear and anxiety? A.Fear is a
universal experience; anxiety is neurotic.
B.Fear enables constructive action; anxiety is dysfunctional.
C.Fear is a psychological experience; anxiety is a physiological experience.
D.Fear is a response to a specific danger; anxiety is a response to an unknown danger.
- ✔✔✔ANSWER-D.Fear is a response to a specific danger; anxiety is a response to
an unknown danger.
Which of the following is the initial nursing action for a newly admitted anxious
patient?
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,A.Assess the patient's use of defence mechanisms
B.Assess the patient's level of anxiety
C.Limit environmental stimuli
D.Provide antianxiety medication - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B.Assess the patient's level of
anxiety
A 20-year-old man was sexually molested at age 10, but he can no longer remember
the incident. Which ego defence mechanism is in use?
A.Projection
B.Repression
C.Displacement
D.Reaction formation - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B.Repression
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, A nursing diagnosis appropriate for a patient with Alzheimer's disease, regardless of
the stage, would be which of the following?
A.Risk for injury
B.Acute confusion
C.Imbalanced nutrition
D.Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome - ✔✔✔ANSWER-A.Risk for
injury
The quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in human populations
is called which of the following?
A. Mortality
B. Prevalence
C.Epidemiology
D.Clinical epidemiology - ✔✔✔ANSWER-C.Epidemiology Which
statement best describes the DSM-5?
A.It is a medical psychiatric assessment system.
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STUDY RESOURCE FOR NURSING STUDENTS
WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
LATEST UPDATE
Providing a large group of patients minimal care through assistance with tasks such
as bathing, eating, and toileting was historically referred to as what form of care?
A.Structural
B.Moral treatment
C.Custodial
D.Asylum - ✔✔✔ANSWER-C.Custodial
Asylum-based training programs began in the late 1800s in Canada. What was the
rationale for initiating psychiatric nursing training?
1 | Pa ge
,A.There were greater needs for custodial care
B.Changes in treatment approaches meant greater needs for nursing care and
assistance
C.The early feminist movement advocated for career training for women and
girls
D.The moral treatment era meant that early psychotherapy strategies were
desired in asylum settings - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B.Changes in treatment
approaches meant greater needs for nursing care and assistance Which of the
following is the major distinction between fear and anxiety? A.Fear is a
universal experience; anxiety is neurotic.
B.Fear enables constructive action; anxiety is dysfunctional.
C.Fear is a psychological experience; anxiety is a physiological experience.
D.Fear is a response to a specific danger; anxiety is a response to an unknown danger.
- ✔✔✔ANSWER-D.Fear is a response to a specific danger; anxiety is a response to
an unknown danger.
Which of the following is the initial nursing action for a newly admitted anxious
patient?
2 | Pa ge
,A.Assess the patient's use of defence mechanisms
B.Assess the patient's level of anxiety
C.Limit environmental stimuli
D.Provide antianxiety medication - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B.Assess the patient's level of
anxiety
A 20-year-old man was sexually molested at age 10, but he can no longer remember
the incident. Which ego defence mechanism is in use?
A.Projection
B.Repression
C.Displacement
D.Reaction formation - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B.Repression
3 | Pa ge
, A nursing diagnosis appropriate for a patient with Alzheimer's disease, regardless of
the stage, would be which of the following?
A.Risk for injury
B.Acute confusion
C.Imbalanced nutrition
D.Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome - ✔✔✔ANSWER-A.Risk for
injury
The quantitative study of the distribution of mental disorders in human populations
is called which of the following?
A. Mortality
B. Prevalence
C.Epidemiology
D.Clinical epidemiology - ✔✔✔ANSWER-C.Epidemiology Which
statement best describes the DSM-5?
A.It is a medical psychiatric assessment system.
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