Test Bank For Introductory Mental Health Nursing, 5th Edition. By Cynthia Kincheloe . All Chapters 1-19.Latest 2025

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1.
When studying mental health and mental illness, the student nurse le
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arnsthat which of the following is evidence of our mental health?
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A) Our ability to function well with others
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B) Our ability to defend what we believe
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C) Our ability to perform demanding tasks
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on the job
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D) Our ability to defend those weaker than
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2.
A mental health nurse is teaching a class in anger management. She teach
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es the patients that recognizing what triggers their anger response allows th
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em to do which of the following?
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A) Manipulate the situation to get what you +j +j +j +j +j +j


want

B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
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cultural beliefs of a community
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C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
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D) Control the things that trigger their
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anger


3.
Which of the following are factors that could be part of a persons cult
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uralidentity? (Select all that apply.)
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4.
What would a culturally competent nurse know that some cultural
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andethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused by?
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B) Pretense

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D) Hypnosis


5.
A staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease proc
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ess, whether it is physical or mental. What would be the best statemen
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t aboutstress that the educator could give?
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A) Stress can be prostress or distress.
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B) Stress can never enhance the feeling of
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well-being.

C) Stress can be either physically or
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D) Distress is actually harmful to ones+j +j +j +j +j


health.


6.
A patient comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health Nurse Practition
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er. The patient states, I seem to be serable and upset all the time. My m
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arriage is crumbling because my wife refuses to understand how I feel.
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What does the nurse practitioner understand about the factors contributi
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ngto the patients stress?
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A) Internal situations often make us
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serable and upset
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serable and upset
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C) We choose to make ourselves serable
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