NURS 338 Exam #1 Questions With
Correct Answers
A state of well being in which one can recognize their own potential,
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cope with normal stressors of life, work productively, and make a
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contribution to the community - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mental health
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What are some traits of being mental healthy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Being able to | | |
think rationally |
communicate appropriately | |
learn
grow emotionally|
be resilient
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have a healthy self-esteem
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Ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they need to
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support their well-being, work through loss and challenges in life, adapt,
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and learn from past experiences and not falling victim to negative
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emotions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Resilience
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, Is mental illness culturally defined? What does this mean? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Yes
Mental illness is defined differently based on culture (western
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civilization vs. middle eastern civilization)
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What are some contributing factors to mental health and well-being? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individual attributes and behaviors
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Environmental factors |
Social and economic factors
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What is the diathesis-stress model? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Best
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explanation for why people become mentally ill| | | | | |
Most accepted explanation for mental illness
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Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental
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stressors
In the diathesis-stress model what is diathesis and what is stress? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diathesis- biological predisposition (nature,
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nurture, or both?) | |
Stress- environmental stress or trauma
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What did the National Alliance on Mental Illness do? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Resist the traditional arrangement of mental healthcare | | | | | | |
providers dictating treatment without the input of the patient
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Correct Answers
A state of well being in which one can recognize their own potential,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
cope with normal stressors of life, work productively, and make a
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contribution to the community - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mental health
| | | | | | |
What are some traits of being mental healthy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
Being able to | | |
think rationally |
communicate appropriately | |
learn
grow emotionally|
be resilient
|
have a healthy self-esteem
| | |
Ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they need to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
support their well-being, work through loss and challenges in life, adapt,
| | | | | | | | | |
and learn from past experiences and not falling victim to negative
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emotions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Resilience
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, Is mental illness culturally defined? What does this mean? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Yes
Mental illness is defined differently based on culture (western
| | | | | | | | |
civilization vs. middle eastern civilization)
| | | |
What are some contributing factors to mental health and well-being? -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individual attributes and behaviors
| | | |
Environmental factors |
Social and economic factors
| | |
What is the diathesis-stress model? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Best
| | | | | | | |
explanation for why people become mentally ill| | | | | |
Most accepted explanation for mental illness
| | | | |
Combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental
| | | | | | |
stressors
In the diathesis-stress model what is diathesis and what is stress? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diathesis- biological predisposition (nature,
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nurture, or both?) | |
Stress- environmental stress or trauma
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What did the National Alliance on Mental Illness do? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Resist the traditional arrangement of mental healthcare | | | | | | |
providers dictating treatment without the input of the patient
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