NR 326 EXAM 2 MENTAL HEALTH ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK
250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|
ALREADY GRADED A+||CHAMBERLAINE UNIVERSITY
Mental Illness - ANSWER: determined when individuals thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors interfere with individuals ability to function of daily life
Involuntary Admission - ANSWER: 72 hour period, based on individual needs, patient
shall be released, sign in voluntarily, petition for involuntary placement certificate
should be filled in the court
Right to Release (Habeus Corpus) - ANSWER: admission of voluntary patient that the
patient is notified by the staff in the psychiatric facility that he/she has the right to
discharge
When should the request be documented with Habeus Corpus? - ANSWER: request
must be documented and patients doctor is to be notified within 12 hours of request
-- facility has 24 hr to discharge patient if they no longer meet involuntary criteria
How to build mutual trust between nurse and patient? - ANSWER: back up and
rephrase, body language, inflection (summarizing what patient said), learned process
What is the therapeutic Relationship built on? - ANSWER: mutual trust and
emotional difficulties
Preinteraction: phase of Therapeutic Nurse/Patient Relationship - ANSWER: gather
info, examine own feelings, recognize preconceived ideas, provide care
Orientation: phase of Therapeutic Nurse/Patient Relationship - ANSWER: become
acquainted with the patient, establish trust, introductory phase, discomfort, brief
intro of self
Working Phase Therapeutic Nurse Patient Relationship - ANSWER: follows
orientation phase, therapeutic work, involvement by nurse, plan of care, evaluate
progress
Transference - ANSWER: Occurs when the client unconsciously displaces (or
"transfers") to the nurse feelings formed toward a person from the past
Countertransference - ANSWER: refers to nurses behavioral and emotional response
to the client
Termination: phase of the nurse patient relationship - ANSWER: occurs at discharge
or when treatment goals have been met, end of clinical, therapeutic conclusion,
resist manipulation
, active listening tips - ANSWER: immerese yourself in covo, correct errors, don't allow
mind to wander, compassionate spiriti
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) - ANSWER:
"psychiatrist bible", criteria for diagnosising disorders, key resource for delivering the
best available care
Hippocrates thought mental illness was caused by what? - ANSWER: blood, black
bile, yellow bile and phlegm
What are Indicators of Mental Health? - ANSWER: positive attitude toward self,
integration, perception, autonomy, environmental mastery
Anxiety - ANSWER: A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated
with feelings of uncertainty and helplessness
Mild Anxiety - ANSWER: seldom a problem
Moderate Anxiety - ANSWER: percepetual field begins to diminish
Severe Anxiety - ANSWER: perceptual field diminishes greatly
Neurosis - ANSWER: no longer considered separate category of mental disorder,
psychiatric disturbances characterized by excessive anxiety that is expressed directly
or altered through defense mechanisms
Neurosis appears as what? - ANSWER: a symptom, obsession, compulsion, phobia or
sexual dysfunction
Characteristics of Neurosis - ANSWER: distress, behaviors, helplessness, experience
no loss of contact with reality
What is the most intense state of anxiety? - ANSWER: Panic Anxiety
Somatic Symptom Disorder - ANSWER: characteristic features are physical symptoms
for which there is no demonstrable organic pathology
dissociative disorders - ANSWER: conscious awareness becomes separated from
previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Denial: Kubler - ANSWER: stage of shock and disbelief
Anger: Kubler - ANSWER: envy and resentment toward individuals not affected by
the loss are common
250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|
ALREADY GRADED A+||CHAMBERLAINE UNIVERSITY
Mental Illness - ANSWER: determined when individuals thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors interfere with individuals ability to function of daily life
Involuntary Admission - ANSWER: 72 hour period, based on individual needs, patient
shall be released, sign in voluntarily, petition for involuntary placement certificate
should be filled in the court
Right to Release (Habeus Corpus) - ANSWER: admission of voluntary patient that the
patient is notified by the staff in the psychiatric facility that he/she has the right to
discharge
When should the request be documented with Habeus Corpus? - ANSWER: request
must be documented and patients doctor is to be notified within 12 hours of request
-- facility has 24 hr to discharge patient if they no longer meet involuntary criteria
How to build mutual trust between nurse and patient? - ANSWER: back up and
rephrase, body language, inflection (summarizing what patient said), learned process
What is the therapeutic Relationship built on? - ANSWER: mutual trust and
emotional difficulties
Preinteraction: phase of Therapeutic Nurse/Patient Relationship - ANSWER: gather
info, examine own feelings, recognize preconceived ideas, provide care
Orientation: phase of Therapeutic Nurse/Patient Relationship - ANSWER: become
acquainted with the patient, establish trust, introductory phase, discomfort, brief
intro of self
Working Phase Therapeutic Nurse Patient Relationship - ANSWER: follows
orientation phase, therapeutic work, involvement by nurse, plan of care, evaluate
progress
Transference - ANSWER: Occurs when the client unconsciously displaces (or
"transfers") to the nurse feelings formed toward a person from the past
Countertransference - ANSWER: refers to nurses behavioral and emotional response
to the client
Termination: phase of the nurse patient relationship - ANSWER: occurs at discharge
or when treatment goals have been met, end of clinical, therapeutic conclusion,
resist manipulation
, active listening tips - ANSWER: immerese yourself in covo, correct errors, don't allow
mind to wander, compassionate spiriti
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) - ANSWER:
"psychiatrist bible", criteria for diagnosising disorders, key resource for delivering the
best available care
Hippocrates thought mental illness was caused by what? - ANSWER: blood, black
bile, yellow bile and phlegm
What are Indicators of Mental Health? - ANSWER: positive attitude toward self,
integration, perception, autonomy, environmental mastery
Anxiety - ANSWER: A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated
with feelings of uncertainty and helplessness
Mild Anxiety - ANSWER: seldom a problem
Moderate Anxiety - ANSWER: percepetual field begins to diminish
Severe Anxiety - ANSWER: perceptual field diminishes greatly
Neurosis - ANSWER: no longer considered separate category of mental disorder,
psychiatric disturbances characterized by excessive anxiety that is expressed directly
or altered through defense mechanisms
Neurosis appears as what? - ANSWER: a symptom, obsession, compulsion, phobia or
sexual dysfunction
Characteristics of Neurosis - ANSWER: distress, behaviors, helplessness, experience
no loss of contact with reality
What is the most intense state of anxiety? - ANSWER: Panic Anxiety
Somatic Symptom Disorder - ANSWER: characteristic features are physical symptoms
for which there is no demonstrable organic pathology
dissociative disorders - ANSWER: conscious awareness becomes separated from
previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Denial: Kubler - ANSWER: stage of shock and disbelief
Anger: Kubler - ANSWER: envy and resentment toward individuals not affected by
the loss are common
