Rasmussen NUR 2459 Mental Health Exam with 100
questions & correct answers
What is a therapeutic milieu or milieu therapy? - ANSWER-A health environment,
combined with a healthy social structure within a inpatient or outpatient setting
supporting and treating those with mental illness
Difference between a social relationship and the nurse-client relationship -
ANSWER-Focus on the patient's problems and concerns encouraging them to find
their own situations, not "being a friend" or meeting the needs of the nurse
Examples of Non-Therapeutic Communication techniques - ANSWER-Reassuring,
giving advice, giving approval, disapproving, changing the subject
What is "Exploring"- a therapeutic communication technique? - ANSWER-"Tell
me more about that"
"Would you describe it more fully?"
What are examples of therapeutic communication techniques? - ANSWER-
Paraphrasing, summarizing, clarifying, exploring, silence, touch
What is "False Reassurance"- a non-therapeutic communication technique? -
ANSWER-"Don't worry everything will be alright", "You'll be fine". "There's
nothing to worry about"
What is minimizing feelings- (a non-therapeutic communication technique -
ANSWER-Patient: "I wish I were dead. "Nurse: 'I know what you mean."
, What is affect? - ANSWER-Client's emotional display of mood being experienced
What are levels of consciousness? - ANSWER-Alert, Lethargic, Stuporous
What is "flight of ideas"? - ANSWER-Rapid changes from one thought to another
related thought
What is perseveration? - ANSWER-Repeating the same words in response to
different questions
What is judgement? - ANSWER-Ability to evaluate choices and make appropriate
decisions
What is autonomy? - ANSWER-Respecting the rights of others to make their own
decisions (Big choices: Do you want CPR? Surgery?. Little choices: What would
you like to take your medicine with?) =CHOICE/SELF DETERMINATION
What are the reasons to use seclusion? - ANSWER-Being a harm to self or others,
decreasing sensory overload, patient request
What is a violation of the patient's rights? - ANSWER-Forcing client to eat, wash,
or dress self
What is "Duty to Warn"? - ANSWER-Informing medical staff about a client's
threat to harm a specific individual
What is the right to leave against medical advice, privacy, and all belongings? -
ANSWER-The difference in the rights of clients involuntarily admitted vs.
voluntary
questions & correct answers
What is a therapeutic milieu or milieu therapy? - ANSWER-A health environment,
combined with a healthy social structure within a inpatient or outpatient setting
supporting and treating those with mental illness
Difference between a social relationship and the nurse-client relationship -
ANSWER-Focus on the patient's problems and concerns encouraging them to find
their own situations, not "being a friend" or meeting the needs of the nurse
Examples of Non-Therapeutic Communication techniques - ANSWER-Reassuring,
giving advice, giving approval, disapproving, changing the subject
What is "Exploring"- a therapeutic communication technique? - ANSWER-"Tell
me more about that"
"Would you describe it more fully?"
What are examples of therapeutic communication techniques? - ANSWER-
Paraphrasing, summarizing, clarifying, exploring, silence, touch
What is "False Reassurance"- a non-therapeutic communication technique? -
ANSWER-"Don't worry everything will be alright", "You'll be fine". "There's
nothing to worry about"
What is minimizing feelings- (a non-therapeutic communication technique -
ANSWER-Patient: "I wish I were dead. "Nurse: 'I know what you mean."
, What is affect? - ANSWER-Client's emotional display of mood being experienced
What are levels of consciousness? - ANSWER-Alert, Lethargic, Stuporous
What is "flight of ideas"? - ANSWER-Rapid changes from one thought to another
related thought
What is perseveration? - ANSWER-Repeating the same words in response to
different questions
What is judgement? - ANSWER-Ability to evaluate choices and make appropriate
decisions
What is autonomy? - ANSWER-Respecting the rights of others to make their own
decisions (Big choices: Do you want CPR? Surgery?. Little choices: What would
you like to take your medicine with?) =CHOICE/SELF DETERMINATION
What are the reasons to use seclusion? - ANSWER-Being a harm to self or others,
decreasing sensory overload, patient request
What is a violation of the patient's rights? - ANSWER-Forcing client to eat, wash,
or dress self
What is "Duty to Warn"? - ANSWER-Informing medical staff about a client's
threat to harm a specific individual
What is the right to leave against medical advice, privacy, and all belongings? -
ANSWER-The difference in the rights of clients involuntarily admitted vs.
voluntary
