Test Bank
for Essentials of Psychiatric
Nursing 2nd Edition
By Mary Ann Boyd, Rebecca Ann
Luebbert
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Chapter 2 Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental
Chapter 3 Patient Rights and Legal Issues
Chapter 4 Ethics, Standards, and Nursing Frameworks
Chapter 5 Theoretical Basis of Psychiatric Nursing
Chapter 6 Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric
Chapter 7 Recovery Framework for Mental Health
Chapter 8 Therapeutic Communication
Chapter 9 The Nurse–Patient Relationship
Chapter 10 The Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 11 Psychopharmacology, Dietary Supplements, and Biologic Interventions
Chapter 12 Group Interventions
Chapter 13 Stress and Mental Health
Chapter 14 Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 15 Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response, Bereavement, and Disaster Management
Chapter 16 Suicide Prevention
Chapter 17 Mental Health Care for Survivors of Violence
Chapter 18 Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 19 Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
Chapter 20 Obsessive–Compulsive and Related Disorders
Chapter 21 Depression
Chapter 22 Bipolar Disorders
Chapter 23 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Chapter 24 Personality and Impulse-Control Disorders
Chapter 25 Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders
Chapter 26 Eating Disorders
Chapter 27 Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 28 Sleep–Wake Disorders
Chapter 29 Sexual Disorders
Chapter 30 Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 31 Mental Health Disorders of Older Adults
,Test Generator Questions, Chapter 1, Mental Health and Mental
Disorders
Multiple Choice
1. As part of a class activity, nursing students are engaged in a small group
discussion about the epidemiology of mental illness. Which statement best explains
the importance of epidemiology in understanding the impact of mental disorders?
Epidemiology:
A) Helps promote understanding of the patterns of occurrence associated with
mental disorders.
B) Helps explain research findings about the neurophysiology that causes mental
disorders.
C) Provides a thorough theoretical explanation of why specific mental disorders
occur.
D) Predicts when a specific psychiatric client will recover from a specific mental
disorder.
Ans: A
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
Objective: 4
Page Number: 2
Feedback: Epidemiology is the study of patterns of disease distribution and
determinants of health within populations. It contributes to the overall understanding
of the mental health status of population groups, or aggregates, and it examines the
associations among possible factors. Epidemiology does not explain research findings
about neurophysiology, provide theoretical explanations for why specific disorders
occur, or predict recovery.
2. A nurse is working in a community mental health center that provides care to a
large population of people of Asian descent. When developing programs for this
community, which of the following would be most important for the nurse to address?
A) Public stigma
B) Self-stigma
C) Label avoidance
D) Negative life events
Ans: C
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Understand
, Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 5
Page Number: 4
Feedback: Although public stigma and self-stigma may be areas needing to be
addressed, in this cultural group, label avoidance would be most important. Label
avoidance or avoiding treatment/care so as not to be labeled mentally ill is a type of
stigma that influences why so few people with mental health problems actually
receive assistance. Asian cultures commonly have negative views of mental illness
that influence the willingness of members to seek treatment; they possibly ignore the
symptoms or refuse to seek treatment because of this stigma. Negative life events
affect anyone, not just those of the Asian culture.
3. A nursing student is assigned to care for a client diagnosed with schizophrenia.
When talking about this client in a clinical post-conference, the student would use
which terminology when referring to the client?
A) Committed client
B) Schizophrenic
C) Schizophrenic client
D) Person with schizophrenia
Ans: D
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
Objective: 5
Page Number: 4
Feedback: Just as a person with diabetes should not be referred to as a “diabetic”
but rather as a “person with diabetes,” a person with a mental disorder should never
be referred to as a “schizophrenic” or “bipolar,” but rather as a “person with
schizophrenia” or a “person with bipolar disorder.” Doing so helps to counteract the
negative effects of stigma.
4. A nursing student is reviewing journal articles about major depression. One of the
articles describes the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during the
past year. The student interprets this as which of the following?
A) Rate
B) Prevalence
C) Point prevalence
D) Incidence
Ans: D
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 4
Page Number: 3
for Essentials of Psychiatric
Nursing 2nd Edition
By Mary Ann Boyd, Rebecca Ann
Luebbert
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Chapter 2 Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental
Chapter 3 Patient Rights and Legal Issues
Chapter 4 Ethics, Standards, and Nursing Frameworks
Chapter 5 Theoretical Basis of Psychiatric Nursing
Chapter 6 Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric
Chapter 7 Recovery Framework for Mental Health
Chapter 8 Therapeutic Communication
Chapter 9 The Nurse–Patient Relationship
Chapter 10 The Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 11 Psychopharmacology, Dietary Supplements, and Biologic Interventions
Chapter 12 Group Interventions
Chapter 13 Stress and Mental Health
Chapter 14 Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 15 Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response, Bereavement, and Disaster Management
Chapter 16 Suicide Prevention
Chapter 17 Mental Health Care for Survivors of Violence
Chapter 18 Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 19 Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
Chapter 20 Obsessive–Compulsive and Related Disorders
Chapter 21 Depression
Chapter 22 Bipolar Disorders
Chapter 23 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Chapter 24 Personality and Impulse-Control Disorders
Chapter 25 Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders
Chapter 26 Eating Disorders
Chapter 27 Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 28 Sleep–Wake Disorders
Chapter 29 Sexual Disorders
Chapter 30 Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 31 Mental Health Disorders of Older Adults
,Test Generator Questions, Chapter 1, Mental Health and Mental
Disorders
Multiple Choice
1. As part of a class activity, nursing students are engaged in a small group
discussion about the epidemiology of mental illness. Which statement best explains
the importance of epidemiology in understanding the impact of mental disorders?
Epidemiology:
A) Helps promote understanding of the patterns of occurrence associated with
mental disorders.
B) Helps explain research findings about the neurophysiology that causes mental
disorders.
C) Provides a thorough theoretical explanation of why specific mental disorders
occur.
D) Predicts when a specific psychiatric client will recover from a specific mental
disorder.
Ans: A
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
Objective: 4
Page Number: 2
Feedback: Epidemiology is the study of patterns of disease distribution and
determinants of health within populations. It contributes to the overall understanding
of the mental health status of population groups, or aggregates, and it examines the
associations among possible factors. Epidemiology does not explain research findings
about neurophysiology, provide theoretical explanations for why specific disorders
occur, or predict recovery.
2. A nurse is working in a community mental health center that provides care to a
large population of people of Asian descent. When developing programs for this
community, which of the following would be most important for the nurse to address?
A) Public stigma
B) Self-stigma
C) Label avoidance
D) Negative life events
Ans: C
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Understand
, Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 5
Page Number: 4
Feedback: Although public stigma and self-stigma may be areas needing to be
addressed, in this cultural group, label avoidance would be most important. Label
avoidance or avoiding treatment/care so as not to be labeled mentally ill is a type of
stigma that influences why so few people with mental health problems actually
receive assistance. Asian cultures commonly have negative views of mental illness
that influence the willingness of members to seek treatment; they possibly ignore the
symptoms or refuse to seek treatment because of this stigma. Negative life events
affect anyone, not just those of the Asian culture.
3. A nursing student is assigned to care for a client diagnosed with schizophrenia.
When talking about this client in a clinical post-conference, the student would use
which terminology when referring to the client?
A) Committed client
B) Schizophrenic
C) Schizophrenic client
D) Person with schizophrenia
Ans: D
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
Objective: 5
Page Number: 4
Feedback: Just as a person with diabetes should not be referred to as a “diabetic”
but rather as a “person with diabetes,” a person with a mental disorder should never
be referred to as a “schizophrenic” or “bipolar,” but rather as a “person with
schizophrenia” or a “person with bipolar disorder.” Doing so helps to counteract the
negative effects of stigma.
4. A nursing student is reviewing journal articles about major depression. One of the
articles describes the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during the
past year. The student interprets this as which of the following?
A) Rate
B) Prevalence
C) Point prevalence
D) Incidence
Ans: D
Chapter: 1
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 4
Page Number: 3
