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NUR 2225 Exam Revision Questions and Answers
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What does recovery mean? - ANSWER ✔✔-The active process of people with mental illness moving
towards their own goals ans living their own satisfying life
Clinical recovery - ANSWER ✔✔-the removal of clinical symptoms
Personal recovery - ANSWER ✔✔-a deeply personal, unique process of changing one's attitude, values,
feelings, goals or roles... way of living a satisfying and contributing life even with the limitation caused
by illness
Principles of recovery-orientated MH practice - ANSWER ✔✔-- uniqueness of the individual
- real choice
- attitudes and rights
- dignity and respect
- partnership and communication
- evaluating recovery
Define mental illness - ANSWER ✔✔-a health problem that significantly affects how a person feels,
thinks, behaves and interact with other people
Define mental health - ANSWER ✔✔-a state of well being in which the individual realises his/ her own
potentials, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and can
contribute to the community.
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What are the impacts of stigma? - ANSWER ✔✔-- avoiding help
- isolation
- social avoidance
- diminished self-worth and worthiness
- impact on symptoms
- reduce recovery and personal empowerment
Stereotype - ANSWER ✔✔-a widely held but fixed and oversimplified beliefs about a particular type of
person or thing
Discrimination - ANSWER ✔✔-unjust or prejudical treatment of a group or class of people
Purpose of Mental Health Act (2014) - ANSWER ✔✔-placing people with mental illness at the centre of
decision-making about their treatment and care
Restrictive interventions of Assessment Order - ANSWER ✔✔-1. community AO: max. 24hrs
2. impatient AO: max. 72hrs including transportation
(max. 24hrs in DMHS)
Criteria for assessment order - ANSWER ✔✔-1. The person appears to have a mental illness
2. Requires immediate treatment to prevent:
- serious deterioration in the person's mental or physical health
- serious harm to the person or another person
3. The person is able to be assessed
4. There is no less restrictive means reasonably available for the person
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Temporary Treatment Order - ANSWER ✔✔-made by AP after AO
- enable the person to be treated for max. 28 days
Who is respnsibe for the Treatment Order? - ANSWER ✔✔-made be Mental Health Tribunal
Duration of Treatment Order - ANSWER ✔✔-1. community TO for a person >18yo: 12 months; <18yo: 3
months
2. in-patient TO for a person >18yo: 6 months; <18yo: 3 months
Purpose of comprehensive assessment - ANSWER ✔✔-- communicate, identify and clarify the person'
mental issues
- assess physical health
- identify personal/ family/ social support that can be used in collaborative care and treatment planning
- provide the person/ carers/ family the opportunity to express concerns
Component of MSE - ANSWER ✔✔-PAMSGOTJIMI
P: perception
A: affect and mood
M: motor function
S: speech
G: general appearance
O: orientation
T: thought (content/ process)
J: judgement
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NUR 2225 Exam Revision Questions and Answers
100% Pass
What does recovery mean? - ANSWER ✔✔-The active process of people with mental illness moving
towards their own goals ans living their own satisfying life
Clinical recovery - ANSWER ✔✔-the removal of clinical symptoms
Personal recovery - ANSWER ✔✔-a deeply personal, unique process of changing one's attitude, values,
feelings, goals or roles... way of living a satisfying and contributing life even with the limitation caused
by illness
Principles of recovery-orientated MH practice - ANSWER ✔✔-- uniqueness of the individual
- real choice
- attitudes and rights
- dignity and respect
- partnership and communication
- evaluating recovery
Define mental illness - ANSWER ✔✔-a health problem that significantly affects how a person feels,
thinks, behaves and interact with other people
Define mental health - ANSWER ✔✔-a state of well being in which the individual realises his/ her own
potentials, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and can
contribute to the community.
Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved.
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What are the impacts of stigma? - ANSWER ✔✔-- avoiding help
- isolation
- social avoidance
- diminished self-worth and worthiness
- impact on symptoms
- reduce recovery and personal empowerment
Stereotype - ANSWER ✔✔-a widely held but fixed and oversimplified beliefs about a particular type of
person or thing
Discrimination - ANSWER ✔✔-unjust or prejudical treatment of a group or class of people
Purpose of Mental Health Act (2014) - ANSWER ✔✔-placing people with mental illness at the centre of
decision-making about their treatment and care
Restrictive interventions of Assessment Order - ANSWER ✔✔-1. community AO: max. 24hrs
2. impatient AO: max. 72hrs including transportation
(max. 24hrs in DMHS)
Criteria for assessment order - ANSWER ✔✔-1. The person appears to have a mental illness
2. Requires immediate treatment to prevent:
- serious deterioration in the person's mental or physical health
- serious harm to the person or another person
3. The person is able to be assessed
4. There is no less restrictive means reasonably available for the person
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Temporary Treatment Order - ANSWER ✔✔-made by AP after AO
- enable the person to be treated for max. 28 days
Who is respnsibe for the Treatment Order? - ANSWER ✔✔-made be Mental Health Tribunal
Duration of Treatment Order - ANSWER ✔✔-1. community TO for a person >18yo: 12 months; <18yo: 3
months
2. in-patient TO for a person >18yo: 6 months; <18yo: 3 months
Purpose of comprehensive assessment - ANSWER ✔✔-- communicate, identify and clarify the person'
mental issues
- assess physical health
- identify personal/ family/ social support that can be used in collaborative care and treatment planning
- provide the person/ carers/ family the opportunity to express concerns
Component of MSE - ANSWER ✔✔-PAMSGOTJIMI
P: perception
A: affect and mood
M: motor function
S: speech
G: general appearance
O: orientation
T: thought (content/ process)
J: judgement
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