MH - Chapter 1 Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Quiz
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1. Which provides the best definition for mental illness?: Inability to function in
a manner that manages both external and internal stressors effectively
2. The nurse recognizes that public education is needed to erode stigma to
prevent what?: Discrimination
3. Which is a result of deinstitutionalization?: A "revolving door" of repetitive
hospital admissions
4. Which mental health service is an advanced-level function?: Psychotherapy
5. Which activity is a function solely of the advanced practice psychiatric-men-
tal health nurse?: Conducting individual psychotherapy
6. A nurse is providing community education about the prevention of mental
illness. In response to the question, "What does it mean to be mentally
healthy?" which is the nurse's best response?: Mental health is marked by
productivity, fulfilling relationships, and adaptability
7. When comparing the theories of mental illness popular in ancient Greece
with those popular in the Middle Ages, which is more applicable to the Middle
Ages?: Belief in demonic possession and exorcism was common
8. In the 1970s, state mental hospitals came under increasing scrutiny and
many were closed. What was the end result of this trend?: A lack of suitable
housing for persons with mental illness
9. During the moral treatment period, clients were routinely placed into which
environment?: asylums
10. One of the primary reforms accomplished by Dorothea Lynde Dix was the
...: establishment or enlargement of state hospitals.
11. During the mid-20th century, the focus of treatment centered on treating
neurotransmitter dysfunction in the brain. As a result hospital stays were
shortened due to the introduction of which?: Psychopharmacology
12. Who was the first to introduce the concept of interpersonal relations and
the therapeutic relationship?: Hildegard Peplau
13. In early Christian times, what was thought to cause mental illness?: De-
monic control
14. Dorothea Dix's solution to gain humane treatment for the mentally ill
population included what?: State hospitals
15. Which sets professional standards of care?: Professional nursing organiza-
tions
16. What nursing action demonstrates the intended impact of the American
Nurses Association (ANA) standards of care on mental health nursing care?-
: Referring to the standards to determine if a particularly prescribed treatment falls
within the scope of a nurse's practice.
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1. Which provides the best definition for mental illness?: Inability to function in
a manner that manages both external and internal stressors effectively
2. The nurse recognizes that public education is needed to erode stigma to
prevent what?: Discrimination
3. Which is a result of deinstitutionalization?: A "revolving door" of repetitive
hospital admissions
4. Which mental health service is an advanced-level function?: Psychotherapy
5. Which activity is a function solely of the advanced practice psychiatric-men-
tal health nurse?: Conducting individual psychotherapy
6. A nurse is providing community education about the prevention of mental
illness. In response to the question, "What does it mean to be mentally
healthy?" which is the nurse's best response?: Mental health is marked by
productivity, fulfilling relationships, and adaptability
7. When comparing the theories of mental illness popular in ancient Greece
with those popular in the Middle Ages, which is more applicable to the Middle
Ages?: Belief in demonic possession and exorcism was common
8. In the 1970s, state mental hospitals came under increasing scrutiny and
many were closed. What was the end result of this trend?: A lack of suitable
housing for persons with mental illness
9. During the moral treatment period, clients were routinely placed into which
environment?: asylums
10. One of the primary reforms accomplished by Dorothea Lynde Dix was the
...: establishment or enlargement of state hospitals.
11. During the mid-20th century, the focus of treatment centered on treating
neurotransmitter dysfunction in the brain. As a result hospital stays were
shortened due to the introduction of which?: Psychopharmacology
12. Who was the first to introduce the concept of interpersonal relations and
the therapeutic relationship?: Hildegard Peplau
13. In early Christian times, what was thought to cause mental illness?: De-
monic control
14. Dorothea Dix's solution to gain humane treatment for the mentally ill
population included what?: State hospitals
15. Which sets professional standards of care?: Professional nursing organiza-
tions
16. What nursing action demonstrates the intended impact of the American
Nurses Association (ANA) standards of care on mental health nursing care?-
: Referring to the standards to determine if a particularly prescribed treatment falls
within the scope of a nurse's practice.
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