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1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the evolution of mental heal
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hrecommendations of the final report of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and h h h h h h h h h h h h h
trate understanding of this information when they identify that the reportrecommende
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hfollowing?
A) Numbers of mental health hospitals h h h h
B) State funding for mental health care
h h h h h
C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
h h h h h
D) Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
h h h h
2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association‟s Statement on Psychiatric Nursin
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, which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of
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ating knowledge of the various theories and views of mental health and illness, the nurse i
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ng as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
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A) Sigmund Freud‟s psychoanalytic theory h h h
B) Florence Nightingale‟s Notes on Nursing h h h h
C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers‟ A Mind That Found Itself h h h h h h
E) Peplau‟s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing h h h h
3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influ
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
ontemporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World WarII,
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d the instructor include?
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A) People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
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B) The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed.
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C) Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health movement. h h h h h h h h
D) Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
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4. A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of psychiatricmental health nur
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rsing history. Which of the following would be most appropriate to include?
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A) Certification for the psychiatricmental health nursing specialty was first emphasized b
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utting.
B) Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized patients got treatm
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ental health centers. h h
C) There is a historical link between the first nursing program to admit male students and
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hool for psychiatric nursing.
h h h
D) The first graduate program in psychiatric nurses was established in response to the pub
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B) Quaker establishment of asylums h h h
C) Creation of the state hospital system
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D) Freud‟s views on the causes of mental illnesses
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7. A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee that is developing programs
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mental health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People 2020. Which type of pr
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
te?
A) Single substance abuse treatment programs
h h h h
B) Depression screening programs for primary care providers
h h h h h h
C) Mental health programs for the homeless population
h h h h h h
D) Employment programs for those with serious mental illnessh h h h h h h
8. A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-
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based practice in psychiatricmental health nursing. Which of the following would the inst
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mportant? Select all that apply. h h h h
A) Research findings h
B) Expert opinion h
C) Clinical experiences h
D) Patient data h
E) Established routines h
9. The following events are important in the development of psychiatricmental health nursin
h h h h h h h h h h h
curred first?h
A) Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by the ANA
h h h h h h h h h
B) Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nur
h h h h h h h h h h h
C) Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers Univers
h h h h h h h h h h h
D) Publication of the first psychiatric nursing text, Nursing Mental Disease, by Harriet B
h h h h h h h h h h h h
10. A nurse is preparing a presentation about the current status of mental health services in th
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
ement would the nurse include as the most reflective of this status?
h h h h h h h h h h h
A) Mental health care in the United States is equally accessible to individuals.
h h h h h h h h h h h
B) Mental illness ranks second in terms of causing disability in comparison.
h h h h h h h h h h
C) Mental health care primarily focuses on the cure of mental illness.
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D) Mental health care services are inadequate and fragmented.
h h h h h h h
11. A group of students are reviewing the goals identified by the New Freedom Commission on
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
udents demonstrate understanding of this report when they identify which of the follow
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A) Mental health is viewed as one component of overall health.
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B) The consumer and family are the driving forces for mental health care.
h h h h h h h h h h h
C) Screening is of greater importance than assessment and referral for services.
h h h h h h h h h h
D) Disparities in mental health services are decreased.
h h h h h h
12. The following are important legislative and policy efforts influencing current mental heal
h h h h h h h h h h h
lowing is the most recent?
h h h h
A) Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
h h h h h h h
B) New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
h h h h h
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C) Harriet Bailey h
D) Linda Richards h
14. A psychiatricmental health nurse is asked to be a guest speaker at a community fund-
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
raising event formental health services. Which of the following would the nurse empha
h h h h h h h h h h h h
oal of mental health services?
h h h h
A) Access to affordable mental health care
h h h h h
B) Removal of exclusions because of preexisting conditions
h h h h h h
C) Recovery from mental illness h h h
D) Effective treatment for mental health care needs
h h h h h h
15. A psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing evidence-
h h h h h h
based practice. The nurse understands thatthis approach is developed by doing which of th
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
A) Conducting research h
B) Identifying a clinical question h h h
C) Determining outcomes h
D) Collaborating with the patient h h h
16. A group of students are reviewing information about mental health care after World W
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
emonstrate understanding of this information when they identify which of the following a
h h h h h h h h h h h h
al Mental Health Act?
h h h
A) Discovery of psychopharmacology h h
B) Passage of the Hill-Burton Act h h h h
C) Establishment of the National Institute of Mental Health h h h h h h h
D) Development of community mental health centers h h h h h
17. When providing care to a patient, the psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing the
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
rse is applying the concepts based on the work of which individual?
h h h h h h h h h h h
A) Hildegarde Peplau h
B) Florence Nightingale h
C) Dorothea Dix h
D) Sigmund Freud h
18. After teaching a class to a group of nursing students about the historical perspectives of m
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
tor determines that the group has understood the information when they identify which of
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
belief about mental illness during the medieval period?
h h h h h h h
A) Mental illness in an individual was the result of being possessed by demons.
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B) A person was removed from a contaminated environment to protect him or her.
h h h h h h h h h h h h
C) Exorcisms were used as primary mode of treatment to cleanse the person of his or her
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D) The focus was on moral treatment to promote the individual‟s safety and comfort.
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Answer Key h
1. C
2. B
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11. B
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. B
1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the evolution of mental heal
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
hrecommendations of the final report of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and h h h h h h h h h h h h h
trate understanding of this information when they identify that the reportrecommende
h h h h h h h h h h
hfollowing?
A) Numbers of mental health hospitals h h h h
B) State funding for mental health care
h h h h h
C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
h h h h h
D) Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
h h h h
2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association‟s Statement on Psychiatric Nursin
h h h h h h h h h h h
, which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
ating knowledge of the various theories and views of mental health and illness, the nurse i
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
ng as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
h h h h h h h h
A) Sigmund Freud‟s psychoanalytic theory h h h
B) Florence Nightingale‟s Notes on Nursing h h h h
C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers‟ A Mind That Found Itself h h h h h h
E) Peplau‟s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing h h h h
3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influ
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
ontemporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World WarII,
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
d the instructor include?
h h h
A) People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
h h h h h h h h h h
B) The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed.
h h h h h h h h h
C) Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health movement. h h h h h h h h
D) Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
h h h h h h h
4. A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of psychiatricmental health nur
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
rsing history. Which of the following would be most appropriate to include?
h h h h h h h h h h h
A) Certification for the psychiatricmental health nursing specialty was first emphasized b
h h h h h h h h h h
utting.
B) Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized patients got treatm
h h h h h h h h h h h h
ental health centers. h h
C) There is a historical link between the first nursing program to admit male students and
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
hool for psychiatric nursing.
h h h
D) The first graduate program in psychiatric nurses was established in response to the pub
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
,) 2
B) Quaker establishment of asylums h h h
C) Creation of the state hospital system
h h h h h
D) Freud‟s views on the causes of mental illnesses
h h h h h h h
7. A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee that is developing programs
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
mental health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People 2020. Which type of pr
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
te?
A) Single substance abuse treatment programs
h h h h
B) Depression screening programs for primary care providers
h h h h h h
C) Mental health programs for the homeless population
h h h h h h
D) Employment programs for those with serious mental illnessh h h h h h h
8. A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-
h h h h h h h h
based practice in psychiatricmental health nursing. Which of the following would the inst
h h h h h h h h h h h h
mportant? Select all that apply. h h h h
A) Research findings h
B) Expert opinion h
C) Clinical experiences h
D) Patient data h
E) Established routines h
9. The following events are important in the development of psychiatricmental health nursin
h h h h h h h h h h h
curred first?h
A) Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by the ANA
h h h h h h h h h
B) Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nur
h h h h h h h h h h h
C) Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers Univers
h h h h h h h h h h h
D) Publication of the first psychiatric nursing text, Nursing Mental Disease, by Harriet B
h h h h h h h h h h h h
10. A nurse is preparing a presentation about the current status of mental health services in th
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
ement would the nurse include as the most reflective of this status?
h h h h h h h h h h h
A) Mental health care in the United States is equally accessible to individuals.
h h h h h h h h h h h
B) Mental illness ranks second in terms of causing disability in comparison.
h h h h h h h h h h
C) Mental health care primarily focuses on the cure of mental illness.
h h h h h h h h h h
D) Mental health care services are inadequate and fragmented.
h h h h h h h
11. A group of students are reviewing the goals identified by the New Freedom Commission on
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
udents demonstrate understanding of this report when they identify which of the follow
h h h h h h h h h h h h
A) Mental health is viewed as one component of overall health.
h h h h h h h h h
B) The consumer and family are the driving forces for mental health care.
h h h h h h h h h h h
C) Screening is of greater importance than assessment and referral for services.
h h h h h h h h h h
D) Disparities in mental health services are decreased.
h h h h h h
12. The following are important legislative and policy efforts influencing current mental heal
h h h h h h h h h h h
lowing is the most recent?
h h h h
A) Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
h h h h h h h
B) New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
h h h h h
,) 3
C) Harriet Bailey h
D) Linda Richards h
14. A psychiatricmental health nurse is asked to be a guest speaker at a community fund-
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
raising event formental health services. Which of the following would the nurse empha
h h h h h h h h h h h h
oal of mental health services?
h h h h
A) Access to affordable mental health care
h h h h h
B) Removal of exclusions because of preexisting conditions
h h h h h h
C) Recovery from mental illness h h h
D) Effective treatment for mental health care needs
h h h h h h
15. A psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing evidence-
h h h h h h
based practice. The nurse understands thatthis approach is developed by doing which of th
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
A) Conducting research h
B) Identifying a clinical question h h h
C) Determining outcomes h
D) Collaborating with the patient h h h
16. A group of students are reviewing information about mental health care after World W
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
emonstrate understanding of this information when they identify which of the following a
h h h h h h h h h h h h
al Mental Health Act?
h h h
A) Discovery of psychopharmacology h h
B) Passage of the Hill-Burton Act h h h h
C) Establishment of the National Institute of Mental Health h h h h h h h
D) Development of community mental health centers h h h h h
17. When providing care to a patient, the psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing the
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
rse is applying the concepts based on the work of which individual?
h h h h h h h h h h h
A) Hildegarde Peplau h
B) Florence Nightingale h
C) Dorothea Dix h
D) Sigmund Freud h
18. After teaching a class to a group of nursing students about the historical perspectives of m
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
tor determines that the group has understood the information when they identify which of
h h h h h h h h h h h h h
belief about mental illness during the medieval period?
h h h h h h h
A) Mental illness in an individual was the result of being possessed by demons.
h h h h h h h h h h h h
B) A person was removed from a contaminated environment to protect him or her.
h h h h h h h h h h h h
C) Exorcisms were used as primary mode of treatment to cleanse the person of his or her
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
D) The focus was on moral treatment to promote the individual‟s safety and comfort.
h h h h h h h h h h h h
Answer Key h
1. C
2. B
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11. B
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. B
