TEST BANK For Keltners Psychiatric Nursing, 9th Edition By Debbie Steele, Verified Chapters 1 - 36,

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1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the evolution of mental health c
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ommendations of the final report of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health. j j j j j j j j j j j j j


derstanding of this information when they identify that the reportrecommended an incre
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A) Numbers of mental health hospitals j j j j


B) State funding for mental health care j j j j j


C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units j j j j j


D) Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
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2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association‟s Statement on Psychiatric Nursing P
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ich sanctioned the involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of holistic
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owledge of the various theories and views of mental health and illness, the nurse identifies wh
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ongly linked to this holistic approach?
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A) Sigmund Freud‟s psychoanalytic theory j j j


B) Florence Nightingale‟s Notes on Nursing j j j j


C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers‟ A Mind That Found Itself j j j j j j


E) Peplau‟s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing j j j j




3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influen
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mporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World WarII, which o
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uctor include? j


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. j j j j j j j j


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 nursin
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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 by M j j j j j j j j j j j


ng.
B) Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized patients got treatmen
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l health centers.
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C) There is a historical link between the first nursing program to admit male students and the
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or psychiatric nursing.
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D) The first graduate program in psychiatric nurses was established in response to the public
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g specialty journals.
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B) Quaker establishment of asylums j j j


C) Creation of the state hospital system j j j j j


D) Freud‟s views on the causes of mental illnesses j j j j j j j




7. A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee that is developing programs tha
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tal health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People 2020. Which type of program w
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A) Single substance abuse treatment programs j j j j


B) Depression screening programs for primary care providers j j j j j j


C) Mental health programs for the homeless population j j j j j j


D) Employment programs for those with serious mental illness j j j j j j j




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 instruc
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ortant? Select all that apply. j j j j


A) Research findings j


B) Expert opinion j


C) Clinical experiences j


D) Patient data j


E) Established routines j




9. The following events are important in the development of psychiatricmental health nursing p
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ed first?j


A) Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by the ANA j j j j j j j j j


B) Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursin j j j j j j j j j j j


C) Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers University j j j j j j j j j j j


D) Publication of the first psychiatric nursing text, Nursing Mental Disease, by Harriet Bail j j j j j j j j j j j j




10. A nurse is preparing a presentation about the current status of mental health services in the U
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nt would the nurse include as the most reflective of this status?
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A) Mental health care in the United States is equally accessible to individuals.
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B) Mental illness ranks second in terms of causing disability in comparison.
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C) Mental health care primarily focuses on the cure of mental illness. j j j j j j j j j j


D) Mental health care services are inadequate and fragmented. j j j j j j j




11. A group of students are reviewing the goals identified by the New Freedom Commission on M
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nts demonstrate understanding of this report when they identify which of the following as a
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A) Mental health is viewed as one component of overall health. j j j j j j j j j


B) The consumer and family are the driving forces for mental health care.
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C) Screening is of greater importance than assessment and referral for services. j j j j j j j j j j


D) Disparities in mental health services are decreased. j j j j j j




12. The following are important legislative and policy efforts influencing current mental health c
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ing is the most recent?
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A) Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General j j j j j j j


B) New Freedom Commission on Mental Health j j j j j

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C) Harriet Bailey j


D) Linda Richards j




14. A psychiatricmental health nurse is asked to be a guest speaker at a community fund-
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raising event formental health services. Which of the following would the nurse emphasiz
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of mental health services?
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A) Access to affordable mental health care j j j j j


B) Removal of exclusions because of preexisting conditions j j j j j j


C) Recovery from mental illness j j j


D) Effective treatment for mental health care needs j j j j j j




15. A psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing evidence-
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based practice. The nurse understands thatthis approach is developed by doing which of the fo
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A) Conducting research j


B) Identifying a clinical question j j j


C) Determining outcomes j


D) Collaborating with the patient j j j




16. A group of students are reviewing information about mental health care after World War
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nstrate understanding of this information when they identify which of the following as a resu
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al Health Act?
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A) Discovery of psychopharmacology j j


B) Passage of the Hill-Burton Act j j j j


C) Establishment of the National Institute of Mental Health j j j j j j j


D) Development of community mental health centers j j j j j




17. When providing care to a patient, the psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing the the
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s applying the concepts based on the work of which individual?
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A) Hildegarde Peplau j


B) Florence Nightingale j


C) Dorothea Dix j


D) Sigmund Freud j




18. After teaching a class to a group of nursing students about the historical perspectives of menta
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etermines that the group has understood the information when they identify which of the follo
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ut mental illness during the medieval period?
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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.
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C) Exorcisms were used as primary mode of treatment to cleanse the person of his or her sins
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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 j




1. C
2. B

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11. B
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. B