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Contemporary Practice exam with verified
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-
Psychiatric
Nursing:
Contemporary
Practice
(6th
Edition
by
Boyd)
1
Chapter 01: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
1 A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association’s Statement on
Psychiatric Nursing Practice published in 1967, which sanctioned the
involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of
holistic nursing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories and
views of mental health and illness, the nurse identifies which of
the following as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing
Hildegarde
Clifford Beers’ A Mind That Found Itself
Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the
evolution of mental health care and are discussing the recommendations
of the final report of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness
and Health. The students demonstrate understanding of this
information when they identify that the report recommended an increase
in which of the following?
Numbers of mental health hospitals
State funding for mental health care
Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key
events and people that influenced the development of contemporary
mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World
War II, which of the following would the instructor include?
People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed.
Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health
movement.
Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
4. A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of
psychiatricmental health nursing and its place within nursing history. Which of
the following would be most appropriate to include?
Certification for the psychiatricmental health nursing specialty was first
emphasized by Mary Adelaide Nutting.
Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized
patients got treatment at community mental health centers.
There is a historical link between the first nursing program to
admit male students and the first training school for psychiatric
nursing.
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Test Bank
-
Psychiatric
Nursing:
Contemporary
Practice
(6th
Edition
by
Boyd)
2
The first graduate program in psychiatric nurses was established in
response to the publication of psychiatric nursing specialty journals.
5. Two nursing students are discussing psychiatricmental health nursing
and the role it has played in nursing’s overall history. Which statement
is most accurate?
The importance of using therapeutic communication was stressed by
Nightingale.
The use of self-care to enhance the immune system was
taught by Dorothea Dix.
The moral treatment of mental illness was a primary focus of
deinstitutionalization.
Peplau was the first nurse to stress the importance of therapeutic
communication.
6. When reviewing the evolution of mental health and illness care,
which event is associated with mental disorders beginning to be
viewed as illnesses requiring treatment?
Establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia
Quaker establishment of asylums
Creation of the state hospital system
Freud’s views on the causes of mental illnesses
7. A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee
that is developing programs that integrate the objectives for mental
health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People 2020.
Which type of program would be least appropriate?
Single substance abuse treatment programs
Depression screening programs for primary care providers
Mental health programs for the homeless population
Employment programs for those with serious mental illness
8. A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-based
practice in psychiatricmental health nursing. Which of the following
would the instructor include as being important? Select all that
apply.
Research findings
Expert opinion
Clinical experiences
Patient data
Established routines
9. The following events are important in the development of
psychiatricmental health nursing practice. Which event occurred first?
Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by the ANA
Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental
Health Nursing Practice
Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at
Rutgers University
Test Bank Boyd Psychiatric Nursing
Contemporary Practice exam with verified
questions and answers
,
, lOMoARcPSD| 12103682
Test Bank
-
Psychiatric
Nursing:
Contemporary
Practice
(6th
Edition
by
Boyd)
1
Chapter 01: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
1 A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association’s Statement on
Psychiatric Nursing Practice published in 1967, which sanctioned the
involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of
holistic nursing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories and
views of mental health and illness, the nurse identifies which of
the following as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing
Hildegarde
Clifford Beers’ A Mind That Found Itself
Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the
evolution of mental health care and are discussing the recommendations
of the final report of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness
and Health. The students demonstrate understanding of this
information when they identify that the report recommended an increase
in which of the following?
Numbers of mental health hospitals
State funding for mental health care
Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key
events and people that influenced the development of contemporary
mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World
War II, which of the following would the instructor include?
People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed.
Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health
movement.
Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
4. A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of
psychiatricmental health nursing and its place within nursing history. Which of
the following would be most appropriate to include?
Certification for the psychiatricmental health nursing specialty was first
emphasized by Mary Adelaide Nutting.
Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized
patients got treatment at community mental health centers.
There is a historical link between the first nursing program to
admit male students and the first training school for psychiatric
nursing.
, lOMoARcPSD| 12103682
Test Bank
-
Psychiatric
Nursing:
Contemporary
Practice
(6th
Edition
by
Boyd)
2
The first graduate program in psychiatric nurses was established in
response to the publication of psychiatric nursing specialty journals.
5. Two nursing students are discussing psychiatricmental health nursing
and the role it has played in nursing’s overall history. Which statement
is most accurate?
The importance of using therapeutic communication was stressed by
Nightingale.
The use of self-care to enhance the immune system was
taught by Dorothea Dix.
The moral treatment of mental illness was a primary focus of
deinstitutionalization.
Peplau was the first nurse to stress the importance of therapeutic
communication.
6. When reviewing the evolution of mental health and illness care,
which event is associated with mental disorders beginning to be
viewed as illnesses requiring treatment?
Establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia
Quaker establishment of asylums
Creation of the state hospital system
Freud’s views on the causes of mental illnesses
7. A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee
that is developing programs that integrate the objectives for mental
health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People 2020.
Which type of program would be least appropriate?
Single substance abuse treatment programs
Depression screening programs for primary care providers
Mental health programs for the homeless population
Employment programs for those with serious mental illness
8. A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-based
practice in psychiatricmental health nursing. Which of the following
would the instructor include as being important? Select all that
apply.
Research findings
Expert opinion
Clinical experiences
Patient data
Established routines
9. The following events are important in the development of
psychiatricmental health nursing practice. Which event occurred first?
Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by the ANA
Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental
Health Nursing Practice
Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at
Rutgers University
