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NURS 451 TEST 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED UPDATE GRADED A 2025/2026
Terms in this set (103)
Medication ___Therapy is considered the primary treatment for
those with mental illness
Eugenics Preventing the mentally
ill from reproducing
Carrie Buck was first
in VA to be sterilized
Mental Health State of well being in which individual is able to
realize his/her potential, cope with stressors,
work productively, and make a contribution to
the community
-Medical Condition
-Individual experiences significant distress and
Mental Illness disability or causes harm to
themselves/others
-Disrupts thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to
others, and daily functioning
Mental illness #1 cause of disability in US and Canada for ages 15-44
Psychiatry Discipline that encompasses diagnosis and
treatment of individuals with mental illness
DSM-5 Used to diagnose psychiatric disorders
True True/False
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Mental illness is a PHYSICAL illness
-Transmission and interpretation of verbal and
Therapeutic nonverbal messages
Communication -Nurse listens and facilitates conversation with the
patient in a goal-oriented manner
-Most important nursing intervention
A process through which people feel with one another.
Empathy They are able to sense the
feelings of another because they have evoked
in themselves the attitude of the other person
to whom they are relating
The ability to consciously think about what you
are doing and experiencing. More than just
Active Listening being quiet while the other person talks- it
requires paying undivided
attention to what the patient says, does, and
feels while putting aside your own judgments
and ideas
basically repeats the client's statement giving
Reflecting Content the opportunity to mull over what they have
told you
Ex. "The nurse believes things will be better soon
Reflecting Feelings - verbalizing the implied
feelings in the client's
comment. Ex. "Sounds like
you are really angry at your
brother"
Reflecting Repeating the client's verbal or nonverbal
message for the client's benefit. It encourages
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the patient t o be more actively involved
Giving information is AKA information
Helps the client by supplying additional data.
Imparting This encourages further clarification based on
new or additional input
o Ex. Group therapy will be held Tuesday 6:30-8:00
o Ex. "I am a nursing student"
Nurses should avoid self meaning Try to focus on the
Disclosure patient, not yourself!
Reshift the question to the patient
o Ex. I don't share my address with clients.
An attempt to understand the basic nature of a
Clarifying patient's statement
o Ex. I'm confused about what is upsetting you,
could you go over that again, please?"
Paraphrasing Assimilating and restating in your own
words what the client has said o Ex.
"In other words, you're fed up with
being treated like a child"
Checking is sharing how one person perceives and
Perceptions hears another
o Ex. "When you fidget and tap your foot, I
feel like you are uncomfortable. Does that
seem to fit?"
___ended questioning is a direct way of speaking that
Open focuses on the topic but
allows freedom of response (not yes/no questions)
o Ex. How did you feel when your mom said that to
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NURS 451 TEST 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED UPDATE GRADED A 2025/2026
Terms in this set (103)
Medication ___Therapy is considered the primary treatment for
those with mental illness
Eugenics Preventing the mentally
ill from reproducing
Carrie Buck was first
in VA to be sterilized
Mental Health State of well being in which individual is able to
realize his/her potential, cope with stressors,
work productively, and make a contribution to
the community
-Medical Condition
-Individual experiences significant distress and
Mental Illness disability or causes harm to
themselves/others
-Disrupts thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to
others, and daily functioning
Mental illness #1 cause of disability in US and Canada for ages 15-44
Psychiatry Discipline that encompasses diagnosis and
treatment of individuals with mental illness
DSM-5 Used to diagnose psychiatric disorders
True True/False
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AM
Mental illness is a PHYSICAL illness
-Transmission and interpretation of verbal and
Therapeutic nonverbal messages
Communication -Nurse listens and facilitates conversation with the
patient in a goal-oriented manner
-Most important nursing intervention
A process through which people feel with one another.
Empathy They are able to sense the
feelings of another because they have evoked
in themselves the attitude of the other person
to whom they are relating
The ability to consciously think about what you
are doing and experiencing. More than just
Active Listening being quiet while the other person talks- it
requires paying undivided
attention to what the patient says, does, and
feels while putting aside your own judgments
and ideas
basically repeats the client's statement giving
Reflecting Content the opportunity to mull over what they have
told you
Ex. "The nurse believes things will be better soon
Reflecting Feelings - verbalizing the implied
feelings in the client's
comment. Ex. "Sounds like
you are really angry at your
brother"
Reflecting Repeating the client's verbal or nonverbal
message for the client's benefit. It encourages
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the patient t o be more actively involved
Giving information is AKA information
Helps the client by supplying additional data.
Imparting This encourages further clarification based on
new or additional input
o Ex. Group therapy will be held Tuesday 6:30-8:00
o Ex. "I am a nursing student"
Nurses should avoid self meaning Try to focus on the
Disclosure patient, not yourself!
Reshift the question to the patient
o Ex. I don't share my address with clients.
An attempt to understand the basic nature of a
Clarifying patient's statement
o Ex. I'm confused about what is upsetting you,
could you go over that again, please?"
Paraphrasing Assimilating and restating in your own
words what the client has said o Ex.
"In other words, you're fed up with
being treated like a child"
Checking is sharing how one person perceives and
Perceptions hears another
o Ex. "When you fidget and tap your foot, I
feel like you are uncomfortable. Does that
seem to fit?"
___ended questioning is a direct way of speaking that
Open focuses on the topic but
allows freedom of response (not yes/no questions)
o Ex. How did you feel when your mom said that to
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