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– Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 8th Edition by Morgan & Townsend |
Evidence-Based Practice Exam Companion (Complete Chapters 1–30, Verified Resource)
📑 Content of the Test Bank
This test bank follows the chapters of the 8th edition and covers all major psychiatric nursing
concepts, including theory, evidence-based practice, mental health disorders, and therapeutic
interventions.
Table of Contents – Test Bank
Unit I: Foundations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
2. Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice
3. Biological Implications for Psychiatric Nursing
4. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Psychiatric Nursing
5. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
6. Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication
Unit II: Concepts of Care in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
7. Creating a Therapeutic Environment (Milieu Therapy)
8. Intervening in Crisis
9. Anger/Aggression Management
10. Anxiety, Fear, and Defense Mechanisms
11. Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
12. Suicide Prevention
13. Promoting Self-Esteem
14. Issues of Sexuality and Gender Identity
15. Cultural Implications for Psychiatric Nursing
16. Recovery and Relapse Prevention in Mental Health
Unit III: Care of Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
17. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
18. Mood Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Disorders
19. Anxiety Disorders
20. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
21. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
22. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
23. Personality Disorders
24. Eating Disorders
25. Neurocognitive Disorders
26. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
,Unit IV: Special Populations & Advanced Care
27. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
28. Psychiatric Care of the Older Adult
29. Victims of Abuse and Neglect
30. The Suicidal Client – Advanced Care
, Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental
Illness
Multiple Choice
1. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing occasional feelings of sadness because of the
recent death of a beloved pet. The clients appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine have not
changed. How should the nurse interpret the clients behaviors?
1. The clients behaviors demonstrate mental illness in the form of depression.
2. The clients behaviors are extensive, which indicates the presence of mental illness.
3. The clients behaviors are not congruent with cultural norms.
4. The clients behaviors demonstrate no functional impairment, indicating no mental illness.
ANS: 4
Rationale: The nurse should assess that the clients daily functioning is not impaired. The client
who experiences feelings of sadness after the loss of a pet is responding within normal
expectations. Without significant impairment, the clients distress does not indicate a mental
illness.
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Integrated Process: Assessment
2. At what point should the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a mental
illness?
1. When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the DSM-5 criteria.
2. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference in daily functioning.
3. When a client communicates significant distress.
4. When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
ANS: 2
Rationale: The nurse should determine that the client is at risk for mental illness when responses
to stress are maladaptive and interfere with daily functioning. The DSM-5 indicates that in order
to be diagnosed with a mental illness, daily functioning must be significantly impaired. The
clients ability to communicate distress would be considered a positive attribute.
, Cognitive Level: Application
Integrated Process: Assessment
3. A nurse is assessing a set of 15-year-old identical twins who respond very differently to stress.
One twin becomes anxious and irritable, and the other withdraws and cries. How should the
nurse explain these different stress responses to the parents?
1. Reactions to stress are relative rather than absolute; individual responses to stress vary.
2. It is abnormal for identical twins to react differently to similar stressors.
3. Identical twins should share the same temperament and respond similarly to stress.
4. Environmental influences to stress weigh more heavily than genetic influences.
Rationale: The nurse should explain to the parents that, although the twins have identical DNA,
there are several other factors that affect reactions to stress. Mental health is a state of being that
is relative to the individual client. Environmental influences and temperament can affect stress
reactions.
Cognitive Level: Application
Integrated Process: Implementation
4. Which client should the nurse anticipate to be most receptive to psychiatric treatment?
1. A Jewish, female social worker.
2. A Baptist, homeless male.
3. A Catholic, black male.
4. A Protestant, Swedish business executive.
ANS: 1
Rationale: The nurse should anticipate that the client of Jewish culture would place a high
importance on preventative health care and would consider mental health as equally important as
physical health. Women are also more likely to seek treatment for mental health problems than
men.
Cognitive Level: Application
Integrated Process: Planning
5. A psychiatric nurse intern states, This clients use of defense mechanisms should be eliminated.
Which is a correct evaluation of this nurses statement?
1. Defense mechanisms can be appropriate responses to stress and need not be eliminated.
2. Defense mechanisms are a maladaptive attempt of the ego to manage anxiety and should
always be eliminated.
3. Defense mechanisms, used by individuals with weak ego integrity, should be discouraged and
– Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 8th Edition by Morgan & Townsend |
Evidence-Based Practice Exam Companion (Complete Chapters 1–30, Verified Resource)
📑 Content of the Test Bank
This test bank follows the chapters of the 8th edition and covers all major psychiatric nursing
concepts, including theory, evidence-based practice, mental health disorders, and therapeutic
interventions.
Table of Contents – Test Bank
Unit I: Foundations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
2. Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice
3. Biological Implications for Psychiatric Nursing
4. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Psychiatric Nursing
5. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
6. Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication
Unit II: Concepts of Care in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
7. Creating a Therapeutic Environment (Milieu Therapy)
8. Intervening in Crisis
9. Anger/Aggression Management
10. Anxiety, Fear, and Defense Mechanisms
11. Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
12. Suicide Prevention
13. Promoting Self-Esteem
14. Issues of Sexuality and Gender Identity
15. Cultural Implications for Psychiatric Nursing
16. Recovery and Relapse Prevention in Mental Health
Unit III: Care of Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
17. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
18. Mood Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Disorders
19. Anxiety Disorders
20. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
21. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
22. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
23. Personality Disorders
24. Eating Disorders
25. Neurocognitive Disorders
26. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
,Unit IV: Special Populations & Advanced Care
27. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
28. Psychiatric Care of the Older Adult
29. Victims of Abuse and Neglect
30. The Suicidal Client – Advanced Care
, Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental
Illness
Multiple Choice
1. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing occasional feelings of sadness because of the
recent death of a beloved pet. The clients appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine have not
changed. How should the nurse interpret the clients behaviors?
1. The clients behaviors demonstrate mental illness in the form of depression.
2. The clients behaviors are extensive, which indicates the presence of mental illness.
3. The clients behaviors are not congruent with cultural norms.
4. The clients behaviors demonstrate no functional impairment, indicating no mental illness.
ANS: 4
Rationale: The nurse should assess that the clients daily functioning is not impaired. The client
who experiences feelings of sadness after the loss of a pet is responding within normal
expectations. Without significant impairment, the clients distress does not indicate a mental
illness.
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Integrated Process: Assessment
2. At what point should the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a mental
illness?
1. When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the DSM-5 criteria.
2. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference in daily functioning.
3. When a client communicates significant distress.
4. When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
ANS: 2
Rationale: The nurse should determine that the client is at risk for mental illness when responses
to stress are maladaptive and interfere with daily functioning. The DSM-5 indicates that in order
to be diagnosed with a mental illness, daily functioning must be significantly impaired. The
clients ability to communicate distress would be considered a positive attribute.
, Cognitive Level: Application
Integrated Process: Assessment
3. A nurse is assessing a set of 15-year-old identical twins who respond very differently to stress.
One twin becomes anxious and irritable, and the other withdraws and cries. How should the
nurse explain these different stress responses to the parents?
1. Reactions to stress are relative rather than absolute; individual responses to stress vary.
2. It is abnormal for identical twins to react differently to similar stressors.
3. Identical twins should share the same temperament and respond similarly to stress.
4. Environmental influences to stress weigh more heavily than genetic influences.
Rationale: The nurse should explain to the parents that, although the twins have identical DNA,
there are several other factors that affect reactions to stress. Mental health is a state of being that
is relative to the individual client. Environmental influences and temperament can affect stress
reactions.
Cognitive Level: Application
Integrated Process: Implementation
4. Which client should the nurse anticipate to be most receptive to psychiatric treatment?
1. A Jewish, female social worker.
2. A Baptist, homeless male.
3. A Catholic, black male.
4. A Protestant, Swedish business executive.
ANS: 1
Rationale: The nurse should anticipate that the client of Jewish culture would place a high
importance on preventative health care and would consider mental health as equally important as
physical health. Women are also more likely to seek treatment for mental health problems than
men.
Cognitive Level: Application
Integrated Process: Planning
5. A psychiatric nurse intern states, This clients use of defense mechanisms should be eliminated.
Which is a correct evaluation of this nurses statement?
1. Defense mechanisms can be appropriate responses to stress and need not be eliminated.
2. Defense mechanisms are a maladaptive attempt of the ego to manage anxiety and should
always be eliminated.
3. Defense mechanisms, used by individuals with weak ego integrity, should be discouraged and
