Exam 1 Mental Health questions and
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Mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political systems, and the groups defining it.
- correct answer ✔✔ Which statement about mental illness is true?
DSM - 5 - correct answer ✔✔ A nursing student new to psychiatric mental health nursing asks a
peer what resources he can use to figure out which symptoms are present in a psychiatric
disorder. The best answer would be:
Identifying who in the general population will develop a specific disorder - correct answer ✔✔
Epidemiological studies contribute to improvements in care for individuals with mental
disorders by:
The DSM-5 is associated with present symptoms, whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past,
present, and potential responses to actual mental health problems. - correct answer ✔✔ Which
statement best describes a major difference between a DSM - 5 diagnosis and a nursing
diagnosis
Psychotherapy - correct answer ✔✔ The intervention that can be practiced by an advanced
practice registered nurse in psychiatric mental health but cannot be practiced by a basic level
registered nurse is
The theory of personality structure and levels of awareness - correct answer ✔✔ Which
contribution to modern psychiatric mental health nursing practice was made by Freud?
Sullivan - correct answer ✔✔ The theory of interpersonal relationships developed by Hildegard
Peplau is based on the foundation provided by which early theorist?
, Needs and anxiety - correct answer ✔✔ The concepts at the heart of Sullivan's theory of
personality are
Cognitive-behavioral therapy - correct answer ✔✔ The premise that an individual's behavior
and affect are largely determined by his or her attitudes and assumptions about the world
underlies:
Milieu therapy - correct answer ✔✔ Providing a safe environment for patients with impaired
cognition, planning unit activities to stimulate thinking, and including patients and staff in unit
meetings are all part of:
GABA - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse administering a benzodiazepine should understand that the
therapeutic effect of benzodiazepines results from potentiating the neurotransmitter:
Serotonin and norepinephrine - correct answer ✔✔ Venlafaxine (Effexor) exerts its
antidepressant effect by selectively blocking the reuptake of:
lithium - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse administers each of the following drugs to various
patients. The patient who should be most carefully assessed for fluid and electrolyte imbalances
is the one receiving
antipsychotics - correct answer ✔✔ Which drug group calls for nursing assessment for
development of abnormal movement disorders among individuals who take therapeutic
dosages
amenorrhea - correct answer ✔✔ Blockage of dopamine transmission can lead to increased
pituitary secretions of prolactin. In women, this hyperprolactinemia can result in
a. States desire to save money by moving the patients to the community, where the federal
government would pick up more of the cost,
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Mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political systems, and the groups defining it.
- correct answer ✔✔ Which statement about mental illness is true?
DSM - 5 - correct answer ✔✔ A nursing student new to psychiatric mental health nursing asks a
peer what resources he can use to figure out which symptoms are present in a psychiatric
disorder. The best answer would be:
Identifying who in the general population will develop a specific disorder - correct answer ✔✔
Epidemiological studies contribute to improvements in care for individuals with mental
disorders by:
The DSM-5 is associated with present symptoms, whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past,
present, and potential responses to actual mental health problems. - correct answer ✔✔ Which
statement best describes a major difference between a DSM - 5 diagnosis and a nursing
diagnosis
Psychotherapy - correct answer ✔✔ The intervention that can be practiced by an advanced
practice registered nurse in psychiatric mental health but cannot be practiced by a basic level
registered nurse is
The theory of personality structure and levels of awareness - correct answer ✔✔ Which
contribution to modern psychiatric mental health nursing practice was made by Freud?
Sullivan - correct answer ✔✔ The theory of interpersonal relationships developed by Hildegard
Peplau is based on the foundation provided by which early theorist?
, Needs and anxiety - correct answer ✔✔ The concepts at the heart of Sullivan's theory of
personality are
Cognitive-behavioral therapy - correct answer ✔✔ The premise that an individual's behavior
and affect are largely determined by his or her attitudes and assumptions about the world
underlies:
Milieu therapy - correct answer ✔✔ Providing a safe environment for patients with impaired
cognition, planning unit activities to stimulate thinking, and including patients and staff in unit
meetings are all part of:
GABA - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse administering a benzodiazepine should understand that the
therapeutic effect of benzodiazepines results from potentiating the neurotransmitter:
Serotonin and norepinephrine - correct answer ✔✔ Venlafaxine (Effexor) exerts its
antidepressant effect by selectively blocking the reuptake of:
lithium - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse administers each of the following drugs to various
patients. The patient who should be most carefully assessed for fluid and electrolyte imbalances
is the one receiving
antipsychotics - correct answer ✔✔ Which drug group calls for nursing assessment for
development of abnormal movement disorders among individuals who take therapeutic
dosages
amenorrhea - correct answer ✔✔ Blockage of dopamine transmission can lead to increased
pituitary secretions of prolactin. In women, this hyperprolactinemia can result in
a. States desire to save money by moving the patients to the community, where the federal
government would pick up more of the cost,
