Mental Health Exam Review questions
well answered to pass
At home by loved ones - correct answer ✔✔ In the 18th century where were mentally ill
individuals cared for?
Phillip Pinel - correct answer ✔✔ Who was responsible for influencing change regarding
humane treatment. More specifically, believed that "the insane were sick patients who needed
humane treatment" and ordered the removal of chains, stopped abuse and drug letting and set
the tone for the future?
Dorothea Lynde Dix - correct answer ✔✔ Who was as an influential social reformer, struck by
the treatment of mentally ill patients in jails and advocated for immediate change to living
conditions that included temperature management in the cells?
An introduction to training schools for mental health nurses similar to nurse training in general
hospitals - correct answer ✔✔ As apart of psychiatric reform the Canadian National Committee
for Mental Hygiene promoted the following:
Fostering and building positive environments that address the client's induvial needs and
fostering a culture and language that focuses on hope - correct answer ✔✔ Future nurses must
understand how the recovery perspective guides nurses' engagement with clients along the
spectrum of care. Nurses can support recovery with the client by understanding the recovery
perspective's overarching guiding principles of dignity, hope, resilience, relationships, creating
meaning of one's life, and self-efficacy in each person's unique and evolving journey (Deegan,
1988; Forchuk, 2003; Jacobson, 2012; Jacobson & Curtis, 2000). Nurses can also provide support
by:
,TRUE - correct answer ✔✔ Nurses can support recovery with the client by understanding the
recovery perspective's overarching guiding principles of dignity, hope, resilience, relationships,
creating meaning of one's life, and self-efficacy in each person's unique and evolving journey.
The individuals personal story - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is assisting a client with mental
illness recovery using the Tidal model. Which of the following is a component of this model?
Norway - correct answer ✔✔ *Hope* is the belief that these challenges and conditions can be
overcome, is the foundation of recovery.
Oslo is the capital of............??????????
FALSE - correct answer ✔✔ Recovery orientated care must be stringent in timelines to ensure
that the patients goals are met.
The DSM-5 - correct answer ✔✔ Classification systems for medical diagnosis identify the criteria
requires for a particular condition to be diagnosed and provides common language for health
care professionals to use. When a physician or NP is diagnosis a mental health condition, they
need to diagnosis the condition based off of:
Deinstitutionalization led to an increased focus on care of people with mental illness in the
community and to the creation of the role of the community mental health nurse. - correct
answer ✔✔ Psychiatric mental health nursing in the community setting was influenced by which
of the following factors?
The nurse spends time sitting with a withdrawn patient. - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the
following actions best represents the basis or foundation of all other psychiatric nursing care?
2, 3, 4, 5 - correct answer ✔✔ You are about to interview a newly admitted patient on your
inpatient mental health unit.This is his first experience with psychiatric treatment. Which of the
following interventions would be appropriate for this patient? Select all that apply.
, 1. Discuss outpatient care options for after discharge.
2. Anticipate and address possible increased anxiety and shame.
3. Ensure that the individual understands his rights as a patient on your unit.
4. Assess the patient for physical health needs that may have been overlooked.
5. Carefully check all clothing and possessions for potentially dangerous items.
The student points out to the patient that he is making social inquiries and explores this
behaviour. - correct answer ✔✔ A male patient frequently inquires about the female student
nurse's boyfriend, social activities, and school experiences. Which of the following initial
responses by the student best addresses the issue raised by this behaviour?
Sitting attentively in silence with a withdrawn patient until the patient chooses to speak. -
correct answer ✔✔ A student nurse exhibits the following behaviours or actions while
interacting with her patient. Which of these are appropriate as part of a therapeutic
relationship?
The meaning of nonverbal behaviours varies with cultural and individual differences. - correct
answer ✔✔ Which statement about nonverbal behaviour is accurate?
FALSE - correct answer ✔✔ A patient has been admitted to the hospital with suicidal thoughts
and an active plan. The patient has had a past attempt of suicde 3 years ago. The patient now is
deciding to leave the hospital and is refusing care. In this situation it would be okay to let the
patient leave as they are requesting to leave.
Express your concern for his safety, normalize psychiatric treatment as equal to treatment of
any physical condition, and offer to accompany and support him through assessment at a
nearby emergency department - correct answer ✔✔ A friend recognizes that his depression has
returned and tells you he is suicidal and concerned he will harm himself. He is afraid that if he
seeks help he will be involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital, an idea that terrifies him.
Which of the following responses best meets his immediate care needs?
well answered to pass
At home by loved ones - correct answer ✔✔ In the 18th century where were mentally ill
individuals cared for?
Phillip Pinel - correct answer ✔✔ Who was responsible for influencing change regarding
humane treatment. More specifically, believed that "the insane were sick patients who needed
humane treatment" and ordered the removal of chains, stopped abuse and drug letting and set
the tone for the future?
Dorothea Lynde Dix - correct answer ✔✔ Who was as an influential social reformer, struck by
the treatment of mentally ill patients in jails and advocated for immediate change to living
conditions that included temperature management in the cells?
An introduction to training schools for mental health nurses similar to nurse training in general
hospitals - correct answer ✔✔ As apart of psychiatric reform the Canadian National Committee
for Mental Hygiene promoted the following:
Fostering and building positive environments that address the client's induvial needs and
fostering a culture and language that focuses on hope - correct answer ✔✔ Future nurses must
understand how the recovery perspective guides nurses' engagement with clients along the
spectrum of care. Nurses can support recovery with the client by understanding the recovery
perspective's overarching guiding principles of dignity, hope, resilience, relationships, creating
meaning of one's life, and self-efficacy in each person's unique and evolving journey (Deegan,
1988; Forchuk, 2003; Jacobson, 2012; Jacobson & Curtis, 2000). Nurses can also provide support
by:
,TRUE - correct answer ✔✔ Nurses can support recovery with the client by understanding the
recovery perspective's overarching guiding principles of dignity, hope, resilience, relationships,
creating meaning of one's life, and self-efficacy in each person's unique and evolving journey.
The individuals personal story - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse is assisting a client with mental
illness recovery using the Tidal model. Which of the following is a component of this model?
Norway - correct answer ✔✔ *Hope* is the belief that these challenges and conditions can be
overcome, is the foundation of recovery.
Oslo is the capital of............??????????
FALSE - correct answer ✔✔ Recovery orientated care must be stringent in timelines to ensure
that the patients goals are met.
The DSM-5 - correct answer ✔✔ Classification systems for medical diagnosis identify the criteria
requires for a particular condition to be diagnosed and provides common language for health
care professionals to use. When a physician or NP is diagnosis a mental health condition, they
need to diagnosis the condition based off of:
Deinstitutionalization led to an increased focus on care of people with mental illness in the
community and to the creation of the role of the community mental health nurse. - correct
answer ✔✔ Psychiatric mental health nursing in the community setting was influenced by which
of the following factors?
The nurse spends time sitting with a withdrawn patient. - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the
following actions best represents the basis or foundation of all other psychiatric nursing care?
2, 3, 4, 5 - correct answer ✔✔ You are about to interview a newly admitted patient on your
inpatient mental health unit.This is his first experience with psychiatric treatment. Which of the
following interventions would be appropriate for this patient? Select all that apply.
, 1. Discuss outpatient care options for after discharge.
2. Anticipate and address possible increased anxiety and shame.
3. Ensure that the individual understands his rights as a patient on your unit.
4. Assess the patient for physical health needs that may have been overlooked.
5. Carefully check all clothing and possessions for potentially dangerous items.
The student points out to the patient that he is making social inquiries and explores this
behaviour. - correct answer ✔✔ A male patient frequently inquires about the female student
nurse's boyfriend, social activities, and school experiences. Which of the following initial
responses by the student best addresses the issue raised by this behaviour?
Sitting attentively in silence with a withdrawn patient until the patient chooses to speak. -
correct answer ✔✔ A student nurse exhibits the following behaviours or actions while
interacting with her patient. Which of these are appropriate as part of a therapeutic
relationship?
The meaning of nonverbal behaviours varies with cultural and individual differences. - correct
answer ✔✔ Which statement about nonverbal behaviour is accurate?
FALSE - correct answer ✔✔ A patient has been admitted to the hospital with suicidal thoughts
and an active plan. The patient has had a past attempt of suicde 3 years ago. The patient now is
deciding to leave the hospital and is refusing care. In this situation it would be okay to let the
patient leave as they are requesting to leave.
Express your concern for his safety, normalize psychiatric treatment as equal to treatment of
any physical condition, and offer to accompany and support him through assessment at a
nearby emergency department - correct answer ✔✔ A friend recognizes that his depression has
returned and tells you he is suicidal and concerned he will harm himself. He is afraid that if he
seeks help he will be involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital, an idea that terrifies him.
Which of the following responses best meets his immediate care needs?
