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MENTAL HEALTH MODULE 1-8 FINAL EXAM LATEST VERSION -
2025/2026- 100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS ALL
THE BEST
What are the different types of assessment (2)?
1. Initial assessment - this assessment is comprehensive and data is collected
using a multidisciplinary approach. Screening is done as well to recognize
symptoms, risk factors, or emotional difficulties.
2. Ongoing assessment - Continued monitoring of progress and outcomes of
interventions. Focused on a more narrow scope and looking at specific issues (e.g.
substance use).
Standard 1: Assessment
Constructing a database:
-MSE
-PSA
-Establishing protective/risk factors (spiritual, religious, cultural, social)
-Physical Examination
-Lab values
-History
-Interviews
-Standardized rating scale
Verify the data
What are the steps of the nursing process for mental health?
1. Assessment
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2. Diagnosis
3. Outcomes/Identification
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
What are some techniques of data collection?
-Patient observations
-Interviews with patient and family
-Physical Examination
-Records & diagnostic reports
-Collaboration with colleagues
What are protective factors?
Coping resources and coping mechanisms that can improve a person's response to
stress, resulting in adaptive behavior.
E.g. Family, employment, friends, spiritual/religious association.
What are risk factors?
Variables that increase the vulnerability of an individual.
What things are considered in the Biologic domain of an assessment?
1. Health status
2. Physical examination
3. Physical function
4. Pharmacologic
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What things are considered in the Psychological domain of an assessment?
1.Response to mental health problems
2. Mental status (MSE)
3. Behaviour
4. Self-concept - self-esteem, body image, and personal identity
5. Stress & coping
6. Risk assessment - SI/HI?
What things are considered in the Social domain of an assessment?
1. Functional status
2. Social systems
3. Cultural
4. Family
5. Community
6. Spiritual
7. Occupation
8. Legal
9. Quality of Life
What things are considered in the Spiritual domain of an assessment?
1. What gives life meaning?
2. Belief in a sacred power
3. Participation in religious activities
What is a suicide risk assessment and how is one completed?
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A suicide risk assessment is an assessment to determine a person's risk of killing
themselves, if a plan is made, and if they have the means to execute the plan.
Always be blunt when conducting an assessment, ask "Are you thinking about
killing yourself"?
"Do you have a plan to kill yourself"?
"What is the plan"?
"Do you have the means to execute the plan"?
What are the 5 steps of evaluation during a suicide risk assessment?
1. Identify risk factors
2. Identify protective factors
3. Conduct suicide inquiry: thought, plan, behaviour, intent
4. Determine risk level
5. Document
What are the imminent warning signs of suicide? (IS PATH WARM)
I - Suicidal Ideation
S - Increased substance use
P - Purposelessness
A - Anxiety, agitation, sleep disturbance
T - Feeling trapped
H - Hopelessness
W - Withdrawal
A - Anger
R - Recklessness
M - Mood changes
MENTAL HEALTH MODULE 1-8 FINAL EXAM LATEST VERSION -
2025/2026- 100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS ALL
THE BEST
What are the different types of assessment (2)?
1. Initial assessment - this assessment is comprehensive and data is collected
using a multidisciplinary approach. Screening is done as well to recognize
symptoms, risk factors, or emotional difficulties.
2. Ongoing assessment - Continued monitoring of progress and outcomes of
interventions. Focused on a more narrow scope and looking at specific issues (e.g.
substance use).
Standard 1: Assessment
Constructing a database:
-MSE
-PSA
-Establishing protective/risk factors (spiritual, religious, cultural, social)
-Physical Examination
-Lab values
-History
-Interviews
-Standardized rating scale
Verify the data
What are the steps of the nursing process for mental health?
1. Assessment
, 2
2. Diagnosis
3. Outcomes/Identification
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
What are some techniques of data collection?
-Patient observations
-Interviews with patient and family
-Physical Examination
-Records & diagnostic reports
-Collaboration with colleagues
What are protective factors?
Coping resources and coping mechanisms that can improve a person's response to
stress, resulting in adaptive behavior.
E.g. Family, employment, friends, spiritual/religious association.
What are risk factors?
Variables that increase the vulnerability of an individual.
What things are considered in the Biologic domain of an assessment?
1. Health status
2. Physical examination
3. Physical function
4. Pharmacologic
, 3
What things are considered in the Psychological domain of an assessment?
1.Response to mental health problems
2. Mental status (MSE)
3. Behaviour
4. Self-concept - self-esteem, body image, and personal identity
5. Stress & coping
6. Risk assessment - SI/HI?
What things are considered in the Social domain of an assessment?
1. Functional status
2. Social systems
3. Cultural
4. Family
5. Community
6. Spiritual
7. Occupation
8. Legal
9. Quality of Life
What things are considered in the Spiritual domain of an assessment?
1. What gives life meaning?
2. Belief in a sacred power
3. Participation in religious activities
What is a suicide risk assessment and how is one completed?
, 4
A suicide risk assessment is an assessment to determine a person's risk of killing
themselves, if a plan is made, and if they have the means to execute the plan.
Always be blunt when conducting an assessment, ask "Are you thinking about
killing yourself"?
"Do you have a plan to kill yourself"?
"What is the plan"?
"Do you have the means to execute the plan"?
What are the 5 steps of evaluation during a suicide risk assessment?
1. Identify risk factors
2. Identify protective factors
3. Conduct suicide inquiry: thought, plan, behaviour, intent
4. Determine risk level
5. Document
What are the imminent warning signs of suicide? (IS PATH WARM)
I - Suicidal Ideation
S - Increased substance use
P - Purposelessness
A - Anxiety, agitation, sleep disturbance
T - Feeling trapped
H - Hopelessness
W - Withdrawal
A - Anger
R - Recklessness
M - Mood changes
