CHAPTER 2 PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
TRUE/FALSE
1. In nursing schools in the late 19th century and early 20th century in this country, nurses for clients
with medical problems and nurses for clients with mental problems were usually educated separately.
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. In the 19th century, nurses who were trained to work with people who were physically ill had nurses as
teachers, while those nurses who were trained to work with people who were mentally ill had
physicians as teachers.
ANS: T PTS: 1
3. Various societies at times throughout history have treated people who were mentally ill with reverence.
ANS: T PTS: 1
4. Mental illness has always been viewed as an illness or a disease.
ANS: F PTS: 1
5. The term lunatic came from the idea in the Middle Ages and Renaissance that the lunar body
controlled people who are mentally ill.
ANS: T PTS: 1
6. People who were mentally ill in the Middle Ages and Renaissance period were treated with kindness.
ANS: F PTS: 1
7. Insulin shock for the treatment of mental illness was used only in Europe and not in the United States.
ANS: F PTS: 1
8. Advances in neuroscience most likely will eliminate the need for psychiatric nurses and their work
with communities and individuals to assess dysfunction and assist clients in the area of improved
coping skills.
ANS: F PTS: 1
COMPLETION
1. The theory that a source of infection causes insanity and that removal of the infection can cure the
person is known as the ____________________ Theory.
ANS: Septic Foci
PTS: 1
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, 2. The theory that persons are mentally ill by virtue of having bad character is known as the
____________________ Theory.
ANS: Moral Degeneracy
PTS: 1
3. The theory that dirt and putrefaction are the principal causes of ill health, and that justified removing
people who were ill or insane from the rest of society, is known as the ____________________
Theory.
ANS: Miasmic
PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Hippocrates and the Greeks and Romans of his time believed that emotional stability was influenced
by:
a. family interaction
b. sin, God, and the devil
c. blood, bile, and phlegm
d. sloth and wastefulness
ANS: C
The Greek and Roman cultures developed the idea of “humors”: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and
phlegm. Hippocrates believed that excesses of black bile caused melancholy. Through bloodletting, the
excess could be removed. This was a primitive treatment of mental illness.
PTS: 1 DIF: Knowledge REF: Care of the Mentally Ill| Early Civilization
2. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, mental illness was viewed with:
a. fear
b. indifference
c. repulsion
d. reverence
ANS: A
During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, mental illness was viewed with fear. Affected individuals
were thought to be influenced by the moon.
PTS: 1 DIF: Knowledge
REF: Care of the Mentally Ill| Middle Ages and Renaissance
3. William Battie is recognized in the history of care for people who were mentally ill for the:
a. belief in the contamination theory of mental illness
b. idea that body “humors” influence emotional states
c. idea that attendants and nurses should be carefully trained
d. insistence on privatized care for people who are mentally ill
ANS: C
William Battie recommended that those who worked as attendants and nurses to people who were
mentally ill should be carefully selected and trained. He believed that demonstrating a caring attitude
was an important aspect of treatment.
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TRUE/FALSE
1. In nursing schools in the late 19th century and early 20th century in this country, nurses for clients
with medical problems and nurses for clients with mental problems were usually educated separately.
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. In the 19th century, nurses who were trained to work with people who were physically ill had nurses as
teachers, while those nurses who were trained to work with people who were mentally ill had
physicians as teachers.
ANS: T PTS: 1
3. Various societies at times throughout history have treated people who were mentally ill with reverence.
ANS: T PTS: 1
4. Mental illness has always been viewed as an illness or a disease.
ANS: F PTS: 1
5. The term lunatic came from the idea in the Middle Ages and Renaissance that the lunar body
controlled people who are mentally ill.
ANS: T PTS: 1
6. People who were mentally ill in the Middle Ages and Renaissance period were treated with kindness.
ANS: F PTS: 1
7. Insulin shock for the treatment of mental illness was used only in Europe and not in the United States.
ANS: F PTS: 1
8. Advances in neuroscience most likely will eliminate the need for psychiatric nurses and their work
with communities and individuals to assess dysfunction and assist clients in the area of improved
coping skills.
ANS: F PTS: 1
COMPLETION
1. The theory that a source of infection causes insanity and that removal of the infection can cure the
person is known as the ____________________ Theory.
ANS: Septic Foci
PTS: 1
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, 2. The theory that persons are mentally ill by virtue of having bad character is known as the
____________________ Theory.
ANS: Moral Degeneracy
PTS: 1
3. The theory that dirt and putrefaction are the principal causes of ill health, and that justified removing
people who were ill or insane from the rest of society, is known as the ____________________
Theory.
ANS: Miasmic
PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Hippocrates and the Greeks and Romans of his time believed that emotional stability was influenced
by:
a. family interaction
b. sin, God, and the devil
c. blood, bile, and phlegm
d. sloth and wastefulness
ANS: C
The Greek and Roman cultures developed the idea of “humors”: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and
phlegm. Hippocrates believed that excesses of black bile caused melancholy. Through bloodletting, the
excess could be removed. This was a primitive treatment of mental illness.
PTS: 1 DIF: Knowledge REF: Care of the Mentally Ill| Early Civilization
2. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, mental illness was viewed with:
a. fear
b. indifference
c. repulsion
d. reverence
ANS: A
During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, mental illness was viewed with fear. Affected individuals
were thought to be influenced by the moon.
PTS: 1 DIF: Knowledge
REF: Care of the Mentally Ill| Middle Ages and Renaissance
3. William Battie is recognized in the history of care for people who were mentally ill for the:
a. belief in the contamination theory of mental illness
b. idea that body “humors” influence emotional states
c. idea that attendants and nurses should be carefully trained
d. insistence on privatized care for people who are mentally ill
ANS: C
William Battie recommended that those who worked as attendants and nurses to people who were
mentally ill should be carefully selected and trained. He believed that demonstrating a caring attitude
was an important aspect of treatment.
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