RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PRACTICE
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ mental health. Answer: balance of psychological and emotional
well-being; ability to adapt to life-changing events
◉ mental illness. Answer: medical conditions that cause dysfunction
of the brain and neurotransmitters that affect a person's thinking,
feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning
◉ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Answer: physiological, safety,
love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization; must start at bottom to
work upwards
◉ Erikson's Stages of Development. Answer: 1. Trust vs. mistrust
(Birth to 12-18 months)
2. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (12-18 months to 3 years)
3. Initiative vs. Guilt (3 years to 5-6 years)
4. Industry vs. Inferiority (5-6 years to adolescence; 6-12 yrs)
5. Identity vs. role diffusion (Adolescence; 12-20 yrs)
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation (Early adulthood; 20-30 yrs)
,7. Generativity vs. Stagnation (Middle adulthood; 30-60 years)
8. Ego-Integrity vs. Despair (Late adulthood; 60+ yrs)
◉ Freud. Answer: 1) Oral: birth-1.5yrs; pleasure-pain principle; Id:
unconscious mind
2) Anal: 1.5-3yrs; reality principle
3) Phallic: 3-7yrs; reward and punishment principle (superego
develops)
4) Latency: 7-12yrs; sexuality is repressed, form close bonds w/same
sex
5) Genital phase (adolesence): 13-20yrs; relationships w/opposite sex
◉ Sullivan. Answer: 1) Infancy (birth-1.5yrs): mothering object
relieves tension through empathetic intervention/tenderness; goal:
biological satisfaction & psychological security
2) Childhood (1.5-6yrs): muscular maturation & learning to
communicate verbally; task: learn to delay satisfaction of wishes
3) Juvenile (6-9yrs): absorbed in learning to deal w/ever widening
outside world/peers/adults; task: develop interpersonal relationships
4) Preadolescence (9-12yrs): develop intimate relationships w/same
sex; task: learn to care for others of same sex outside of family;
"normal homosexual phase"
Adolscence (12-20yrs): Early (12-14yrs) establishing satisfying
relationships w/opposite sex, Late (14-20yrs) interdependent and
establishing durable sexual relations w/select member of opposite sex
, ◉ therapeutic communication. Answer: Verbal and nonverbal
communication techniques that encourage patients to express their
feelings and to achieve a positive relationship (silence, accepting,
giving recognition, offering self, offering general leads, giving broad
openings, making observations, encouraging description of percetion)
◉ Phases of Nurse-Patient Relationship. Answer: orientation: setting
boundaries/objectives, working towards a common goal,
confidentiality established
working: symptoms/problem solving skill, challengig negative
thoughts and behaviors
termination: can take a long amount of time, ending relationship, role
has now ended
◉ boundaries with patients. Answer: do not overshare, focus is on the
patient, do not accept gifts, no special favors, blurring boundaries
(overhelping, controlling, narcissism)
◉ Negligence. Answer: omission to act and can be charged if nurse
does not report a foreseeable harm to the pt
◉ autonomy. Answer: respecting the rights of others to make their
own decisions
◉ justice. Answer: the duty to distribute resources or care equally,
regardless of personal attributes
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PRACTICE
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ mental health. Answer: balance of psychological and emotional
well-being; ability to adapt to life-changing events
◉ mental illness. Answer: medical conditions that cause dysfunction
of the brain and neurotransmitters that affect a person's thinking,
feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning
◉ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Answer: physiological, safety,
love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization; must start at bottom to
work upwards
◉ Erikson's Stages of Development. Answer: 1. Trust vs. mistrust
(Birth to 12-18 months)
2. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (12-18 months to 3 years)
3. Initiative vs. Guilt (3 years to 5-6 years)
4. Industry vs. Inferiority (5-6 years to adolescence; 6-12 yrs)
5. Identity vs. role diffusion (Adolescence; 12-20 yrs)
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation (Early adulthood; 20-30 yrs)
,7. Generativity vs. Stagnation (Middle adulthood; 30-60 years)
8. Ego-Integrity vs. Despair (Late adulthood; 60+ yrs)
◉ Freud. Answer: 1) Oral: birth-1.5yrs; pleasure-pain principle; Id:
unconscious mind
2) Anal: 1.5-3yrs; reality principle
3) Phallic: 3-7yrs; reward and punishment principle (superego
develops)
4) Latency: 7-12yrs; sexuality is repressed, form close bonds w/same
sex
5) Genital phase (adolesence): 13-20yrs; relationships w/opposite sex
◉ Sullivan. Answer: 1) Infancy (birth-1.5yrs): mothering object
relieves tension through empathetic intervention/tenderness; goal:
biological satisfaction & psychological security
2) Childhood (1.5-6yrs): muscular maturation & learning to
communicate verbally; task: learn to delay satisfaction of wishes
3) Juvenile (6-9yrs): absorbed in learning to deal w/ever widening
outside world/peers/adults; task: develop interpersonal relationships
4) Preadolescence (9-12yrs): develop intimate relationships w/same
sex; task: learn to care for others of same sex outside of family;
"normal homosexual phase"
Adolscence (12-20yrs): Early (12-14yrs) establishing satisfying
relationships w/opposite sex, Late (14-20yrs) interdependent and
establishing durable sexual relations w/select member of opposite sex
, ◉ therapeutic communication. Answer: Verbal and nonverbal
communication techniques that encourage patients to express their
feelings and to achieve a positive relationship (silence, accepting,
giving recognition, offering self, offering general leads, giving broad
openings, making observations, encouraging description of percetion)
◉ Phases of Nurse-Patient Relationship. Answer: orientation: setting
boundaries/objectives, working towards a common goal,
confidentiality established
working: symptoms/problem solving skill, challengig negative
thoughts and behaviors
termination: can take a long amount of time, ending relationship, role
has now ended
◉ boundaries with patients. Answer: do not overshare, focus is on the
patient, do not accept gifts, no special favors, blurring boundaries
(overhelping, controlling, narcissism)
◉ Negligence. Answer: omission to act and can be charged if nurse
does not report a foreseeable harm to the pt
◉ autonomy. Answer: respecting the rights of others to make their
own decisions
◉ justice. Answer: the duty to distribute resources or care equally,
regardless of personal attributes
