NURS 222 WEEK 1: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
COMPLETE NURS 222 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Three factors declining mental health institutions (1950s-1960s) - ANS ✔✔Civil rights movement, cost
(Medicaid), and legal limits on institutionalization.
Mental Health - ANS ✔✔Includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
Mental Illness - ANS ✔✔Disorders occurring over short periods, episodically, or ongoing/long-lasting.
DSM-V - ANS ✔✔Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; identifies disorders based on
criteria.
NANDA - ANS ✔✔North American Nursing Diagnosis Association; provides basis for nursing
interventions.
5150 Hold - ANS ✔✔72-hour involuntary hold; ordered by anyone with a 5150 certification.
5250 Hold - ANS ✔✔14-day hold following a 5150; ordered only by a psychiatrist.
T-con Hold - ANS ✔✔Temporary conservatorship lasting 90 days; ordered only by a physician.
Conservatorship (Con) - ANS ✔✔Court-appointed hold for 1 year at a time; physician only.
Immediate Memory Assessment - ANS ✔✔Testing recall of information presented right away.
Recent Memory Assessment - ANS ✔✔Testing recall of events occurring within a week.
Remote Memory Assessment - ANS ✔✔Testing recall of events occurring a year or more out.
Beneficence - ANS ✔✔Doing good and advocating for the patient.
Autonomy - ANS ✔✔The right of patients to make their own decisions.
Justice - ANS ✔✔Fair and equal treatment for all patients.
Fidelity - ANS ✔✔Faithfulness; doing what you told the patient you would do.
Veracity - ANS ✔✔Telling the truth and avoiding false reassurances.
Duty to warn (Tarasoff Act) - ANS ✔✔The legal obligation to break confidentiality to warn an endangered
third party.
Three intentional torts - ANS ✔✔Assault, battery, and false imprisonment.
Two unintentional torts - ANS ✔✔Neglect and malpractice.
COMPLETE NURS 222 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Three factors declining mental health institutions (1950s-1960s) - ANS ✔✔Civil rights movement, cost
(Medicaid), and legal limits on institutionalization.
Mental Health - ANS ✔✔Includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
Mental Illness - ANS ✔✔Disorders occurring over short periods, episodically, or ongoing/long-lasting.
DSM-V - ANS ✔✔Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; identifies disorders based on
criteria.
NANDA - ANS ✔✔North American Nursing Diagnosis Association; provides basis for nursing
interventions.
5150 Hold - ANS ✔✔72-hour involuntary hold; ordered by anyone with a 5150 certification.
5250 Hold - ANS ✔✔14-day hold following a 5150; ordered only by a psychiatrist.
T-con Hold - ANS ✔✔Temporary conservatorship lasting 90 days; ordered only by a physician.
Conservatorship (Con) - ANS ✔✔Court-appointed hold for 1 year at a time; physician only.
Immediate Memory Assessment - ANS ✔✔Testing recall of information presented right away.
Recent Memory Assessment - ANS ✔✔Testing recall of events occurring within a week.
Remote Memory Assessment - ANS ✔✔Testing recall of events occurring a year or more out.
Beneficence - ANS ✔✔Doing good and advocating for the patient.
Autonomy - ANS ✔✔The right of patients to make their own decisions.
Justice - ANS ✔✔Fair and equal treatment for all patients.
Fidelity - ANS ✔✔Faithfulness; doing what you told the patient you would do.
Veracity - ANS ✔✔Telling the truth and avoiding false reassurances.
Duty to warn (Tarasoff Act) - ANS ✔✔The legal obligation to break confidentiality to warn an endangered
third party.
Three intentional torts - ANS ✔✔Assault, battery, and false imprisonment.
Two unintentional torts - ANS ✔✔Neglect and malpractice.
