BNKN601 - MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. WORKSHEET 1: RECOVERY
Answer:
WORKSHEET 1: RECOVERY
Question:
2. what are the 11 most important factors in recovery
Answer:
1. having self determination
2. discovering a more active sense of self
3. valuing themselves as a person through their interactions with others
4. realising the need to help themselves and to take responsibility for their distress
5. seeing the protentional for richer identities other than that of the person with
the mental illness
6. reflecting on positive experiences leading to consideration of other
considerations
7. exploring experiences with reference to both the present and the future self
8. finding ways to monitor and manage the symptoms of distress
9. tapping into their own inner wisdom
10. having optimism
11. recognising the important of spirituality
Question:
3. what are the 9 principles of recovery that can be used as
nursing management/interventions
Answer:
1. Is born of hope
2. is a journey defined by the individual
3. needs a supportive enviroment to thrive
4. involves individuals redefining who they are in the presence of a psychiatric
label
5. is an active and ongoing process
6. is a non-linear journey
7. recovery skills can be learnt
8. involves a person educating themselves about their illness
9. learning to manage both internalised and external stigma and discrimination
,Question:
4. what should nurses be aware about when working with
trauma survivors/patients for doing
interventions/managments
Answer:
be aware of the lack of safety many trauma survivors feel
building trust is an essential
coercive interventions may re-traumatize people
some interventions may be seen as shaming and humiliating
need to focus on what is happening to the person
Question:
5. WORKSHEET 2: LEGAL AND ETHICAL
Answer:
WORKSHEET 2: LEGAL AND ETHICAL
Question:
6. What are the 7 areas that need to be considered within
legal and ethical clinical situations
Answer:
1. rights = form basis of professional codes and legal judgement
2. autonomy = right to self-determine
3. beneficence and nonmaleficence = doing good and duty to do no harm
4. justice = fairness
5. fidelity = be faithful to agreements and responsibilities
6. veracity = telling the truth
7 trust and reciprocity = trust in colleagues to work in mutual supportive ways
Question:
7. paternalism
Answer:
A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their
needs but not giving them rights.
, Question:
8. what are some ways nurses can help minismise feelings of
powerlessness/ what are some nursing interventions for
patients under a act
Answer:
advocate for collaboration
respect the patient
show kindness and honesty
discuss with patient their concerns about what's happening and the meds being
taken
perform risk assessment for safety
create a care plan in partnership with patient
Question:
9. WORKSHEET 3: MOOD DISORDERS
Answer:
WORKSHEET 3: MOOD DISORDERS
Question:
10. causative factors which have been identified for
depression
Answer:
family history/genetics, serious medical illness, drug and/or alcohol abuse,
personality type, neurological changes
Question:
11. causative factors which have been identified for bipolar
disorder
Answer:
genetics, enviroment/external stimuli, altered brain structure and chemistry, manic
or mixed episodes, hypomania and a depressive episode
Question:
12. affect
Answer:
marked disruptions in emotions
Question:
13. mood
Answer:
the persons mood is elated. they may appear as euphoric and excessively
optimistic. at other times they may be irritable and aggressive, these changes may
vary throughout the day
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. WORKSHEET 1: RECOVERY
Answer:
WORKSHEET 1: RECOVERY
Question:
2. what are the 11 most important factors in recovery
Answer:
1. having self determination
2. discovering a more active sense of self
3. valuing themselves as a person through their interactions with others
4. realising the need to help themselves and to take responsibility for their distress
5. seeing the protentional for richer identities other than that of the person with
the mental illness
6. reflecting on positive experiences leading to consideration of other
considerations
7. exploring experiences with reference to both the present and the future self
8. finding ways to monitor and manage the symptoms of distress
9. tapping into their own inner wisdom
10. having optimism
11. recognising the important of spirituality
Question:
3. what are the 9 principles of recovery that can be used as
nursing management/interventions
Answer:
1. Is born of hope
2. is a journey defined by the individual
3. needs a supportive enviroment to thrive
4. involves individuals redefining who they are in the presence of a psychiatric
label
5. is an active and ongoing process
6. is a non-linear journey
7. recovery skills can be learnt
8. involves a person educating themselves about their illness
9. learning to manage both internalised and external stigma and discrimination
,Question:
4. what should nurses be aware about when working with
trauma survivors/patients for doing
interventions/managments
Answer:
be aware of the lack of safety many trauma survivors feel
building trust is an essential
coercive interventions may re-traumatize people
some interventions may be seen as shaming and humiliating
need to focus on what is happening to the person
Question:
5. WORKSHEET 2: LEGAL AND ETHICAL
Answer:
WORKSHEET 2: LEGAL AND ETHICAL
Question:
6. What are the 7 areas that need to be considered within
legal and ethical clinical situations
Answer:
1. rights = form basis of professional codes and legal judgement
2. autonomy = right to self-determine
3. beneficence and nonmaleficence = doing good and duty to do no harm
4. justice = fairness
5. fidelity = be faithful to agreements and responsibilities
6. veracity = telling the truth
7 trust and reciprocity = trust in colleagues to work in mutual supportive ways
Question:
7. paternalism
Answer:
A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their
needs but not giving them rights.
, Question:
8. what are some ways nurses can help minismise feelings of
powerlessness/ what are some nursing interventions for
patients under a act
Answer:
advocate for collaboration
respect the patient
show kindness and honesty
discuss with patient their concerns about what's happening and the meds being
taken
perform risk assessment for safety
create a care plan in partnership with patient
Question:
9. WORKSHEET 3: MOOD DISORDERS
Answer:
WORKSHEET 3: MOOD DISORDERS
Question:
10. causative factors which have been identified for
depression
Answer:
family history/genetics, serious medical illness, drug and/or alcohol abuse,
personality type, neurological changes
Question:
11. causative factors which have been identified for bipolar
disorder
Answer:
genetics, enviroment/external stimuli, altered brain structure and chemistry, manic
or mixed episodes, hypomania and a depressive episode
Question:
12. affect
Answer:
marked disruptions in emotions
Question:
13. mood
Answer:
the persons mood is elated. they may appear as euphoric and excessively
optimistic. at other times they may be irritable and aggressive, these changes may
vary throughout the day
