SOLUTION MANUAL FOR
TEST BANK FOR ESSENTIALS OF
PSYCHIATRIC MENTALHEALTH
NURSING, 8TH EDITION, KARYN I.
MORGAN, MARY C. TOWNSEND, ISBN-13:
9780803676787
ALL CHAPTERS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SUCCESS A+
,Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS
1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
2. Biological Implications
3. Ethical and Legal Issues
4. Psychopharmacology
II. PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING INTERVENTIONS
5. Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication
6. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
7. Milieu Therapy – Therapeutic Community
8. Intervention in Groups
9. Crisis Intervention
10. The Recovery Model
11. Suicide Prevention
III. CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
12. Caring for Patients with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders in
General Practice Settings
13. Neurocognitive Disorders
14. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
15. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
16. Depressive Disorders
17. Bipolar and Related Disorders
18. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
19. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
20. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
21. Eating Disorders
22. Personality Disorders
IV. PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING OF SPECIAL
POPULATIONS
23. Children and Adolescents
24. The Aging Individual
25. Survivors of Abuse and Neglect
26. Community Mental Health Nursing
27. The Bereaved Individual
28 Military Families
,V. ONLINE CHAPTERS
29. Concepts of Personality Development
30. Complementary and Psychosocial Therapies
31. Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing
32. Issues Related to Human Sexuality and Gender Dysphoria
, Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8th Edition Concepts of Care in Evidence-
Based Practice 8th Edition Morgan Townsend Test Bank
Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
Multiple Choice
1. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing occasional feelings of sadness because of the
recent death of a beloved pet. The clients appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine have not
changed. How should the nurse interpret the clients behaviors?
1. The clients behaviors demonstrate mental illness in the form of depression.
2. The clients behaviors are extensive, which indicates the presence of mental illness.
3. The clients behaviors are not congruent with cultural norms.
4. The clients behaviors demonstrate no functional impairment, indicating no mental illness.
ANS: 4
Rationale: The nurse should assess that the clients daily functioning is not impaired. The client
who experiences feelings of sadness after the loss of a pet is responding within normal
expectations. Without significant impairment, the clients distress does not indicate a mental
illness.
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Integrated Process: Assessment
2. At what point should the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a mental
illness?
1. When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the DSM-5 criteria.
2. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference in daily functioning.
3. When a client communicates significant distress.
4. When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
ANS: 2
Rationale: The nurse should determine that the client is at risk for mental illness when responses
to stress are maladaptive and interfere with daily functioning. The DSM-5 indicates that in order
to be diagnosed with a mental illness, daily functioning must be significantly impaired. The
clients ability to communicate distress would be considered a positive attribute.
Cognitive Level: Application
Integrated Process: Assessment
3. A nurse is assessing a set of 15-year-old identical twins who respond very differently to stress.
One twin becomes anxious and irritable, and the other withdraws and cries. How should the
nurse explain these different stress responses to the parents?
1. Reactions to stress are relative rather than absolute; individual responses to stress vary.
2. It is abnormal for identical twins to react differently to similar stressors.
3. Identical twins should share the same temperament and respond similarly to stress.
4. Environmental influences to stress weigh more heavily than genetic influences.
TEST BANK FOR ESSENTIALS OF
PSYCHIATRIC MENTALHEALTH
NURSING, 8TH EDITION, KARYN I.
MORGAN, MARY C. TOWNSEND, ISBN-13:
9780803676787
ALL CHAPTERS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SUCCESS A+
,Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS
1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
2. Biological Implications
3. Ethical and Legal Issues
4. Psychopharmacology
II. PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING INTERVENTIONS
5. Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication
6. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
7. Milieu Therapy – Therapeutic Community
8. Intervention in Groups
9. Crisis Intervention
10. The Recovery Model
11. Suicide Prevention
III. CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
12. Caring for Patients with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders in
General Practice Settings
13. Neurocognitive Disorders
14. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
15. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
16. Depressive Disorders
17. Bipolar and Related Disorders
18. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
19. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
20. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
21. Eating Disorders
22. Personality Disorders
IV. PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING OF SPECIAL
POPULATIONS
23. Children and Adolescents
24. The Aging Individual
25. Survivors of Abuse and Neglect
26. Community Mental Health Nursing
27. The Bereaved Individual
28 Military Families
,V. ONLINE CHAPTERS
29. Concepts of Personality Development
30. Complementary and Psychosocial Therapies
31. Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing
32. Issues Related to Human Sexuality and Gender Dysphoria
, Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8th Edition Concepts of Care in Evidence-
Based Practice 8th Edition Morgan Townsend Test Bank
Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
Multiple Choice
1. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing occasional feelings of sadness because of the
recent death of a beloved pet. The clients appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine have not
changed. How should the nurse interpret the clients behaviors?
1. The clients behaviors demonstrate mental illness in the form of depression.
2. The clients behaviors are extensive, which indicates the presence of mental illness.
3. The clients behaviors are not congruent with cultural norms.
4. The clients behaviors demonstrate no functional impairment, indicating no mental illness.
ANS: 4
Rationale: The nurse should assess that the clients daily functioning is not impaired. The client
who experiences feelings of sadness after the loss of a pet is responding within normal
expectations. Without significant impairment, the clients distress does not indicate a mental
illness.
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Integrated Process: Assessment
2. At what point should the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a mental
illness?
1. When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the DSM-5 criteria.
2. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference in daily functioning.
3. When a client communicates significant distress.
4. When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
ANS: 2
Rationale: The nurse should determine that the client is at risk for mental illness when responses
to stress are maladaptive and interfere with daily functioning. The DSM-5 indicates that in order
to be diagnosed with a mental illness, daily functioning must be significantly impaired. The
clients ability to communicate distress would be considered a positive attribute.
Cognitive Level: Application
Integrated Process: Assessment
3. A nurse is assessing a set of 15-year-old identical twins who respond very differently to stress.
One twin becomes anxious and irritable, and the other withdraws and cries. How should the
nurse explain these different stress responses to the parents?
1. Reactions to stress are relative rather than absolute; individual responses to stress vary.
2. It is abnormal for identical twins to react differently to similar stressors.
3. Identical twins should share the same temperament and respond similarly to stress.
4. Environmental influences to stress weigh more heavily than genetic influences.
