HEALTH NURSING
6TH EDITION
LINDA M GORMAN
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CHAPTER 1. HISTORY OF MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING
MULTIPLE CHOICE
IDENTIFY THE CHOICE THAT BEST COMPLETES THE STATEMENT OR ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
____ 1. THE ACT OF DEVELOPING A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT IS A FACTOR IN PROVIDING EFFECTIVE
HEALTH CARE AS DEMONSTRATED
BY:
1. NIGHTINGALE.
2. BENNER.
3. SWANSON.
4. KING.
____ 2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PUBLICATION WRITTEN BY FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE?
1. NURSING SANITATION NOTES
2. NURSING 101
3. NOTES ON NURSING
4. NURSING NOTES
____ 3. WHICH DESCRIBES THE LONG-TERM GOAL FOR INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT?
1. RETURN THE PATIENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
2. LOCATE A FACILITY FOR LONG-TERM CARE.
3. BE ARRESTED AND PLACED IN PRISON.
4. BE COMPLETELY CURED OF THE DISORDER.
____ 4. THE MENTALLY ILL WERE ONCE HOUSED IN MENTAL INSTITUTIONS KNOWN AS:
1. HOSPITALS.
2. LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
3. ASYLUMS.
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4. FREE-STANDING TREATMENT CENTERS.
____ 5. WHICH NURSING THEORIST PROMOTED THE INTERPERSONAL THEORY BETWEEN THE NURSE
AND THE PATIENT?
1. HILDEGARD PEPLAU
2. HATTIE BESSENT
3. MARY MAHONEY
4. LINDA RICHARDS
____ 6. WHICH DESCRIBED HARRIOT BAILEY’S CONTRIBUTION TO PSYCHIATRIC NURSING?
1. HARRIOT WORKED TO UPGRADE NURSING EDUCATION.
2. HARRIOT WROTE THE FIRST TEXTBOOK ON PSYCHIATRIC NURSING.
3. HARRIOT PROMOTED THE ACCEPTANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN
NURSING.
4. HARRIOT LOBBIED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CARE STANDARDS.
____ 7. WHICH DESCRIBES THE CONTRIBUTION TO NURSING BY EUPHEMIA (EFFIE) JANE TAYLOR?
1. ASSISTED SOLDIERS IN LEARNING HOW TO WRITE WITH THEIR MOUTHS
AND, IN SOME CASES, THEIR FEET.
2. RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASYLUMS OR PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITALS.
3. INITIATED THE FIRST PSYCHIATRIC PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR NURSES.
4. DEVELOPED AND DIRECTED A MASTER’S AND DOCTORATE PROGRAM
FOR MINORITY NURSES.
____ 8. WHICH STATEMENT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE EARLY ASYLUMS?
1. THERE WAS INADEQUATE FUNDING TO RUN THEM.
2. THE CLIENTS WERE HEAVILY MEDICATED.
3. CUSTODIAL CARE WAS ABSENT.
4. CLIENTS OFTEN VOLUNTEERED FOR EXPERIMENTS.
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____ 9. WHICH LAW PROTECTS PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WHO LACK INSURANCE
COVERAGE AND LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE FROM BEING TURNED AWAY FOR CARE?
1. PATIENT BILL OF RIGHTS
2. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
3. HILL-BURTON ACT
4. NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ACT OF 1946
____ 10. ACCORDING TO HILDEGARD PEPLAU, WHICH DESCRIBES THE NURSE AS A “RESOURCE”
PERSON?
1. PROVIDES THE CLIENT INFORMATION.
2. COORDINATES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
3. HELPS THE CLIENT EXPLORE THEIR CURRENT THOUGHTS AND
FEELINGS.
4. ROLE PLAYS TO HELP THE CLIENT IDENTIFY THEIR FEELINGS FROM THE
PAST.
____ 11. ACCORDING TO HILDEGARD PEPLAU, WHICH STAGE OF THE NURSE-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
FOCUSES ON THE CLIENT DEVELOPING SELF-RESPONSIBILITY AND SHOWING PERSONAL
GROWTH?
1. ORIENTATION
2. IDENTIFICATION
3. EXPLORATION
4. RESOLUTION
____ 12. WHICH FACTOR CONTRIBUTED TO DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION?
1. DECLINE IN MENTAL ILLNESS.
2. DEVELOPMENT OF PHENOTHIAZINES.
3. INCREASE IN INCARCERATION.
4. DEVELOPMENT OF FREE-STANDING TREATMENT CENTERS.