RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH FINAL
EXAM LATEST REAL EXAM ALL 77
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|AGRADE
Milieu - ASWER//the environment in which holistic treatment occurs and includes all members of the
treatment team
mental health - ASWER//balance of psychological and emotional well-being; ability to adapt to life-
changing events
mental illness - ASWER//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 - ASWER//physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization;
must start at bottom to work upwards
Negligence - ASWER//omission to act and can be charged if nurse does not report a foreseeable harm to
the pt
,autonomy - ASWER//respecting the rights of others to make their own decisions
justice - ASWER//the duty to distribute resources or care equally, regardless of personal attributes
benficence - ASWER//the duty to act so as to benefit or promote the good of others
Milieu - ASWER//the environment in which holistic treatment occurs and includes all members of the
treatment team
Fidelity (nonmaleficence) - ASWER//maintaining loyalty and commitment to the patient and doing no
wrong to the patient
Erikson's Stages of Development - ASWER//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 - ASWER//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 - ASWER//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 - ASWER//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 - ASWER//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 - ASWER//do not overshare, focus is on the patient, do not accept gifts, no
special favors, blurring boundaries (overhelping, controlling, narcissism)
Negligence - ASWER//omission to act and can be charged if nurse does not report a foreseeable harm to
the pt
autonomy - ASWER//respecting the rights of others to make their own decisions
justice - ASWER//the duty to distribute resources or care equally, regardless of personal attributes
benficence - ASWER//the duty to act so as to benefit or promote the good of others
Fidelity (nonmaleficence) - ASWER//maintaining loyalty and commitment to the patient and doing no
wrong to the patient
EXAM LATEST REAL EXAM ALL 77
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|AGRADE
Milieu - ASWER//the environment in which holistic treatment occurs and includes all members of the
treatment team
mental health - ASWER//balance of psychological and emotional well-being; ability to adapt to life-
changing events
mental illness - ASWER//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 - ASWER//physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization;
must start at bottom to work upwards
Negligence - ASWER//omission to act and can be charged if nurse does not report a foreseeable harm to
the pt
,autonomy - ASWER//respecting the rights of others to make their own decisions
justice - ASWER//the duty to distribute resources or care equally, regardless of personal attributes
benficence - ASWER//the duty to act so as to benefit or promote the good of others
Milieu - ASWER//the environment in which holistic treatment occurs and includes all members of the
treatment team
Fidelity (nonmaleficence) - ASWER//maintaining loyalty and commitment to the patient and doing no
wrong to the patient
Erikson's Stages of Development - ASWER//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 - ASWER//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 - ASWER//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 - ASWER//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 - ASWER//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 - ASWER//do not overshare, focus is on the patient, do not accept gifts, no
special favors, blurring boundaries (overhelping, controlling, narcissism)
Negligence - ASWER//omission to act and can be charged if nurse does not report a foreseeable harm to
the pt
autonomy - ASWER//respecting the rights of others to make their own decisions
justice - ASWER//the duty to distribute resources or care equally, regardless of personal attributes
benficence - ASWER//the duty to act so as to benefit or promote the good of others
Fidelity (nonmaleficence) - ASWER//maintaining loyalty and commitment to the patient and doing no
wrong to the patient
