Introductory Mental Health Nursing 2. A mental health nurse is teaching a class in anger management.
She teaches the patients that recognizing what triggers their anger
response allows them to do which of the following?
4th Edition A) Manipulate the situation to get what
you
want
Womble Kincheloe B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
Test Bank control of their anger
D) Control the things that trigger their
anger
3. Which of the following are factors that could be part of a
Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
persons cultural identity? (Select all that apply.)
1. When studying mental health and mental illness, the student
nurse learnsthat which of the following is evidence of our
mental health?
A) Our ability to function well with
others
B) Our ability to defend what we believe
C) Our ability to perform demanding
tasks
on the job
D) Our ability to defend those weaker
than
we are
,A) Common family customs D) Gender
B) Common language E) Adaptive resources
C) Common stressors
4. What would a culturally competent nurse know that some
cultural and ethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused
by?
A) Demon possession
B) Pretense
C) The stars
D) Hypnosis
5. A staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease
process, whether it is physical or mental. What would be the
best statement aboutstress that the educator could give?
A) Stress can be prostress or distress.
B) Stress can never enhance the feeling
of
well-being.
C) Stress can be either physically or
emotionally exhausting, but not both.
D) Distress is actually harmful to ones
health.
6. A patient comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner. The patient states, I seem to be miserable and upset
all the time. My marriage is crumbling because my wife refuses
to understand how I feel. What does the nurse practitioner
understand about the factors contributingto the patients stress?
A) Internal situations often make us
, miserable and upset D) We choose to live with chronic stress
B) External situations often make us
7. As a mental health nurse, you know that when a person feels
miserable and upset
insulted, mental images of resentment and animosity may be
C) We choose to make ourselves formed. These imagesgenerate what?
miserable
A) The need to fight back
and upset
B) The need to change their behavior
C) The need to project blame onto the
other
person
D) The need to manipulate the situation
8. Mental health nurses know that stress management is an
important part of patient care. What is one way a mental health
nurse could help the patient cope with stress?
A) Teach mentalization
B) Teach hypnosis
C) Teach imagination
D) Teach visualization
9. To help patients deal with their stress, nurses must also learn to
cope with their own. Which of the following is an adaptive coping
strategy that might be used by the nurse?
A) Reframing
B) Mediation
C) Asset training
D) Mental blocking
, 10. An 18-year-old college student is very anxious about auditioning B) Practicing the songs used in the
for the schools famous chorale. Which of the following ways of audition
dealing with thisanxiety would the nurse recognize as being C) Going to a concert
maladaptive?
D) Singing with a group of friends
A) Arranging for voice lessons
11. Several steps occur in the crisis sequence. What is one of these steps?
A) Organization recurs
B) Violence
C) Autonomic response
D) Peripheral nervous system response
12. A 70-year-old man is admitted to the hospital in a severe state of
malnutrition. The nurse learns that he lost his wife 3 months ago
and is living alone in a rural area. His family lives at a great
distance and rarely visits him. He is not eating for several days at a
time and is not paying his bills. He is now without electricity and
phone service at his home. When hisson asks the nurse what is
wrong with his father, what would be the nurses best response?
A) He is grieving for his wife.
B) He has colon cancer and is dying.
C) He has a malabsorption disorder.
D) He feels alone and useless.
13. A 28-year-old woman, whose husband and two children were
killed in a hurricane 3 years ago, has dated several men in the past
18 months. She hasnever allowed a serious relationship to
develop, always finding a reason to end the relationship after a
couple of months. What is a reason that this woman may not be
able to form a serious, lasting relationship with a man?
She teaches the patients that recognizing what triggers their anger
response allows them to do which of the following?
4th Edition A) Manipulate the situation to get what
you
want
Womble Kincheloe B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
Test Bank control of their anger
D) Control the things that trigger their
anger
3. Which of the following are factors that could be part of a
Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
persons cultural identity? (Select all that apply.)
1. When studying mental health and mental illness, the student
nurse learnsthat which of the following is evidence of our
mental health?
A) Our ability to function well with
others
B) Our ability to defend what we believe
C) Our ability to perform demanding
tasks
on the job
D) Our ability to defend those weaker
than
we are
,A) Common family customs D) Gender
B) Common language E) Adaptive resources
C) Common stressors
4. What would a culturally competent nurse know that some
cultural and ethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused
by?
A) Demon possession
B) Pretense
C) The stars
D) Hypnosis
5. A staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease
process, whether it is physical or mental. What would be the
best statement aboutstress that the educator could give?
A) Stress can be prostress or distress.
B) Stress can never enhance the feeling
of
well-being.
C) Stress can be either physically or
emotionally exhausting, but not both.
D) Distress is actually harmful to ones
health.
6. A patient comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner. The patient states, I seem to be miserable and upset
all the time. My marriage is crumbling because my wife refuses
to understand how I feel. What does the nurse practitioner
understand about the factors contributingto the patients stress?
A) Internal situations often make us
, miserable and upset D) We choose to live with chronic stress
B) External situations often make us
7. As a mental health nurse, you know that when a person feels
miserable and upset
insulted, mental images of resentment and animosity may be
C) We choose to make ourselves formed. These imagesgenerate what?
miserable
A) The need to fight back
and upset
B) The need to change their behavior
C) The need to project blame onto the
other
person
D) The need to manipulate the situation
8. Mental health nurses know that stress management is an
important part of patient care. What is one way a mental health
nurse could help the patient cope with stress?
A) Teach mentalization
B) Teach hypnosis
C) Teach imagination
D) Teach visualization
9. To help patients deal with their stress, nurses must also learn to
cope with their own. Which of the following is an adaptive coping
strategy that might be used by the nurse?
A) Reframing
B) Mediation
C) Asset training
D) Mental blocking
, 10. An 18-year-old college student is very anxious about auditioning B) Practicing the songs used in the
for the schools famous chorale. Which of the following ways of audition
dealing with thisanxiety would the nurse recognize as being C) Going to a concert
maladaptive?
D) Singing with a group of friends
A) Arranging for voice lessons
11. Several steps occur in the crisis sequence. What is one of these steps?
A) Organization recurs
B) Violence
C) Autonomic response
D) Peripheral nervous system response
12. A 70-year-old man is admitted to the hospital in a severe state of
malnutrition. The nurse learns that he lost his wife 3 months ago
and is living alone in a rural area. His family lives at a great
distance and rarely visits him. He is not eating for several days at a
time and is not paying his bills. He is now without electricity and
phone service at his home. When hisson asks the nurse what is
wrong with his father, what would be the nurses best response?
A) He is grieving for his wife.
B) He has colon cancer and is dying.
C) He has a malabsorption disorder.
D) He feels alone and useless.
13. A 28-year-old woman, whose husband and two children were
killed in a hurricane 3 years ago, has dated several men in the past
18 months. She hasnever allowed a serious relationship to
develop, always finding a reason to end the relationship after a
couple of months. What is a reason that this woman may not be
able to form a serious, lasting relationship with a man?
