Psychiatric Nursing Exam 1 Real
Questions & Actual Answers
Psychiatric mental health nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-The nursing practice specialty
committed to promoting mental health through the assessment, diagnosis, and
treatment of behavioral problems, mental disorders and comorbid conditions across the
lifespan
Asylum - CORRECT ANSWER-Safe haven previously considered as the best option for
psych treatment
Florence Nightengale - CORRECT ANSWER-Early founder of psych nursing who is
credited with introducing the holistic view and using therapeutic communication
Linda Richards - CORRECT ANSWER-First trained nurse in the US, opened Boston
City Hospital Training School for Nurses at McLean Hospital, a mental health facility
Effie Taylor - CORRECT ANSWER-Affiliated with Johns Hopkins, encouraged nurses to
avoid the dichotomy of mind and body.
Harriet Bailey - CORRECT ANSWER-Wrote the first psych nursing textbook, Nursing
Mental Disease.
Hildegard Peplau - CORRECT ANSWER-Wrote Interpersonal Relations in Nursing,
which introduced the psych mental health nursing practice to the concepts of
interpersonal relations and the therapeutic relationship
,Statement on Psychiatric Nursing Practice - CORRECT ANSWER-First official sanction
of a holistic approach of psych mental health nurses practicing in a variety of settings
with a diverse clientele, emphasizing health promotion as well as health restoration
800 BC- Colonial period - CORRECT ANSWER-Pre-moral treatment era
Moral treatment - CORRECT ANSWER-Use of kindness, compassion, pleasant
environment to treat psych disorders
Institutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER-Forced confinement of individuals for long
periods of time in large facilities
Psychosis - CORRECT ANSWER-Severe mental illness
Neurosis - CORRECT ANSWER-A less severe mental illness
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER-Therapy focused on repairing the trauma of the
original psychological injury
Deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER-Release of those confined to mental
institutions for long periods of time into the community for treatment, support and
rehabilitation
Evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER-Problem-solving approach to the
delivery of healthcare that integrates the best evidence from well designed studies and
patient care data & combines it with patient preferences and values along with nurse
expertise
, Mental health - CORRECT ANSWER-The emotional and psychological well-being of an
individual who has the capacity to interact with others, deal with ordinary stress, and
perceive one's surroundings realistically
Mental disorders - CORRECT ANSWER-Clinically significant disturbances in cognition,
emotion regulation, or behavior that reflect a dysfunction in the psychological, biological,
or developmental processes underlying mental dysfunction
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER-The study of patterns of disease distribution and
determinants of health within populations
Rate of occurence - CORRECT ANSWER-The proportion of the population that has a
given disorder
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER-Rate of new cases of a given disorder within a
specified time
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER-The rate of occurrence of all cases at a particular
point in time
Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER-A set of symptoms which cluster together that may
have multiple causes and may represent several disease states that have not yet been
defined
Stigma - CORRECT ANSWER-A mark of disgrace or disapproval that results in an
individual being shunned or rejected by others
Public stigma - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when individuals are publicly marked as
being mentally ill
Questions & Actual Answers
Psychiatric mental health nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-The nursing practice specialty
committed to promoting mental health through the assessment, diagnosis, and
treatment of behavioral problems, mental disorders and comorbid conditions across the
lifespan
Asylum - CORRECT ANSWER-Safe haven previously considered as the best option for
psych treatment
Florence Nightengale - CORRECT ANSWER-Early founder of psych nursing who is
credited with introducing the holistic view and using therapeutic communication
Linda Richards - CORRECT ANSWER-First trained nurse in the US, opened Boston
City Hospital Training School for Nurses at McLean Hospital, a mental health facility
Effie Taylor - CORRECT ANSWER-Affiliated with Johns Hopkins, encouraged nurses to
avoid the dichotomy of mind and body.
Harriet Bailey - CORRECT ANSWER-Wrote the first psych nursing textbook, Nursing
Mental Disease.
Hildegard Peplau - CORRECT ANSWER-Wrote Interpersonal Relations in Nursing,
which introduced the psych mental health nursing practice to the concepts of
interpersonal relations and the therapeutic relationship
,Statement on Psychiatric Nursing Practice - CORRECT ANSWER-First official sanction
of a holistic approach of psych mental health nurses practicing in a variety of settings
with a diverse clientele, emphasizing health promotion as well as health restoration
800 BC- Colonial period - CORRECT ANSWER-Pre-moral treatment era
Moral treatment - CORRECT ANSWER-Use of kindness, compassion, pleasant
environment to treat psych disorders
Institutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER-Forced confinement of individuals for long
periods of time in large facilities
Psychosis - CORRECT ANSWER-Severe mental illness
Neurosis - CORRECT ANSWER-A less severe mental illness
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER-Therapy focused on repairing the trauma of the
original psychological injury
Deinstitutionalization - CORRECT ANSWER-Release of those confined to mental
institutions for long periods of time into the community for treatment, support and
rehabilitation
Evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWER-Problem-solving approach to the
delivery of healthcare that integrates the best evidence from well designed studies and
patient care data & combines it with patient preferences and values along with nurse
expertise
, Mental health - CORRECT ANSWER-The emotional and psychological well-being of an
individual who has the capacity to interact with others, deal with ordinary stress, and
perceive one's surroundings realistically
Mental disorders - CORRECT ANSWER-Clinically significant disturbances in cognition,
emotion regulation, or behavior that reflect a dysfunction in the psychological, biological,
or developmental processes underlying mental dysfunction
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER-The study of patterns of disease distribution and
determinants of health within populations
Rate of occurence - CORRECT ANSWER-The proportion of the population that has a
given disorder
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER-Rate of new cases of a given disorder within a
specified time
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER-The rate of occurrence of all cases at a particular
point in time
Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER-A set of symptoms which cluster together that may
have multiple causes and may represent several disease states that have not yet been
defined
Stigma - CORRECT ANSWER-A mark of disgrace or disapproval that results in an
individual being shunned or rejected by others
Public stigma - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when individuals are publicly marked as
being mentally ill
