NSG 357 – Exam 2 Readings | Nursing Program |Comprehensive Study
Guide
Which of the following is a true statement about mental health recovery? (Select all that apply)
a. mental health recovery applies only to severe and persistent mental illness
b. mental health recovery serves to provide empowerment to the client
c. mental health recovery is based on the medical model
d. mental health recovery is a collaborative process - correct answer b. mental health recovery
serves to provide empowerment to the client
d. mental health recovery is a collaborative process
A nurse is assisting an individual with mental illness recovery using the Tidal Model. Which of
the following is a component of this model?
a. the wellness toolbox
b. the daily maintenance
c. the individual's personal story
d. triggers - correct answer c. the individual's personal story
A nurse is assisting an individual with mental illness recovery using the psychological recovery
model. The client says to the nurse, "I have schizophrenia. Nothing can be done. I might as well
die." In which stage of the psychological recovery model would the nurse assess this individual
to be?
a. the awareness stage
b. the preparation stage
c. the rebuilding stage
d. the moratorium stage - correct answer d. the moratorium stage
A nurse is who helping a client in the preparation stage of the psychological recovery model
might include which of the following interventions?
a. teach about effects of the illness and how to recognize, monitor, and manage symptoms
b. help the client identify "triggers" that cause distress or discomfort
c. help the client establish a daily maintenance list
,d. listen actively while the client composes his or her personal story - correct answer a. teach
about effects of the illness and how to recognize, monitor, and manage symptoms
A nurse who is helping a client with mental illness recovery using the WRAP Model says to the
client, "First you must create a wellness toolbox." She explains to the client that a wellness
toolbox is which of the following?
a. a list of words that describe how the individual feels when he or she is feeling well
b. a list of things the client needs to do every day to maintain wellness
c. a list of strategies the client has used in the past that help relieve disturbing symptoms
d. a list of the client's favorite health-care providers and phone numbers - correct answer c. a
list of strategies the client has used in the past that help relieve disturbing symptoms
The third phase of the behavioral patterns that are repeated over time in abusive relationships
is called the ___________.
a. Tension building phase.
b. Honeymoon phase.
c. Acute Battering Incident.
d. Triggering event phase. - correct answer b. Honeymoon phase.
The fear of social or performance situations in which embarrassment may occur and when
experienced produces an immediate response refers to:
a. Agoraphobia
b. Specific Phobia
c. Social Phobia
d. Panic Disorder - correct answer c. Social Phobia
This disorder is characterized by recurrent, unexplained panic attacks followed by at least one
month of persistent concern about having another attack.
a. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
b. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
c. Specific Phobia
d. Panic Disorder - correct answer d. Panic Disorder
Examining the ABC's: antecedents, behavior, and consequences of one's thoughts is a form of
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy called:
,a. Cognitive Restructuring
b. Flooding
c. Systematic Desensitization
d. Exposure - correct answer a. Cognitive Restructuring
Pairing relaxation techniques with imagined scenes of situations that cause an anxiety response
is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy called:
a. Exposure
b. Cognitive Restructuring
c. Biofeedback
d. Systematic Desensitization - correct answer d. Systematic Desensitization
Cognitive therapy assists the client to reduce their anxiety response by:
a. understanding the hypothesized unconscious meaning of the anxiety.
b. altering cognitive distortions.
c. based on education.
d. providing homework assignments.
e. all of the above. - correct answer b. altering cognitive distortions.
c. based on education.
d. providing homework assignments.
True or false: Most rapists have a history of mental illness. - correct answer false
Which of the following describe the common reasons a battered woman stays with an intimate
partner?
a. Fear of retaliation.
b. For the sake of her children.
c. Lack of a support network.
d. Hopelessness.
e. All of the above. - correct answer e. All of the above.
Which of the following statements describes battering?
a. Violence is that of a physical or sexual nature.
, b. Battering is a complex pattern related to power and control over another person.
c. The batterer takes responsibility for his/her actions.
d. Violence usually stops when the victim gives enough power to the abuser. - correct answer b.
Battering is a complex pattern related to power and control over another person.
Which of the following is true about childhood sexual abuse?
a. The abuse helps children to learn to trust their own feelings.
b. Peer relationships develop without delay.
c. Women who were abused as children do not commonly enter into relationships with men
who abuse them.
d. Childhood sexual abuse commonly distorts development of normal associations of pleasure
with sexual activity. - correct answer d. Childhood sexual abuse commonly distorts
development of normal associations of pleasure with sexual activity.
Ms. T has been diagnosed with agoraphobia. Which behavior would be most characteristic of
this disorder?
a. Ms. T experiences panic anxiety when she encounters snakes.
b. Ms. T refuses to fly in an airplane.
c. Ms. T will not eat in a public place.
d. Ms. T stays in her home for fear of being in a place from which she cannot escape. - correct
answer d. Ms. T stays in her home for fear of being in a place from which she cannot escape.
Which of the following is the most appropriate therapy for a client with agoraphobia?
a. 10 mg Valium
b. Group therapy with other agoraphobics
c. Facing her fear in gradual step progression
d. Hypnosis - correct answer c. Facing her fear in gradual step progression
With implosion therapy, a client with phobic anxiety would be:
a. taught relaxation exercises
b. subjected to graded intensities of the fear
c. instructed to stop the therapeutic session as soon as anxiety is experienced
Guide
Which of the following is a true statement about mental health recovery? (Select all that apply)
a. mental health recovery applies only to severe and persistent mental illness
b. mental health recovery serves to provide empowerment to the client
c. mental health recovery is based on the medical model
d. mental health recovery is a collaborative process - correct answer b. mental health recovery
serves to provide empowerment to the client
d. mental health recovery is a collaborative process
A nurse is assisting an individual with mental illness recovery using the Tidal Model. Which of
the following is a component of this model?
a. the wellness toolbox
b. the daily maintenance
c. the individual's personal story
d. triggers - correct answer c. the individual's personal story
A nurse is assisting an individual with mental illness recovery using the psychological recovery
model. The client says to the nurse, "I have schizophrenia. Nothing can be done. I might as well
die." In which stage of the psychological recovery model would the nurse assess this individual
to be?
a. the awareness stage
b. the preparation stage
c. the rebuilding stage
d. the moratorium stage - correct answer d. the moratorium stage
A nurse is who helping a client in the preparation stage of the psychological recovery model
might include which of the following interventions?
a. teach about effects of the illness and how to recognize, monitor, and manage symptoms
b. help the client identify "triggers" that cause distress or discomfort
c. help the client establish a daily maintenance list
,d. listen actively while the client composes his or her personal story - correct answer a. teach
about effects of the illness and how to recognize, monitor, and manage symptoms
A nurse who is helping a client with mental illness recovery using the WRAP Model says to the
client, "First you must create a wellness toolbox." She explains to the client that a wellness
toolbox is which of the following?
a. a list of words that describe how the individual feels when he or she is feeling well
b. a list of things the client needs to do every day to maintain wellness
c. a list of strategies the client has used in the past that help relieve disturbing symptoms
d. a list of the client's favorite health-care providers and phone numbers - correct answer c. a
list of strategies the client has used in the past that help relieve disturbing symptoms
The third phase of the behavioral patterns that are repeated over time in abusive relationships
is called the ___________.
a. Tension building phase.
b. Honeymoon phase.
c. Acute Battering Incident.
d. Triggering event phase. - correct answer b. Honeymoon phase.
The fear of social or performance situations in which embarrassment may occur and when
experienced produces an immediate response refers to:
a. Agoraphobia
b. Specific Phobia
c. Social Phobia
d. Panic Disorder - correct answer c. Social Phobia
This disorder is characterized by recurrent, unexplained panic attacks followed by at least one
month of persistent concern about having another attack.
a. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
b. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
c. Specific Phobia
d. Panic Disorder - correct answer d. Panic Disorder
Examining the ABC's: antecedents, behavior, and consequences of one's thoughts is a form of
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy called:
,a. Cognitive Restructuring
b. Flooding
c. Systematic Desensitization
d. Exposure - correct answer a. Cognitive Restructuring
Pairing relaxation techniques with imagined scenes of situations that cause an anxiety response
is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy called:
a. Exposure
b. Cognitive Restructuring
c. Biofeedback
d. Systematic Desensitization - correct answer d. Systematic Desensitization
Cognitive therapy assists the client to reduce their anxiety response by:
a. understanding the hypothesized unconscious meaning of the anxiety.
b. altering cognitive distortions.
c. based on education.
d. providing homework assignments.
e. all of the above. - correct answer b. altering cognitive distortions.
c. based on education.
d. providing homework assignments.
True or false: Most rapists have a history of mental illness. - correct answer false
Which of the following describe the common reasons a battered woman stays with an intimate
partner?
a. Fear of retaliation.
b. For the sake of her children.
c. Lack of a support network.
d. Hopelessness.
e. All of the above. - correct answer e. All of the above.
Which of the following statements describes battering?
a. Violence is that of a physical or sexual nature.
, b. Battering is a complex pattern related to power and control over another person.
c. The batterer takes responsibility for his/her actions.
d. Violence usually stops when the victim gives enough power to the abuser. - correct answer b.
Battering is a complex pattern related to power and control over another person.
Which of the following is true about childhood sexual abuse?
a. The abuse helps children to learn to trust their own feelings.
b. Peer relationships develop without delay.
c. Women who were abused as children do not commonly enter into relationships with men
who abuse them.
d. Childhood sexual abuse commonly distorts development of normal associations of pleasure
with sexual activity. - correct answer d. Childhood sexual abuse commonly distorts
development of normal associations of pleasure with sexual activity.
Ms. T has been diagnosed with agoraphobia. Which behavior would be most characteristic of
this disorder?
a. Ms. T experiences panic anxiety when she encounters snakes.
b. Ms. T refuses to fly in an airplane.
c. Ms. T will not eat in a public place.
d. Ms. T stays in her home for fear of being in a place from which she cannot escape. - correct
answer d. Ms. T stays in her home for fear of being in a place from which she cannot escape.
Which of the following is the most appropriate therapy for a client with agoraphobia?
a. 10 mg Valium
b. Group therapy with other agoraphobics
c. Facing her fear in gradual step progression
d. Hypnosis - correct answer c. Facing her fear in gradual step progression
With implosion therapy, a client with phobic anxiety would be:
a. taught relaxation exercises
b. subjected to graded intensities of the fear
c. instructed to stop the therapeutic session as soon as anxiety is experienced
