NFDN 2007 | Unit 1 questions with accurate
answers
86% of hospitalizations for mental illness occur where? Ans✓✓✓
General hospitals.
A community treatment order (CTO) is an order for provision of:
Ans✓✓✓ Comprehensive community-based treatment of a person with
a serious mental disorder.
Abnormal dopamine levels are associated with which conditions?
Ans✓✓✓ Parkinson's and schizophrenia.
An Admission Certificate allows: Ans✓✓✓ Conveyance to a MH
facility. Detainment for a 24h period.
Assessment by physician.
At the turn of the 20th century, what was the largest killer of asylum
patients? Ans✓✓✓ TB.
Being "ethical" as a nurse requires: Ans✓✓✓ Moral courage in times of
crises.
Everyday expression of commitment to patient wellbeing.
Culture is: Ans✓✓✓ Learned values, beliefs, norms, and way of life
that influence an individual.
,Decreased GABA activity is involved in the development of: Ans✓✓✓
Seizure disorders.
Decreased norepinephrine is associated with: Ans✓✓✓ Depression.
Decreased serotonin levels are associated with: Ans✓✓✓ Depression
and insomnia.
Excessive blocking of ACh causes: Ans✓✓✓ Confusion and delirium.
Excessive norepinephrine or serotonin is associated with: Ans✓✓✓
Mania.
From which idea did the concept of moral treatment emerge? Ans✓✓✓
Psychosocial: mental disorders result from environmental and social
deprivation.
How do "feminist ethics" differ from standard ethics of care? Ans✓✓✓
Uses a political lens to look at relationships of power within individual
and societal relationships.
How does a brain injury affect the ability to function? Ans✓✓✓ Brain
trauma can cause physical and mental deficits, as well as mood and
personality changes.
, How does functional neuroimaging differ from structural imaging?
Ans✓✓✓ Measurement of active physiologic activity inside the brain.
How is recovery viewed? Ans✓✓✓ As an active, unique process.
If ACh is blocked, what effects occur? Ans✓✓✓ - Dry mouth
- Blurred vision
- Constipation
- Urinary retention
- Tachycardia
In the early 1900's, there were 2 major opposing views on mental illness.
What is the first one? Ans✓✓✓ Mental disorders have biological
origins and can be treated by biological interventions.
In the early 1900's, there were 2 major opposing views on mental illness.
What is the second one? Ans✓✓✓ Mental disorders are caused by
environmental and social stress.
In western Canada, mental nurse training schools were not established
until the ___? Ans✓✓✓ 1930's.
Loss of ACh may contribute to: Ans✓✓✓ - Memory difficulty
- Cognitive deficits
answers
86% of hospitalizations for mental illness occur where? Ans✓✓✓
General hospitals.
A community treatment order (CTO) is an order for provision of:
Ans✓✓✓ Comprehensive community-based treatment of a person with
a serious mental disorder.
Abnormal dopamine levels are associated with which conditions?
Ans✓✓✓ Parkinson's and schizophrenia.
An Admission Certificate allows: Ans✓✓✓ Conveyance to a MH
facility. Detainment for a 24h period.
Assessment by physician.
At the turn of the 20th century, what was the largest killer of asylum
patients? Ans✓✓✓ TB.
Being "ethical" as a nurse requires: Ans✓✓✓ Moral courage in times of
crises.
Everyday expression of commitment to patient wellbeing.
Culture is: Ans✓✓✓ Learned values, beliefs, norms, and way of life
that influence an individual.
,Decreased GABA activity is involved in the development of: Ans✓✓✓
Seizure disorders.
Decreased norepinephrine is associated with: Ans✓✓✓ Depression.
Decreased serotonin levels are associated with: Ans✓✓✓ Depression
and insomnia.
Excessive blocking of ACh causes: Ans✓✓✓ Confusion and delirium.
Excessive norepinephrine or serotonin is associated with: Ans✓✓✓
Mania.
From which idea did the concept of moral treatment emerge? Ans✓✓✓
Psychosocial: mental disorders result from environmental and social
deprivation.
How do "feminist ethics" differ from standard ethics of care? Ans✓✓✓
Uses a political lens to look at relationships of power within individual
and societal relationships.
How does a brain injury affect the ability to function? Ans✓✓✓ Brain
trauma can cause physical and mental deficits, as well as mood and
personality changes.
, How does functional neuroimaging differ from structural imaging?
Ans✓✓✓ Measurement of active physiologic activity inside the brain.
How is recovery viewed? Ans✓✓✓ As an active, unique process.
If ACh is blocked, what effects occur? Ans✓✓✓ - Dry mouth
- Blurred vision
- Constipation
- Urinary retention
- Tachycardia
In the early 1900's, there were 2 major opposing views on mental illness.
What is the first one? Ans✓✓✓ Mental disorders have biological
origins and can be treated by biological interventions.
In the early 1900's, there were 2 major opposing views on mental illness.
What is the second one? Ans✓✓✓ Mental disorders are caused by
environmental and social stress.
In western Canada, mental nurse training schools were not established
until the ___? Ans✓✓✓ 1930's.
Loss of ACh may contribute to: Ans✓✓✓ - Memory difficulty
- Cognitive deficits
