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,Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
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
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?
A) Manipulate the situation to get what you
want
B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
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 persons
culturalidentity? (Select all that apply.)
A) Common fa ly customs
B) Common language
C) Common stressors
, D) Gender
E) Adaptive resources
4. What would a culturally competent nurse know that some cultural
andethnic 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 serable 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
serable and upset
B) External situations often make us
serable and upset
C) We choose to make ourselves serable
and upset
,Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
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
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?
A) Manipulate the situation to get what you
want
B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
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 persons
culturalidentity? (Select all that apply.)
A) Common fa ly customs
B) Common language
C) Common stressors
, D) Gender
E) Adaptive resources
4. What would a culturally competent nurse know that some cultural
andethnic 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 serable 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
serable and upset
B) External situations often make us
serable and upset
C) We choose to make ourselves serable
and upset
