Neebs Mental Health FINAL Dochorecker
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Who has been called the founder of nursing?
The mortality rate went from 42.7% to 2.2% - Answer Who is Florence Nightingale?
Who was a school teacher, not a nurse?
Her primary focus was on the care of prisoners and the mentally ill? - Answer Who is
Dorothea Dix?
Who opened the Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses?
It was opened to specialize care for the mentally ill. - Answer Linda Richards.
What organizations helped develop schools and programs to teach nurses how to
properly care for the mentally ill? - Answer American Nurses Association (ANA)
National League for Nursing (NLN)
Who initiated the first psychiatric program of study for nurses? - Answer Effie Jane
Taylor
Dr. Peplau believed nurses should provide type of services? - Answer She believed that
nurses should take every opportunity to educate the public and be role models.
1. Resource person, provides information
2.Counselor, helps patients to explore their thoughts and feelings
3. Surrogate, role-playing or other means to help the pt explore and identify
feelings from the past
4. Technical support, coordinates professional services.
How did Dr. Peplau see the nurse as? - Answer A resource person, provides info
A counselor, helps patients to explore their feelings
Surrogate, role-play scenarios
Technical support, coordinate professional services
What are the 4 stages of a therapeutic relationship, between a nurse and patient.
(Peplau,, 1952) - Answer 1. Orientation, Pt feels a need and a will to seek out help
,2. Identification, nurse-pt relationship are identified
3. Exploration, pt will begin to show motivation in problem-solving, may test the nurse
4. Resolution, Focus in pts developing self-responsibility and showing personal
growth Who standardizes the nursing practice in the United states> - Answer The
ANA
Every state has adopted its own code or set of rules by which all nurses are expected to
perform, which is this known as? - Answer The Nurse Practice Act
What organization is dedicated exclusively to the promotion of quality nursing for LPNs
and LVNs? - Answer NAPNES
What was the 1st major law addressing mental health, and it provided money to build
psychiatric units in hospitals? - Answer The Hill-Burton Act
What major breakthrough of the 1950s lead to the deinstitutionalization movement? -
Answer development of psychotropic medications
What group of psychotropic medication came out in the 1950s? - Answer
phenothiazines, calming and tranquilizing effect on people.
What are the parts of communication theory? - Answer sender
message
receiver
What is aggressive communication? - Answer Communication that is not self-
responsible.
"you"
What is assertive communication? - Answer Self-responsible communication
"i"
What is active and purposeful listening "listening between the lines" used for? - Answer
Successful therapeutic communication
What is ethics? - Answer They are one's own values
What is proxemics? - Answer It concerns space, time, and waiting.
US-northern states tend to be more rushed, vs southern states life is a bit slower-paced
What is HIPAA? - Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
This allows communication between medical information between patients, providers,
employers and insurers. It allows more control of the part of the patient as to what part
his/her information is disclosed. - Answer HIPAA
, What is the leading national accrediting body of health-care organizations? - Answer
Joint Commission
What are the goals of the Joint Commission? - Answer -Have a commitment of quality
on a daily basis within the entire facility.
-Reducing the risk of undesirable patient outcomes
-encouraging continuous improvement
What is the average length of an involuntary commitment? - Answer 48-72 hours
What is patient advocacy? - Answer Being a voice for your patient to ensure they get
the best fair treatment
What is ethnicity defined as? - Answer It identifies a person with his or her shared
heritage, such as their language, skin color
What type of parent sets up strict rules, while the child has little or no voice in family
decisions? - Answer Authoritarian parent
What type of parent has firm, consistent rules and limits, while allowing for discussion
and occasional flexibility of those rules? - Answer Authoritative parent
What are some common reasons of homelessness? - Answer Economic setbacks
Major health expenses
Mental health
What does the mental health exam include? - Answer 1.Level of awareness and
orientation
2.Appearance and behavior
3.Speech and communication
4.Mood and affect
5.Memory
6.Thinking/cognition
7.Peception
8.Judgement
How would you check a person's orientation? - Answer You may ask them things like
"Where are you know?"
"Tell me what day it is"
"Who is the current president?"
oriented x3
How would you assess a persons mood and affect? - Answer Make sure their facial
expression and body language matches with their stated mood.'
Exam Questions With 100% Correct
Answers
Who has been called the founder of nursing?
The mortality rate went from 42.7% to 2.2% - Answer Who is Florence Nightingale?
Who was a school teacher, not a nurse?
Her primary focus was on the care of prisoners and the mentally ill? - Answer Who is
Dorothea Dix?
Who opened the Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses?
It was opened to specialize care for the mentally ill. - Answer Linda Richards.
What organizations helped develop schools and programs to teach nurses how to
properly care for the mentally ill? - Answer American Nurses Association (ANA)
National League for Nursing (NLN)
Who initiated the first psychiatric program of study for nurses? - Answer Effie Jane
Taylor
Dr. Peplau believed nurses should provide type of services? - Answer She believed that
nurses should take every opportunity to educate the public and be role models.
1. Resource person, provides information
2.Counselor, helps patients to explore their thoughts and feelings
3. Surrogate, role-playing or other means to help the pt explore and identify
feelings from the past
4. Technical support, coordinates professional services.
How did Dr. Peplau see the nurse as? - Answer A resource person, provides info
A counselor, helps patients to explore their feelings
Surrogate, role-play scenarios
Technical support, coordinate professional services
What are the 4 stages of a therapeutic relationship, between a nurse and patient.
(Peplau,, 1952) - Answer 1. Orientation, Pt feels a need and a will to seek out help
,2. Identification, nurse-pt relationship are identified
3. Exploration, pt will begin to show motivation in problem-solving, may test the nurse
4. Resolution, Focus in pts developing self-responsibility and showing personal
growth Who standardizes the nursing practice in the United states> - Answer The
ANA
Every state has adopted its own code or set of rules by which all nurses are expected to
perform, which is this known as? - Answer The Nurse Practice Act
What organization is dedicated exclusively to the promotion of quality nursing for LPNs
and LVNs? - Answer NAPNES
What was the 1st major law addressing mental health, and it provided money to build
psychiatric units in hospitals? - Answer The Hill-Burton Act
What major breakthrough of the 1950s lead to the deinstitutionalization movement? -
Answer development of psychotropic medications
What group of psychotropic medication came out in the 1950s? - Answer
phenothiazines, calming and tranquilizing effect on people.
What are the parts of communication theory? - Answer sender
message
receiver
What is aggressive communication? - Answer Communication that is not self-
responsible.
"you"
What is assertive communication? - Answer Self-responsible communication
"i"
What is active and purposeful listening "listening between the lines" used for? - Answer
Successful therapeutic communication
What is ethics? - Answer They are one's own values
What is proxemics? - Answer It concerns space, time, and waiting.
US-northern states tend to be more rushed, vs southern states life is a bit slower-paced
What is HIPAA? - Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
This allows communication between medical information between patients, providers,
employers and insurers. It allows more control of the part of the patient as to what part
his/her information is disclosed. - Answer HIPAA
, What is the leading national accrediting body of health-care organizations? - Answer
Joint Commission
What are the goals of the Joint Commission? - Answer -Have a commitment of quality
on a daily basis within the entire facility.
-Reducing the risk of undesirable patient outcomes
-encouraging continuous improvement
What is the average length of an involuntary commitment? - Answer 48-72 hours
What is patient advocacy? - Answer Being a voice for your patient to ensure they get
the best fair treatment
What is ethnicity defined as? - Answer It identifies a person with his or her shared
heritage, such as their language, skin color
What type of parent sets up strict rules, while the child has little or no voice in family
decisions? - Answer Authoritarian parent
What type of parent has firm, consistent rules and limits, while allowing for discussion
and occasional flexibility of those rules? - Answer Authoritative parent
What are some common reasons of homelessness? - Answer Economic setbacks
Major health expenses
Mental health
What does the mental health exam include? - Answer 1.Level of awareness and
orientation
2.Appearance and behavior
3.Speech and communication
4.Mood and affect
5.Memory
6.Thinking/cognition
7.Peception
8.Judgement
How would you check a person's orientation? - Answer You may ask them things like
"Where are you know?"
"Tell me what day it is"
"Who is the current president?"
oriented x3
How would you assess a persons mood and affect? - Answer Make sure their facial
expression and body language matches with their stated mood.'
