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This document includes structured practice questions and detailed answers based on Neeb’s Mental Health Nursing (5th Edition) by Gorman, covering essential concepts in psychiatric and mental health nursing. The material supports exam preparation by reinforcing clinical reasoning, patient care principles, therapeutic communication, and mental health disorders commonly assessed in nursing programs. It is suitable for ongoing revision, self-testing, and final exam preparation.

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TEST BANK FOR NEEBS
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
5th EDITION BY GORMAN


NURSE CELESTINE




Table of Contents
Chapter 01: History of Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 02: Basics of Communications
Chapter 03: Ethics andLaw
Chapter 04: Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span
Chapter 05: Sociocultural Influences onMental Health
Chapter 06: Nursing Process in Mental Health
Chapter 07: Coping and Defense Mechanisms
Chapter 08:Mental Health Treatments
Chapter 09: Complementary and Alternative Treatment Modalities
Chapter 10: Anxiety, Anxiety-Related, andSomatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 11: Depressive Disorders
Chapter 12: Bipolar Disorders
Chapter 13: Suicide
Chapter 14: Personality Disorders
Chapter 15: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 16: Neurocognitive Disorders:Delirium and Dementia
Chapter 17: Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 18: Eating Disorders
Chapter 19: Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Issues
Chapter 20: Postpartum Issues in Mental Health
Chapter 21: Aging Population
Chapter 22: Victims of Abuse and Violence

,Chapter 01: History of Mental Health Nursing
Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (Answers are at the end
of each chapter)

1. The act of developing a clean environment is a factor in providing effective health care as
demonstrated by:

a. Nightingale.

b. Benner.

c. Swanson.

d. King.

2. What is the name of the publication written by Florence Nightingale?

a. Nursing Sanitation Notes

b. Nursing 101

c. Notes on Nursing

d. Nursing Notes

3. A long-term goal for in-patient mental health treatment is generally to:

a. Return the patient to the community.

b. Locate a facility for long term care.

c. Be arrested and placed in prison.

d. Be completely cured of the disorder.

4. The mentally ill were once housed in mental institutions known as:

a. Hospitals.

b. Long-term care facilities.

c. Asylums.

d. Free-standing treatment centers.

5. Which nursing theorists promoted the interpersonal theory between the nurse and the patient?

a. Hildegard Peplau

b. Hattie Bessent

c. Mary Mahoney
d. Linda Richards Completion

,Complete each statement
6. Phenothiazines were discovered in what year? .
7. The first psychiatric program of study was established by which nursing leader?
8. Who was the nurse theorist who was the first American-trained nurse credited with teaching how
toprovide care for people with mental illness?
9. The greatest advance in the early years of mental health care was the introduction of
10. The legislation that provided funding for improving the care of the mentally ill is known as the
National Mental Health Act of what year? .
11. Which nursing organization established the first certification of psychiatric nursing?
12. One of the goals of the American Nurses Association (ANA) is to promote of nursing care in the
United States.
13. has always been called the founder of nursing.
14. A schoolteacher by the name of established asylums and a psychiatric hospital for the mentally
ill.
15. Special facilities designed to care for the mentally ill in the past were known as .
16. The first psychotropic drug category was known as .
17. Each state adopts its own set of rules and guidelines that govern the nurses performance. These
rulesare known as the Practice Act.
18. The first major federal law to address mental illness was called the Act (Multiple Responses)
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
19. What trends contributed to the deinstitutionalization of mental health facilities to outpatient care(select all
that apply):

a. Cost of the facilities.

b. The increased use of phenothiazines.

c. Staff cost.

d. Establishment of Outpatient clinics.

Chapter 1: History of Mental Health Nursing Answer
SectionMULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: A
Florence Nightingales commitments to improved outcomes at a military hospital were directly related to
introducing sanitation methods.
PTS: 1
KEY: Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Community Health | Cognitive
Level:Application | ClDieonwtnN
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e e d : S a f e a n d E f f e c t i v e C a r e E n v i r o n m e nt : S a fety and Infection

, Control

2. ANS: C

Florence Nightingale wrote the book Notes on Nursing, which specified the importance of a clean

environment.PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning| Content Area: Nursing Trends| Cognitive Level: Knowledge|
Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention

3. ANS: A

To eventually return the patient to the community by creating a good support system and appropriate
medication if needed is generally the long-term goal.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Content Area: Mental Health | Cognitive Level:
Comprehension | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care: Coordinated Care

4. ANS: C
Asylums were known as a refuge for the mentally ill as well as the poor in the past. PTS: 1
KEY: Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Mental Health | Cognitive
Level:Comprehension | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity: Therapeutic Environment

5. ANS: A

Dr. Peplau brought together theories from psychiatry and merged them with theories for nursing
andcommunication.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Communication and Documentation | Content Area: Nursing Trends |
CognitiveLevel: Knowledge | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care

COMPLETION

6. ANS: 1955
Phenothiazine is a group of psychotropics that have a calming effect on patients with psychotic
throughprocesses.
PTS: 1
KEY: Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Mental Health Pharmacology | Cognitive
Level:Knowledge | Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies:
Expected Actions/Outcomes

7. ANS: Effie Jane Taylor
In 1913 the first psychiatric program for nurses was established. Ms. Taylor also believed in patient-
centeredcare.
PTS: 1
KEY: Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning


8. ANS:Linda Richards

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