NUR 314 EXAM ONE | ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
SPRING 2026 | SOLVED 100% CORRECT
Mental illness Answer - all psychiatric disorders that have definable diagnoses
Mental health Answer - a state of well-being in which each individual is able to
realize his or her own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work
productively, and make a contribution to the community
Contributing factors to mental health Answer - Resilience (individual attributes
and behaviors), Social and economic circumstances, environmental factors
(cultures, etc.)
Social Influences on mental health care Answer - Consumer Movement and
Mental Health Recovery
Components of Recovery Answer - Hope, person-driven, many pathways,
holistic, peer-supported, relationships and social networks, culturally based
and influenced, addresses trauma, strengths and responsibility, respect
Decade of the Brain Answer - 1990s
Epidemiology Answer - Helps ID high risk groups-understanding
Incidence Answer - number of new cases
, prevalence Answer - total number of new and existing
Classification of mental illness Answer - diagnostic and statistical classification
of mental disorders (DSM 5) "classifies the "disorders people have"
NANDA Answer - diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or
potential mental health problems
What is psychiatric mental health nursing? Answer - Basic psychosocial nursing
concepts used in all areas of nursing, across the lifespan.
What is important with psychiatric mental health nursing? Answer - self-
reflection/self-awareness is crutial
What are future challenges and roles for mental health issues? Answer -
Educational challenges: aging population, cultural diversity and competency,
science, technology, and electronic health care, geographical disparities
Advocacy and Legislative involvement Answer - role of the patient advocate
and combating stigma
Freud's psychoanalytic theory Answer - levels of awareness: conscious,
preconscious, unconscious
personality structure: id, ego, superego
Defense mechanisms and anxiety
Defense mechanisms and anxiety Answer - ego develops defense mechanisms;
unconscious level except for suppression.
SPRING 2026 | SOLVED 100% CORRECT
Mental illness Answer - all psychiatric disorders that have definable diagnoses
Mental health Answer - a state of well-being in which each individual is able to
realize his or her own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work
productively, and make a contribution to the community
Contributing factors to mental health Answer - Resilience (individual attributes
and behaviors), Social and economic circumstances, environmental factors
(cultures, etc.)
Social Influences on mental health care Answer - Consumer Movement and
Mental Health Recovery
Components of Recovery Answer - Hope, person-driven, many pathways,
holistic, peer-supported, relationships and social networks, culturally based
and influenced, addresses trauma, strengths and responsibility, respect
Decade of the Brain Answer - 1990s
Epidemiology Answer - Helps ID high risk groups-understanding
Incidence Answer - number of new cases
, prevalence Answer - total number of new and existing
Classification of mental illness Answer - diagnostic and statistical classification
of mental disorders (DSM 5) "classifies the "disorders people have"
NANDA Answer - diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or
potential mental health problems
What is psychiatric mental health nursing? Answer - Basic psychosocial nursing
concepts used in all areas of nursing, across the lifespan.
What is important with psychiatric mental health nursing? Answer - self-
reflection/self-awareness is crutial
What are future challenges and roles for mental health issues? Answer -
Educational challenges: aging population, cultural diversity and competency,
science, technology, and electronic health care, geographical disparities
Advocacy and Legislative involvement Answer - role of the patient advocate
and combating stigma
Freud's psychoanalytic theory Answer - levels of awareness: conscious,
preconscious, unconscious
personality structure: id, ego, superego
Defense mechanisms and anxiety
Defense mechanisms and anxiety Answer - ego develops defense mechanisms;
unconscious level except for suppression.
