NURS 3000 Exam 1 Study Guide UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What is the relationship between the body and the mind? The body and the mind are very much connected because the mind can influence
Are they connected? Provide examples on how the body things that go on within the body. For example, when people are stressed the
affects the mind and vice versa body reacts to the mental stress and does things like increase blood pressure,
increase heart rate
What are the three spheres of the mind? Give an example - Intellect (cognition/mental process), affect/mood, behavior (They are
about incongruence or dissimilarity between the content connected)
of thoughts and feelings. - The way you think is the way you feel is the way you behave
- In congruence can indicate mental illness because the thoughts are not based
on feelings
Explain the Diathesis Stress model. - Diathesis represents biological predisposition
- Stress represents environmental stress or trauma
- This model means most psychiatric disorders result from a combination of
genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
Indicate which of the following situations best supports d. A man develops schizophrenia, but his identical twin remains free of mental
the Diathesis- Stress model of mental illness? illness.
a. The rate of suicide increases during times of national
disaster and despair.
b. Four of five siblings in the Jones family developed
bipolar disorder by the age of 30.
c. A man with no prior mental health problems
experiences sadness after his divorce.
d. A man develops schizophrenia, but his identical twin
remains free of mental illness.
All human behaviors lie somewhere along a Continuum - Agree. All illnesses can be different for different people, so it falls on a spectrum
of Mental health and mental illness. Do you agree or depending on the person.
disagree? Give examples. - People with depression can lean either to the MH or MI side of the spectrum
depending on the extent of their depression
You are assessing new patients at the mental health clinic. c. A continuum from healthy to psychotic.
Conclusions about current functioning should be made
based on:
a. The degree to which an individual is logical and
rational.
b. The degree to which an individual is different and odd.
c. A continuum from healthy to psychotic.
d. The degree to which an individual conforms to societal
norms
, What is the difference between DSM-5 and nursing - DSM-5: DSM-V does not classify people but classifies disorders that people
diagnosis? have. Collection of s/s that diagnose mental illness.
- Nursing diagnosis: A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community
responses to actual or potential health problems and life processes. Specific
problems based on mental illness.
Which statement best describes a major difference d. The DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical treatment, whereas the
between a DSM-V diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis? nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena
a client is experiencing.
a. There is no functional difference between the two. Both
serve to identify a human deviance.
b. The DSM-V diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the
nursing diagnosis takes culture into account.
c. The DSM-V is associated with present distress or
disability, whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past and
present responses to actual mental health problems.
d. The DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical
treatment, whereas the nursing diagnosis offers a
framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a
client is experiencing.
The norms and the influence of culture must be - Mental illness is dependent on culture because based on interpretations of what
considered in determining mental health and mental effective functioning is according to societal norm, so you must know a culture to
illness. Why? know what outside the societal norms is.
and CORRECT Answers
What is the relationship between the body and the mind? The body and the mind are very much connected because the mind can influence
Are they connected? Provide examples on how the body things that go on within the body. For example, when people are stressed the
affects the mind and vice versa body reacts to the mental stress and does things like increase blood pressure,
increase heart rate
What are the three spheres of the mind? Give an example - Intellect (cognition/mental process), affect/mood, behavior (They are
about incongruence or dissimilarity between the content connected)
of thoughts and feelings. - The way you think is the way you feel is the way you behave
- In congruence can indicate mental illness because the thoughts are not based
on feelings
Explain the Diathesis Stress model. - Diathesis represents biological predisposition
- Stress represents environmental stress or trauma
- This model means most psychiatric disorders result from a combination of
genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors
Indicate which of the following situations best supports d. A man develops schizophrenia, but his identical twin remains free of mental
the Diathesis- Stress model of mental illness? illness.
a. The rate of suicide increases during times of national
disaster and despair.
b. Four of five siblings in the Jones family developed
bipolar disorder by the age of 30.
c. A man with no prior mental health problems
experiences sadness after his divorce.
d. A man develops schizophrenia, but his identical twin
remains free of mental illness.
All human behaviors lie somewhere along a Continuum - Agree. All illnesses can be different for different people, so it falls on a spectrum
of Mental health and mental illness. Do you agree or depending on the person.
disagree? Give examples. - People with depression can lean either to the MH or MI side of the spectrum
depending on the extent of their depression
You are assessing new patients at the mental health clinic. c. A continuum from healthy to psychotic.
Conclusions about current functioning should be made
based on:
a. The degree to which an individual is logical and
rational.
b. The degree to which an individual is different and odd.
c. A continuum from healthy to psychotic.
d. The degree to which an individual conforms to societal
norms
, What is the difference between DSM-5 and nursing - DSM-5: DSM-V does not classify people but classifies disorders that people
diagnosis? have. Collection of s/s that diagnose mental illness.
- Nursing diagnosis: A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community
responses to actual or potential health problems and life processes. Specific
problems based on mental illness.
Which statement best describes a major difference d. The DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical treatment, whereas the
between a DSM-V diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis? nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena
a client is experiencing.
a. There is no functional difference between the two. Both
serve to identify a human deviance.
b. The DSM-V diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the
nursing diagnosis takes culture into account.
c. The DSM-V is associated with present distress or
disability, whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past and
present responses to actual mental health problems.
d. The DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical
treatment, whereas the nursing diagnosis offers a
framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a
client is experiencing.
The norms and the influence of culture must be - Mental illness is dependent on culture because based on interpretations of what
considered in determining mental health and mental effective functioning is according to societal norm, so you must know a culture to
illness. Why? know what outside the societal norms is.
