Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Key
Concepts and Clinical
What is the continuum of mental health? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Mental health exists
on a continuum from wellness to mental illness, not simply as sick vs healthy.
What are key components of mental health? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Emotional
regulation, reality-based thinking, ability to perform ADLs, and social functioning.
What characterizes mental illness? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Altered mood, cognition, or
behavior, functional impairment, and risk to self or others.
What is an example of a normal emotional response? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A patient
feeling sad after a loss.
What indicates possible major depressive disorder? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Persistent
hopelessness, suicidal ideation, and inability to function.
What is the nursing focus in the mental health continuum? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Early
intervention.
What are the levels of care in the continuum of care? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Outpatient therapy, partial hospitalization, inpatient psychiatric unit, and residential
treatment.
Concepts and Clinical
What is the continuum of mental health? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Mental health exists
on a continuum from wellness to mental illness, not simply as sick vs healthy.
What are key components of mental health? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Emotional
regulation, reality-based thinking, ability to perform ADLs, and social functioning.
What characterizes mental illness? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Altered mood, cognition, or
behavior, functional impairment, and risk to self or others.
What is an example of a normal emotional response? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A patient
feeling sad after a loss.
What indicates possible major depressive disorder? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Persistent
hopelessness, suicidal ideation, and inability to function.
What is the nursing focus in the mental health continuum? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Early
intervention.
What are the levels of care in the continuum of care? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Outpatient therapy, partial hospitalization, inpatient psychiatric unit, and residential
treatment.
