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MARY ANN BOYD and REBECCA LUEBBERT isbn-9781975239046 All
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Chapters 1-43 Covered Questions and Answers
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Chapter01:Psychiatric-MentalHealth Nursing n
and Evidence-Based Practice
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1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the
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evolution of mental health care and are discussing the
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recommendations of the final report of the Joint Commission
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on Mental Illness and Health. The students demonstrate
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understanding of this information when they identify that the
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report recommended an increase in which of the following?
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A) Numbers of mental health hospitals n n n n
B) State funding for mental health caren n n n n
C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
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D) Useof psychotherapy bypsychiatrists n n
2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association’s
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Statement on Psychiatric Nursing Practice published in 1967,
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which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of holistic
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nursing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories and views of mental health and illness,
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the nurse identifies which of the following as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
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A) Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory n n n
B) Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing q q q q
C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers’ A Mind That Found Itself n n n n n n
E) Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing n n n n
3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influenced the
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development of contemporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World War
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II, which of the following would the instructor include?
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A) People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
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B) The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fullydeveloped.
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C) Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the communityhealth movement. n n n n n n n
D) Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
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4. A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of psychiatricmental health nursing and its
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place within nursing history. Which of the following would be most appropriate to include?
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A) Certificationfor the psychiatricmental health nursing specialtywas first emphasized by Mary n n n n n n n n n
Adelaide Nutting.
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B) Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized patients got treatment at
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community mental health centers.
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C) There is a historical link between the first nursing program to admit male students and the first
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psychiatric nursing specialty journals.
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5. Two nursing students are discussing psychiatricmental health nursing and the role it has played in
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nursing’s overall history. Which statement is most accurate?
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A) The importance of using therapeutic communication was stressed by Nightingale.
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C) The moral treatment of mental illness was a primary focus of deinstitutionalization.
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D) Peplau was the first nurse to stress the importance of therapeutic communication.
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6. When reviewing the evolution of mental health and illness care, which event is associated with mental
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disorders beginning to be viewed as illnesses requiring treatment?
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B) Quaker establishment of asylums n n n
C) Creation of the state hospital system n n n n n
D) Freud’s views on the causes of mental illnesses
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7. A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee that is developing programs that
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n integrate the objectives for mental health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People
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n2020. Which type of program would be least appropriate?
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A) Single substance abuse treatment programs q q q q
B) Depression screening programs for primary care providers n n n n n n
C) Mental health programs for the homeless population
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D) Employment programs for those with serious mental illness n n n n n n n
8. A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-based practice in psychiatricmental health
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A) Research findings q
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9. The following events are important in the development of psychiatricmental health nursing practice.
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A) Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing bythe ANA q n n n n n n n
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C) Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers University n n n n n n n n n n n
D)
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nStates. Which statement would the nurse include as the most reflective of this status?
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A) Mental health care in the United States is equallyaccessible to individuals.
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B) Mental illness ranks second in terms of causing disabilityin comparison.
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C) Mentalhealth care primarily focuses on the cure of mental illness. n n n n n n n n n
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11. A group of students are reviewing the goals identified by the New Freedom Commission on Mental
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nHealth. The students demonstrate understanding of this report when they identify which of the
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A) Mental health is viewed as one component of overall health.
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C) Screening is of greater importance than assessment and referral for services.
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12. The following are important legislative and policyefforts influencing current mental health care. Which
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nof the following is the most recent?
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C) Action for Mental Health n n n
D) Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act
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13. As part of a career day presentation to a group of nursing students, a psychiatricmental health nurse
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plans to describe how this specialtydeveloped. Which individual would the nurse describe as playing a
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nmajor role in the development of specialty training programs for psychiatric nurses?
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A) Mary Adelaide Nutting n n
B)
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C) Harriet Bailey n
D) Linda Richards n
14. A psychiatricmental health nurse is asked to be a guest speaker at a communityfund-raising event for
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nmental health services. Which of the following would the nurse emphasize as the primary goal of
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nmental health services? n n
A) Access to affordable mental health care n n n n n
B) Removal of exclusions because of preexisting conditions
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C) Recovery from mental illness q q q
D) Effective treatment for mental health care needs n n n n n n
15. A psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing evidence-based practice. The nurseunderstands that
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nthis approach is developed by doing which of the following first?
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A) Conducting research n
B) Identifying a clinical question q q q
C) Determining outcomes n
D) Collaborating with the patient n n n
16. A group of students are reviewing information about mental health care after World War II. The
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nstudents demonstrate understanding of this information when theyidentifywhich of the following as a
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nresult of the National Mental Health Act?
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A) Discovery of psychopharmacology n n
B) Passage of the Hill-Burton Act n n n n
C) Establishment of the National Institute of Mental Health q q q q q q q
D) Development of community mental health centers n n n n n
17. When providing care to a patient, the psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing the therapeutic use
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of self. The nurse is applying the concepts based on the work of which individual?
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A) Hildegarde Peplau nq
B) Florence Nightingale n
C) Dorothea Dix n
D) Sigmund Freud n
18. After teaching a class to a group of nursing students about the historical perspectives of
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nmental health care, the instructor determines that the group has understood the information when
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they identify which of the following as a common belief about mental illness during the medieval
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period?
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A) Mental illness in an individual was the result of being possessed bydemons.
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B) A person was removed from a contaminated environment to protect him or her.
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C) Exorcismswere used as primarymode of treatment to cleanse the person of his or her sins. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
D) Thefocus was on moral treatment to promote the individual’s safety and comfort.
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Answer Keyn
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. A, B, C, D n n n
9. D
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Test Bank for Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice 8th Edition by
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MARY ANN BOYD and REBECCA LUEBBERT isbn-9781975239046 All
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Chapters 1-43 Covered Questions and Answers
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Bonie314 Stuvia
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Chapter01:Psychiatric-MentalHealth Nursing n
and Evidence-Based Practice
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1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the
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evolution of mental health care and are discussing the
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recommendations of the final report of the Joint Commission
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on Mental Illness and Health. The students demonstrate
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understanding of this information when they identify that the
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report recommended an increase in which of the following?
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A) Numbers of mental health hospitals n n n n
B) State funding for mental health caren n n n n
C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
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D) Useof psychotherapy bypsychiatrists n n
2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association’s
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Statement on Psychiatric Nursing Practice published in 1967,
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which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of holistic
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nursing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories and views of mental health and illness,
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the nurse identifies which of the following as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
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A) Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory n n n
B) Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing q q q q
C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers’ A Mind That Found Itself n n n n n n
E) Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing n n n n
3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influenced the
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development of contemporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World War
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II, which of the following would the instructor include?
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A) People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
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B) The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fullydeveloped.
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C) Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the communityhealth movement. n n n n n n n
D) Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
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4. A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of psychiatricmental health nursing and its
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place within nursing history. Which of the following would be most appropriate to include?
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A) Certificationfor the psychiatricmental health nursing specialtywas first emphasized by Mary n n n n n n n n n
Adelaide Nutting.
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B) Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized patients got treatment at
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community mental health centers.
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C) There is a historical link between the first nursing program to admit male students and the first
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training school for psychiatric nursing. q q q q nq
D) The first graduate programin psychiatric nurses was established in response to the publication of
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psychiatric nursing specialty journals.
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5. Two nursing students are discussing psychiatricmental health nursing and the role it has played in
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nursing’s overall history. Which statement is most accurate?
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A) The importance of using therapeutic communication was stressed by Nightingale.
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B) Theuse of self-care to enhance the immune system was taught byDorothea Dix.
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C) The moral treatment of mental illness was a primary focus of deinstitutionalization.
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D) Peplau was the first nurse to stress the importance of therapeutic communication.
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6. When reviewing the evolution of mental health and illness care, which event is associated with mental
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disorders beginning to be viewed as illnesses requiring treatment?
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A) Establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia q q q q q nq
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B) Quaker establishment of asylums n n n
C) Creation of the state hospital system n n n n n
D) Freud’s views on the causes of mental illnesses
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7. A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee that is developing programs that
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n integrate the objectives for mental health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People
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n2020. Which type of program would be least appropriate?
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A) Single substance abuse treatment programs q q q q
B) Depression screening programs for primary care providers n n n n n n
C) Mental health programs for the homeless population
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D) Employment programs for those with serious mental illness n n n n n n n
8. A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-based practice in psychiatricmental health
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nnursing. Which of the following would the instructor include as being important? Select
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A) Research findings q
B) Expert opinion q
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apply.
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D) Patient data q
E) Established routines n
9. The following events are important in the development of psychiatricmental health nursing practice.
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nWhich event occurred first? n n n
A) Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing bythe ANA q n n n n n n n
B) Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice
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C) Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers University n n n n n n n n n n n
D)
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10. A nurse is preparing a presentation about the current status of mental health services in the United
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nStates. Which statement would the nurse include as the most reflective of this status?
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A) Mental health care in the United States is equallyaccessible to individuals.
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B) Mental illness ranks second in terms of causing disabilityin comparison.
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C) Mentalhealth care primarily focuses on the cure of mental illness. n n n n n n n n n
D)
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11. A group of students are reviewing the goals identified by the New Freedom Commission on Mental
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nfollowing as a goal? n n n
A) Mental health is viewed as one component of overall health.
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B)
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C) Screening is of greater importance than assessment and referral for services.
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D) Disparities in mental health services are decreased. n n n n n n
12. The following are important legislative and policyefforts influencing current mental health care. Which
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nof the following is the most recent?
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A) Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General q q q q q q q n q
B) New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
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C) Action for Mental Health n n n
D) Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act
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13. As part of a career day presentation to a group of nursing students, a psychiatricmental health nurse
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plans to describe how this specialtydeveloped. Which individual would the nurse describe as playing a
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nmajor role in the development of specialty training programs for psychiatric nurses?
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A) Mary Adelaide Nutting n n
B)
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, 4
C) Harriet Bailey n
D) Linda Richards n
14. A psychiatricmental health nurse is asked to be a guest speaker at a communityfund-raising event for
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nmental health services. Which of the following would the nurse emphasize as the primary goal of
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nmental health services? n n
A) Access to affordable mental health care n n n n n
B) Removal of exclusions because of preexisting conditions
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C) Recovery from mental illness q q q
D) Effective treatment for mental health care needs n n n n n n
15. A psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing evidence-based practice. The nurseunderstands that
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nthis approach is developed by doing which of the following first?
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A) Conducting research n
B) Identifying a clinical question q q q
C) Determining outcomes n
D) Collaborating with the patient n n n
16. A group of students are reviewing information about mental health care after World War II. The
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nstudents demonstrate understanding of this information when theyidentifywhich of the following as a
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nresult of the National Mental Health Act?
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A) Discovery of psychopharmacology n n
B) Passage of the Hill-Burton Act n n n n
C) Establishment of the National Institute of Mental Health q q q q q q q
D) Development of community mental health centers n n n n n
17. When providing care to a patient, the psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing the therapeutic use
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of self. The nurse is applying the concepts based on the work of which individual?
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A) Hildegarde Peplau nq
B) Florence Nightingale n
C) Dorothea Dix n
D) Sigmund Freud n
18. After teaching a class to a group of nursing students about the historical perspectives of
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nmental health care, the instructor determines that the group has understood the information when
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they identify which of the following as a common belief about mental illness during the medieval
n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
period?
n
A) Mental illness in an individual was the result of being possessed bydemons.
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B) A person was removed from a contaminated environment to protect him or her.
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C) Exorcismswere used as primarymode of treatment to cleanse the person of his or her sins. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
D) Thefocus was on moral treatment to promote the individual’s safety and comfort.
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Answer Keyn
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. A, B, C, D n n n
9. D
10. D
