UNIT 1 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM |
COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC
NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026 | GRADED
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Exam Prep and Comprehensive Rationales Included
,The mentally ill were once housed in mental institutions 3. asylums
known as:
1. Hospitals.
2. Long-term care facilities.
3. Asylums.
4. Free-standing treatment centers.
Which nursing theorists promoted the interpersonal 1. Hildegard Peplau
theory between the nurse and the patient?
1. Hildegard Peplau
2. Hattie Bessent
3. Mary Mahoney
4. Linda Richards
The first psychiatric program of study was established by Jane Taylor
which nursing leader? ______ _______ _________
Which nurse theorist was the first American-trained nurse Linda Richards
credited with teaching how to provide care for people
with mental illness? ___________ ____________
The greatest advance in the early years of mental health phenothiazines
care was the introduction of ___________________.
The legislation that provided funding for improving the 1946
care of the mentally ill is known as the National Mental
Health Act of what year? ______.
One of the goals of the American Nurses association standardization
(ANA) is to promote ________________ of nursing care in the
United States.
______________ ____________ has always been called the "founder florence nightingale
of nursing."
A schoolteacher by the name of _____________ _________helped dorothea dix
established asylums and psychiatric hospitals for the
mentally ill.
The first psychotropic drug category was known as phenothiazines
____________________.
, The first major federal law to address mental illness was hill-burton
called the _____-_______ Act.
What trends contributed to the deinstitutionalization of 1. Cost of the facilities
mental health facilities to outpatient care (select all that 2. The increased use of phenothiazines
apply)? 3. Staff cost
1. Cost of the facilities 4. Establishment of outpatient clinics
2. The increased use of phenothiazines
3. Staff cost
4. Establishment of outpatient clinics
5. Development of the Patient Bill of Rights
Which question by the nurse would gain the most 4. "What is it like at home with your spouse?"
information from a patient experiencing a marital crisis?
1. "Do you hate your spouse?"
2. "Do you get along with your in-laws?"
3. "Do you talk out your problems with your spouse?"
4. "What is it like at home with your spouse?"
The mother of a young patient with schizophrenia seeks 1. "What is it that concerns you the most?"
out the nurse and begins to cry. The mother expresses
concern over her daughter's behavior. The nurse's best
response to this woman is:
1. "What is it that concerns you the most?"
2. "Well, you know, that is part of the illness."
3. "Here is a book on schizophrenia. This will help you."
4. "Are you afraid your daughter will always be like this?"
Linda is pacing the floor and appears extremely anxious. 2. "Tell me how you are feeling today."
The day-shift nurse approaches Linda in an attempt to
lessen her anxiety. The most therapeutic statement by the
nurse would be:
1. "How about watching a football game?"
2. "Tell me how you are feeling today."
3. "What do you have to be upset about now?"
4. Ignore the patient.
A patient states, "I don't know what the pills are for or 4. Giving information
why I am taking them, so I don't want them." What
therapeutic communication would best help this patient?
1. Ask for what you need
2. Silence
3. Using general leads
4. Giving information
COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC
NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026 | GRADED
A+ | GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers | 100% Verified
Exam Prep and Comprehensive Rationales Included
,The mentally ill were once housed in mental institutions 3. asylums
known as:
1. Hospitals.
2. Long-term care facilities.
3. Asylums.
4. Free-standing treatment centers.
Which nursing theorists promoted the interpersonal 1. Hildegard Peplau
theory between the nurse and the patient?
1. Hildegard Peplau
2. Hattie Bessent
3. Mary Mahoney
4. Linda Richards
The first psychiatric program of study was established by Jane Taylor
which nursing leader? ______ _______ _________
Which nurse theorist was the first American-trained nurse Linda Richards
credited with teaching how to provide care for people
with mental illness? ___________ ____________
The greatest advance in the early years of mental health phenothiazines
care was the introduction of ___________________.
The legislation that provided funding for improving the 1946
care of the mentally ill is known as the National Mental
Health Act of what year? ______.
One of the goals of the American Nurses association standardization
(ANA) is to promote ________________ of nursing care in the
United States.
______________ ____________ has always been called the "founder florence nightingale
of nursing."
A schoolteacher by the name of _____________ _________helped dorothea dix
established asylums and psychiatric hospitals for the
mentally ill.
The first psychotropic drug category was known as phenothiazines
____________________.
, The first major federal law to address mental illness was hill-burton
called the _____-_______ Act.
What trends contributed to the deinstitutionalization of 1. Cost of the facilities
mental health facilities to outpatient care (select all that 2. The increased use of phenothiazines
apply)? 3. Staff cost
1. Cost of the facilities 4. Establishment of outpatient clinics
2. The increased use of phenothiazines
3. Staff cost
4. Establishment of outpatient clinics
5. Development of the Patient Bill of Rights
Which question by the nurse would gain the most 4. "What is it like at home with your spouse?"
information from a patient experiencing a marital crisis?
1. "Do you hate your spouse?"
2. "Do you get along with your in-laws?"
3. "Do you talk out your problems with your spouse?"
4. "What is it like at home with your spouse?"
The mother of a young patient with schizophrenia seeks 1. "What is it that concerns you the most?"
out the nurse and begins to cry. The mother expresses
concern over her daughter's behavior. The nurse's best
response to this woman is:
1. "What is it that concerns you the most?"
2. "Well, you know, that is part of the illness."
3. "Here is a book on schizophrenia. This will help you."
4. "Are you afraid your daughter will always be like this?"
Linda is pacing the floor and appears extremely anxious. 2. "Tell me how you are feeling today."
The day-shift nurse approaches Linda in an attempt to
lessen her anxiety. The most therapeutic statement by the
nurse would be:
1. "How about watching a football game?"
2. "Tell me how you are feeling today."
3. "What do you have to be upset about now?"
4. Ignore the patient.
A patient states, "I don't know what the pills are for or 4. Giving information
why I am taking them, so I don't want them." What
therapeutic communication would best help this patient?
1. Ask for what you need
2. Silence
3. Using general leads
4. Giving information
