Psychiatric Nursing - PRELIMS
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1. It is a state of complete physical, mental, and social a) Health
wellness, not merely the absence of disease or infir-
mity. (WHO)
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
2. level of psychological well-being or an absence of b) Mental Health
mental illness
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
3. a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syn- c) Mental Illness
drome or pattern that occurs in an individual and is
associated with present distress (e.g., a painful symp-
tom) or disability (i.e., impairment in one or more
important areas of functioning) or with a significantly
increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an
important loss of freedom.
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
4. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It helps deter- b) Mental Health
mine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make
choices
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a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
5. It is a disorder causing people to display abnormal c) Mental Illness
behavior more consistently than most people
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
6. ability to solve problems, fulfill one's capacity for love b) Mental Health
and work, cope with crises without assistance beyond
the support of family or friends
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
7. what type of factor influences mental health that in- a) Individual or Genetic
cludes a person's biologic makeup, autonomy and in-
dependence, self-esteem, capacity for growth, vitality,
ability to find meaning in life, emotional resilience or
hardiness, sense of belonging, reality orientation, and
coping or stress management abilities.
a) Individual or Genetic
b) Interpersonal or Childhood Experiences
c) SOCIAL/CULTURAL/LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES
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8. what type of factor influences mental health that in- b) Interpersonal or Child-
cludes effective communication, ability to help others, hood Experiences
intimacy, and a balance of separateness and connect-
edness.
a) Individual or Genetic
b) Interpersonal or Childhood Experiences
c) SOCIAL/CULTURAL/LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES
9. what type of factor influences mental health that in- c) SOCIAL/CULTURAL/LIFE
cludes a sense of community, access to adequate re- CIRCUMSTANCES
sources, intolerance of violence, support of diversity
among people, mastery of the environment, and a
positive, yet realistic, view of one's world.
a) Individual or Genetic
b) Interpersonal or Childhood Experiences
c) SOCIAL/CULTURAL/LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES
10. what type of factor influences mental illness that in- a) Individual
cludes biologic makeup, intolerable or unrealistic wor-
ries or fears, inability to distinguish reality from fanta-
sy, intolerance of life's uncertainties, a sense of dishar-
mony in life, and a loss of meaning in one's life.
a) Individual
b) Interpersonal
c) Social/Cultural
11. what type of factor influences mental illness that in- b) Interpersonal
cludes ineffective communication, excessive depen-
dency on or withdrawal from relationships, no sense
of belonging, inadequate social support, and loss of
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emotional control.
a) Individual
b) Interpersonal
c) Social/Cultural
12. what type of factor influences mental illness that c) Social/Cultural
includes lack of resources, violence, homelessness,
poverty, an unwarranted negative view of the world,
and discrimination such as stigma, racism, classism,
ageism, and sexism.
a) Individual
b) Interpersonal
c) Social/Cultural
13. Who said this quote? c) Ebersole and Hess
"No one is entirely mentally unhealthy and no one is
fully healthy at all times."
a) Maslow
b) Erikson
c) Ebersole and Hess
14. It is an interpersonal process whereby the profession- b) Psychiatric Nursing
al nurse practitioner through the therapeutic use of
self, assist an individual, family, group or community
to promote mental health, to prevent mental illness &
suffering, to participate in the treatment & rehabilita-
tion of the mentally ill & if necessary to find meaning
in this experiences.
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1. It is a state of complete physical, mental, and social a) Health
wellness, not merely the absence of disease or infir-
mity. (WHO)
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
2. level of psychological well-being or an absence of b) Mental Health
mental illness
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
3. a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syn- c) Mental Illness
drome or pattern that occurs in an individual and is
associated with present distress (e.g., a painful symp-
tom) or disability (i.e., impairment in one or more
important areas of functioning) or with a significantly
increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an
important loss of freedom.
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
4. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It helps deter- b) Mental Health
mine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make
choices
, Psychiatric Nursing - PRELIMS
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a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
5. It is a disorder causing people to display abnormal c) Mental Illness
behavior more consistently than most people
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
6. ability to solve problems, fulfill one's capacity for love b) Mental Health
and work, cope with crises without assistance beyond
the support of family or friends
a) Health
b) Mental Health
c) Mental Illness
d) Psychology
7. what type of factor influences mental health that in- a) Individual or Genetic
cludes a person's biologic makeup, autonomy and in-
dependence, self-esteem, capacity for growth, vitality,
ability to find meaning in life, emotional resilience or
hardiness, sense of belonging, reality orientation, and
coping or stress management abilities.
a) Individual or Genetic
b) Interpersonal or Childhood Experiences
c) SOCIAL/CULTURAL/LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES
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8. what type of factor influences mental health that in- b) Interpersonal or Child-
cludes effective communication, ability to help others, hood Experiences
intimacy, and a balance of separateness and connect-
edness.
a) Individual or Genetic
b) Interpersonal or Childhood Experiences
c) SOCIAL/CULTURAL/LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES
9. what type of factor influences mental health that in- c) SOCIAL/CULTURAL/LIFE
cludes a sense of community, access to adequate re- CIRCUMSTANCES
sources, intolerance of violence, support of diversity
among people, mastery of the environment, and a
positive, yet realistic, view of one's world.
a) Individual or Genetic
b) Interpersonal or Childhood Experiences
c) SOCIAL/CULTURAL/LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES
10. what type of factor influences mental illness that in- a) Individual
cludes biologic makeup, intolerable or unrealistic wor-
ries or fears, inability to distinguish reality from fanta-
sy, intolerance of life's uncertainties, a sense of dishar-
mony in life, and a loss of meaning in one's life.
a) Individual
b) Interpersonal
c) Social/Cultural
11. what type of factor influences mental illness that in- b) Interpersonal
cludes ineffective communication, excessive depen-
dency on or withdrawal from relationships, no sense
of belonging, inadequate social support, and loss of
, Psychiatric Nursing - PRELIMS
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emotional control.
a) Individual
b) Interpersonal
c) Social/Cultural
12. what type of factor influences mental illness that c) Social/Cultural
includes lack of resources, violence, homelessness,
poverty, an unwarranted negative view of the world,
and discrimination such as stigma, racism, classism,
ageism, and sexism.
a) Individual
b) Interpersonal
c) Social/Cultural
13. Who said this quote? c) Ebersole and Hess
"No one is entirely mentally unhealthy and no one is
fully healthy at all times."
a) Maslow
b) Erikson
c) Ebersole and Hess
14. It is an interpersonal process whereby the profession- b) Psychiatric Nursing
al nurse practitioner through the therapeutic use of
self, assist an individual, family, group or community
to promote mental health, to prevent mental illness &
suffering, to participate in the treatment & rehabilita-
tion of the mentally ill & if necessary to find meaning
in this experiences.
