Townsend's Psychiatric Mental
Health Nursing 11th Edition
by Morgan and Townsend –
Comprehensive Study Notes
and Practice Material
Research findings show a high level of co-morbidity between mental
illness and
A. substance abuse
B. socioeconomic status
C. aging
D. work history -answer Research findings show a high level of co-
morbidity between mental illness and
A. substance abuse
The visible expression of a client's mood is referred to as
A. mannerism
B. affect
C. insight
D. arthritis -answer The visible expression of a client's mood is
referred to as
B. affect
During an assessment interview, as the client is talking about his
past history of childhood abuse, his mind goes blank and he stops
talking. This is an example of
A. thought blocking
B. resistance
C. denial
D. confabulation -answer During an assessment interview, as the
client is talking about his past history of childhood abuse, his mind
goes blank and he stops talking. This is an example of
A. thought blocking
Pedagogic and hypnotic hallucinations, federalization, and
denationalization are considered
A. signs of serious organic brain damage
B. within the normal range of experience
C. expressive of the potential for acting on violent thoughts
, D. sensations experienced by the client that have real external
stimuli -demagogically and hypnotic hallucinations, federalization,
and denationalization are considered
B. within the normal range of experience
When is nurse self-disclosure appropriate in a therapeutic
relationship?
A. To help the nurse cope with her own relationship problems
B. To transition from a therapeutic to a social relationship with a
client
C. To improve the therapeutic alliance with the client
D. To allow the client an opportunity to help the nurse -answer
When is nurse self-disclosure appropriate in a therapeutic
relationship?
C. To improve the therapeutic alliance with the client
Collateral history is obtained
A. from the client through open-ended questions
B. only with the client's consent in emergencies
C. family, friends, and healthcare providers
D. solely from experts in the field -answer Collateral history is
obtained
C. family, friends, and healthcare providers
A eurhythmics mood is
A. an abnormal mood
B. another word for euphoria
C. a normal mood
D. part of the bipolar disease process -answer A eurhythmics mood
is
C. a normal mood
Spirituality is best defined as
A. organized religion that is practiced weekly
B. agnosticism and atheism
C. that which displaces an expression of religion
D. motivation, strength, meaning and disconnectedness to self and
others -answer Spirituality is best defined as
D. motivation, strength, meaning and contentedness to self and
others
Which axis of axes of the DAM-IV-TR contains the entire
classification of over 300 mental disorders?
A. Axis I