,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 2 The Delivery of Mental Health Care
Chapter 3 Theories of Personality Development
Chapter 4 Treatment of Mental Illness
Chapter 5 Establishing and Maintaining a Therapeutic Relationship
Chapter 6 Dynamics of Anger, Violence, and Crises
Chapter 7 Communication in Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 8 The Nursing Process in Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 9 Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 10 Mood Disorders
Chapter 11 Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 12 Personality Disorders
Chapter 13 Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Chapter 14 Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 15 Substance-Related Disorders
Chapter 16 Eating Disorders
Chapter 17 Sexual Disorders
Chapter 18 Disorders and Issues of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 19 Disorders and Issues of the Older Adult
,Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
1. When studying mental health and mental illness, the student nurse learns
that which of the following is evidence of our mental health?
A) Our ability to function well with others
B) Our ability to defend what we believe
C) Our ability to perform demanding tasks
on the job
D) Our ability to defend those weaker than
we are
2. A mental health nurse is teaching a class in anger management. She teaches
the patients that recognizing what triggers their anger response allows them to
do which of the following?
A) Manipulate the situation to get what you
want
B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
control of their anger
D) Control the things that trigger their
anger
3. Which of the following are factors that could be part of a persons cultural
identity? (Select all that apply.)
A) Common family customs
B) Common language
C) Common stressors
, D) Gender
E) Adaptive resources
4. What would a culturally competent nurse know that some cultural and
ethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused by?
A) Demon possession
B) Pretense
C) The stars
D) Hypnosis
5. A staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease process,
whether it is physical or mental. What would be the best statement about
stress that the educator could give?
A) Stress can be prostress or distress.
B) Stress can never enhance the feeling of
well-being.
C) Stress can be either physically or
emotionally exhausting, but not both.
D) Distress is actually harmful to ones
health.
6. A patient comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
The patient states, I seem to be miserable and upset all the time. My
marriage is crumbling because my wife refuses to understand how I feel.
What does the nurse practitioner understand about the factors contributing
to the patients stress?
A) Internal situations often make us
miserable and upset
B) External situations often make us
miserable and upset
C) We choose to make ourselves miserable
and upset
Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 2 The Delivery of Mental Health Care
Chapter 3 Theories of Personality Development
Chapter 4 Treatment of Mental Illness
Chapter 5 Establishing and Maintaining a Therapeutic Relationship
Chapter 6 Dynamics of Anger, Violence, and Crises
Chapter 7 Communication in Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 8 The Nursing Process in Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 9 Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 10 Mood Disorders
Chapter 11 Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 12 Personality Disorders
Chapter 13 Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Chapter 14 Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 15 Substance-Related Disorders
Chapter 16 Eating Disorders
Chapter 17 Sexual Disorders
Chapter 18 Disorders and Issues of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 19 Disorders and Issues of the Older Adult
,Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
1. When studying mental health and mental illness, the student nurse learns
that which of the following is evidence of our mental health?
A) Our ability to function well with others
B) Our ability to defend what we believe
C) Our ability to perform demanding tasks
on the job
D) Our ability to defend those weaker than
we are
2. A mental health nurse is teaching a class in anger management. She teaches
the patients that recognizing what triggers their anger response allows them to
do which of the following?
A) Manipulate the situation to get what you
want
B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
control of their anger
D) Control the things that trigger their
anger
3. Which of the following are factors that could be part of a persons cultural
identity? (Select all that apply.)
A) Common family customs
B) Common language
C) Common stressors
, D) Gender
E) Adaptive resources
4. What would a culturally competent nurse know that some cultural and
ethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused by?
A) Demon possession
B) Pretense
C) The stars
D) Hypnosis
5. A staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease process,
whether it is physical or mental. What would be the best statement about
stress that the educator could give?
A) Stress can be prostress or distress.
B) Stress can never enhance the feeling of
well-being.
C) Stress can be either physically or
emotionally exhausting, but not both.
D) Distress is actually harmful to ones
health.
6. A patient comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
The patient states, I seem to be miserable and upset all the time. My
marriage is crumbling because my wife refuses to understand how I feel.
What does the nurse practitioner understand about the factors contributing
to the patients stress?
A) Internal situations often make us
miserable and upset
B) External situations often make us
miserable and upset
C) We choose to make ourselves miserable
and upset
