Test Bank For Davis Advantage for Townsend’s Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 9th Edition Karyn Morgan
Chapter 1: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1. A nurse is assessing a client who experiences occasional
feelings of sadness because of the recentdeath of a beloved
pet. The client’s appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine
have not changed. How would the nurse interpret the
client’sbehaviors?
1. The client’s behaviors demonstrate mental illness in
the form of depression.
2. The client’s behaviors are inappropriate, which
indicates the presence of mentalillness.
3. The client’s behaviors are not congruent with cultural
norms.
4. The client’s behaviors demonstrate no functional
impairment, indicating no mentalillness.
2. At which point would the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a mental illness?
1. When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the criteria for mental
illness.
2. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference in daily
functioning.
3. When a client communicates significant distress.
4. When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
3. A client has been given a diagnosis of HIV. Which statement made by the client does the nurse
recognize as the bargaining stage of grief?
1. “I hate my partner for giving me this disease I will die from!”
2. “If I don’t do IV drugs anymore, God won’t let me die.”
3. “I am going to support groups and learning more about the disease.”
4. “Can you please re-draw the test results; I think they may be wrong?”
4. A nurse notes that a client is extremely withdrawn, delusional, and emotionally exhausted. The
nurse assesses the client’s anxiety as which level?
1. Mild anxiety
2. Mode
3. ate anxiety
4. Severe anxiety
5. Panic anxiety
1
,
,
,
Chapter 1: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1. A nurse is assessing a client who experiences occasional
feelings of sadness because of the recentdeath of a beloved
pet. The client’s appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine
have not changed. How would the nurse interpret the
client’sbehaviors?
1. The client’s behaviors demonstrate mental illness in
the form of depression.
2. The client’s behaviors are inappropriate, which
indicates the presence of mentalillness.
3. The client’s behaviors are not congruent with cultural
norms.
4. The client’s behaviors demonstrate no functional
impairment, indicating no mentalillness.
2. At which point would the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a mental illness?
1. When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the criteria for mental
illness.
2. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference in daily
functioning.
3. When a client communicates significant distress.
4. When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
3. A client has been given a diagnosis of HIV. Which statement made by the client does the nurse
recognize as the bargaining stage of grief?
1. “I hate my partner for giving me this disease I will die from!”
2. “If I don’t do IV drugs anymore, God won’t let me die.”
3. “I am going to support groups and learning more about the disease.”
4. “Can you please re-draw the test results; I think they may be wrong?”
4. A nurse notes that a client is extremely withdrawn, delusional, and emotionally exhausted. The
nurse assesses the client’s anxiety as which level?
1. Mild anxiety
2. Mode
3. ate anxiety
4. Severe anxiety
5. Panic anxiety
1
,
,
,
