NUR 371 Exam I Practice Questions and Correct Answers

NUR 371 Exam I Practice Questions and
Correct Answers
Which of these aspects of "mental" can be disordered? (select all that apply)
A) Thinking
B) Mood
C) Self/Personality
D) Experience
E) Relational Functioning
F) Behavior ✅A), B), C), D), E), & F)

What percentage of the adult population has a mental disorder?
A) 25%
B) 20%
C) 10%
D) 33% ✅A) 25%

What percentage of people with a medical condition have a mental disorder?
A) 22%
B) 12%
C) 29%
D) 8% ✅C) 29%

A greater proportion of mental health care costs is covered by _? ✅the government
(especially the state government)

what are 4 current problems in the mental health service delivery system?
A) Disparities, Education, Homelessness, & Incarceration
B) Disparities, Deinstitutionalization, Homelessness, & Incarceration
C) Deinstitutionalization, Increased Stigma, Education & Incarceration
D) Disparities, Homelessness, Increased Diagnoses, & Increased Stigma ✅B)
Disparities, Deinstitutionalization, Homelessness, & Incarceration

True or False: There were more patients in psychiatric hospitals in 1955 than in 1998.
✅True - there were 559,000 inpatients in 1955; and only 57,151 in 1998.

Name 3 examples of giving support to someone struggling with mental illness. ✅1.)
Therapeutic communication
2.) Allowing them to vent
3) Providing them with a safe space

other examples: showing them empathy, and having unconditional acceptance.