TEST BANK
Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical
Settings
Kim Foster, Peta Marks, Anthony O'Brien, and John Hurley
6th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Why Mental Health Matters 1
Chapter 02 Nursing and Mental Health in Context 3
Chapter 03 The Mental Health and Illness Continuum 5
Chapter 04 Safety in Care, Safety at Work 7
Chapter 05 Working with Families in Mental Health 9
Chapter 06 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health 11
Chapter 07 Kua Takoto Te Manuka 13
Chapter 08 Professional Self-Care 15
Chapter 09 Mental Health Assessment 17
Chapter 10 Legal and Ethical Issues 19
Chapter 11 Anxiety 21
Chapter 12 Mood Disorders 23
Chapter 13 Substance Use and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders 25
Chapter 14 Psychosis and Schizophrenia 27
Chapter 15 Eating Disorders 29
Chapter 16 Personality Disorders 31
Chapter 17 Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence 33
Chapter 18 Mental Health in Older Age 35
Chapter 19 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability 37
Chapter 20 Physical Health in the Context of Mental Health 39
Chapter 21 Psychopharmacology 41
Chapter 22 Mental Health in Every Setting 43
Chapter 23 Preparing for Mental Health Clinical Placement 45
Chapter 24 Primary Care and Community 47
Chapter 25 Emergency Care 49
Chapter 26 Generalist In-Patient Settings 51
Chapter 27 Care of Older Adults 53
Chapter 28 Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 55
Chapter 29 Forensic Mental Health Nursing 57
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Test Bank - Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical Settings, 6th Edition (Foster, 2025)
Chapter 1: Why mental health matters
Foster et al: Mental Health in Nursing, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What proportion of the Australian adult population have experienced a mental health problem
in the past 12 months?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 40%
ANS: C
2. The stepped care model of mental health care involves:
a. providing different levels of mental health care to different populations
b. matching mental health care to the needs of the individual
c. providing a full range of mental health services in every community
d. initiating high-intensity mental health interventions as an initial approach
ANS: B
3. Cultural safety in mental health care involves:
a. treating all consumers as if they are the same, regardless of cultural background
b. matching the ethnicity of mental health practitioners to the ethnicity of consumers
c. reflecting on one’s own cultural identity and how that influences nursing care
d. understanding the culture of all consumers and communities
ANS: C
4. Which of the following statements about the scope of nursing practice in mental health is
TRUE?
a. Mental health is part of every nurse’s scope of practice.
b. Mental health care can only be provided by specialist mental health nurses.
c. In order to practise, nurses must apply for an endorsement of their practising
certificate.
d. In most areas of nursing practice, mental health skills are not needed.
ANS: A
5. Assisting mental health consumers to manage their physical health is important because:
a. the physical health of people with mental illness is significantly worse than the
physical health of the general population.
b. poor physical health is the cause of most mental illnesses.
c. mental health consumers do not receive primary health care services.
d. all nurses need to maintain their physical health care skills.
ANS: A
TRUE/FALSE
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Test Bank - Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical Settings, 6th Edition (Foster, 2025)
6. Depression has been linked to a wide range of physical illnesses, including stroke, cancer and
cardiovascular disease.
ANS: T
7. Rates of metabolic syndrome are high in people taking antipsychotic medication.
ANS: T
8. The World Health Organization recommends that mental health care should be based in
specialist services.
ANS: F
9. Many people who commit suicide have had recent contact with a health professional.
ANS: T
10. Up to 50% of the population will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime.
ANS: T
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Test Bank - Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical Settings, 6th Edition (Foster, 2025)
Chapter 2: Nursing and mental health in context
Foster et al: Mental Health in Nursing, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Social determinants of mental health include:
a. early childhood development
b. mental health stigma
c. poverty
d. All of the above
ANS: D
2. It is important to acknowledge gender identity in mental health care because:
a. gender identity is an inherent aspect of individual identity.
b. gender identity is fixed from birth.
c. most consumers want to discuss their gender identity.
d. gender identity is biological in origin.
ANS: A
3. Personal recovery from mental illness means the person:
a. no longer has symptoms of mental illness
b. has gained insight into their need for treatment
c. regards their mental health as a personal development journey
d. no longer needs the support of mental health professionals
ANS: C
4. Trauma-informed care involves:
a. preventing any trauma in the consumer’s life
b. avoiding any discussion of emotionally painful experiences
c. discussing your own experiences of trauma with consumers
d. supporting consumers so they feel safe when receiving care
ANS: D
5. Therapeutic relationships have been described as:
a. an equal partnership between a nurse and consumer
b. something that happens automatically between a nurse and consumer
c. something that develops once the nurse has a long-term relationship with the
consumer
d. only possible for nurses with advanced training and experience
ANS: A
TRUE/FALSE
6. Many people have a non-religious worldview while still maintaining spiritual beliefs and
values.
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ANS: T
7. Hope can be described as the act by which the tendency to despair is actively overcome.
ANS: T
8. Maintaining professional boundaries in clinical practice is always the responsibility of the
nurse.
ANS: T
9. Self-disclosure should never occur in a professional relationship.
ANS: F
10. The concept of neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s ability to develop new pathways, even
after experiencing trauma.
ANS: T
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Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical
Settings
Kim Foster, Peta Marks, Anthony O'Brien, and John Hurley
6th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Why Mental Health Matters 1
Chapter 02 Nursing and Mental Health in Context 3
Chapter 03 The Mental Health and Illness Continuum 5
Chapter 04 Safety in Care, Safety at Work 7
Chapter 05 Working with Families in Mental Health 9
Chapter 06 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health 11
Chapter 07 Kua Takoto Te Manuka 13
Chapter 08 Professional Self-Care 15
Chapter 09 Mental Health Assessment 17
Chapter 10 Legal and Ethical Issues 19
Chapter 11 Anxiety 21
Chapter 12 Mood Disorders 23
Chapter 13 Substance Use and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders 25
Chapter 14 Psychosis and Schizophrenia 27
Chapter 15 Eating Disorders 29
Chapter 16 Personality Disorders 31
Chapter 17 Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence 33
Chapter 18 Mental Health in Older Age 35
Chapter 19 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability 37
Chapter 20 Physical Health in the Context of Mental Health 39
Chapter 21 Psychopharmacology 41
Chapter 22 Mental Health in Every Setting 43
Chapter 23 Preparing for Mental Health Clinical Placement 45
Chapter 24 Primary Care and Community 47
Chapter 25 Emergency Care 49
Chapter 26 Generalist In-Patient Settings 51
Chapter 27 Care of Older Adults 53
Chapter 28 Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 55
Chapter 29 Forensic Mental Health Nursing 57
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Test Bank - Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical Settings, 6th Edition (Foster, 2025)
Chapter 1: Why mental health matters
Foster et al: Mental Health in Nursing, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What proportion of the Australian adult population have experienced a mental health problem
in the past 12 months?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 40%
ANS: C
2. The stepped care model of mental health care involves:
a. providing different levels of mental health care to different populations
b. matching mental health care to the needs of the individual
c. providing a full range of mental health services in every community
d. initiating high-intensity mental health interventions as an initial approach
ANS: B
3. Cultural safety in mental health care involves:
a. treating all consumers as if they are the same, regardless of cultural background
b. matching the ethnicity of mental health practitioners to the ethnicity of consumers
c. reflecting on one’s own cultural identity and how that influences nursing care
d. understanding the culture of all consumers and communities
ANS: C
4. Which of the following statements about the scope of nursing practice in mental health is
TRUE?
a. Mental health is part of every nurse’s scope of practice.
b. Mental health care can only be provided by specialist mental health nurses.
c. In order to practise, nurses must apply for an endorsement of their practising
certificate.
d. In most areas of nursing practice, mental health skills are not needed.
ANS: A
5. Assisting mental health consumers to manage their physical health is important because:
a. the physical health of people with mental illness is significantly worse than the
physical health of the general population.
b. poor physical health is the cause of most mental illnesses.
c. mental health consumers do not receive primary health care services.
d. all nurses need to maintain their physical health care skills.
ANS: A
TRUE/FALSE
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Test Bank - Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical Settings, 6th Edition (Foster, 2025)
6. Depression has been linked to a wide range of physical illnesses, including stroke, cancer and
cardiovascular disease.
ANS: T
7. Rates of metabolic syndrome are high in people taking antipsychotic medication.
ANS: T
8. The World Health Organization recommends that mental health care should be based in
specialist services.
ANS: F
9. Many people who commit suicide have had recent contact with a health professional.
ANS: T
10. Up to 50% of the population will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime.
ANS: T
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Test Bank - Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical Settings, 6th Edition (Foster, 2025)
Chapter 2: Nursing and mental health in context
Foster et al: Mental Health in Nursing, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Social determinants of mental health include:
a. early childhood development
b. mental health stigma
c. poverty
d. All of the above
ANS: D
2. It is important to acknowledge gender identity in mental health care because:
a. gender identity is an inherent aspect of individual identity.
b. gender identity is fixed from birth.
c. most consumers want to discuss their gender identity.
d. gender identity is biological in origin.
ANS: A
3. Personal recovery from mental illness means the person:
a. no longer has symptoms of mental illness
b. has gained insight into their need for treatment
c. regards their mental health as a personal development journey
d. no longer needs the support of mental health professionals
ANS: C
4. Trauma-informed care involves:
a. preventing any trauma in the consumer’s life
b. avoiding any discussion of emotionally painful experiences
c. discussing your own experiences of trauma with consumers
d. supporting consumers so they feel safe when receiving care
ANS: D
5. Therapeutic relationships have been described as:
a. an equal partnership between a nurse and consumer
b. something that happens automatically between a nurse and consumer
c. something that develops once the nurse has a long-term relationship with the
consumer
d. only possible for nurses with advanced training and experience
ANS: A
TRUE/FALSE
6. Many people have a non-religious worldview while still maintaining spiritual beliefs and
values.
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Test Bank - Mental Health in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical Settings, 6th Edition (Foster, 2025)
ANS: T
7. Hope can be described as the act by which the tendency to despair is actively overcome.
ANS: T
8. Maintaining professional boundaries in clinical practice is always the responsibility of the
nurse.
ANS: T
9. Self-disclosure should never occur in a professional relationship.
ANS: F
10. The concept of neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s ability to develop new pathways, even
after experiencing trauma.
ANS: T
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