Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Exam 1 with correct answers.docx

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Exam
1 with correct answers




What is psychiatric mental health nursing and its main focus? - correct answer A core mental
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health profession that employs a purposeful use of self as its art and a wide range of nursing,
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psychosocial, and neurobiological theories and research evidence as its science. (ANA,
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2007, p.1). Its focus is the treatment of human responses to mental health problems and
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Recovering from a mental illness is viewed as a personal journey of healing. What is the goal of
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recovery? - correct answer Is to empower those with mental illness to find meaning and
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satisfaction in their lives, realize personal potential, and function at their optimal level of
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independence.

Describe the difference between the nurse-patient relationship and the nurse-patient
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partnership: - correct answer nurse-patient relationship suggests an unequal status with the
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nurse/health care worker as the person in authority. The nurse-patient partnership is more in
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line with the emphasis on "relationships" in the recovery model.
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, In a survey on caring in 1998, emerged 3 themes. Explain all 3: - correct answer Caring is
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evidenced by empathic understanding, actions, and patience on another's behalf. Caring for f f f f f f f f f f f f




one another by actions, words, and being there leads to happiness and touches the heart.
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Caring is giving of self while preserving the importance of self.
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What is a patient advocate? And what is not? - correct answer Someone who speaks up for
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another's cause, who helps others by defending and comforting them, especially when the f f f f f f f f f f f f f




other person lacks knowledge, skills, ability, or status to speak for himself/herself. It is NOT a
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legal role but rather an ethical one.
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What is the DSM-5? - correct answer Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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5th addition was released in May 2013.
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What is mental illness? - correct answer It is medical conditions that affect a person's thinking,
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feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning. It includes flawed biological,
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psychological, social, and cultural processes. f f f f




Euthymia - correct answer A normal mood state. f f f f f f f




Looseness of association - correct answer A pattern of thinking that is haphazard, illogical, and f f f f f f f f f f f f f f




confused, and in which connections in thought are interrupted; it is seen primarily in
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schizophrenic disorders. f




Anorexia - correct answer A medical term that signifies a loss of appetite. f f f f f f f f f f f f




Pressure of speech - correct answer A speech pattern characterized by forceful energy f f f f f f f f f f f f f




manifested in frantic, jumbled speech as when a manic individual struggles to keep pace with f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f




racing thoughts. f




Echolalia - correct answer Mimicry or imitation of the speech of another person. f f f f f f f f f f f f




Insight - correct answer Understanding and awareness of the reasons for and meaning behind
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one's motives and behavior.
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Perseveration - correct answer The involuntary repetition of the same thought, phrase, or f f f f f f f f f f f f f




motor response (e.g. brushing teeth, walking); it is associated with brain damage.
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Delusion - correct answer A false belief held to be true even with evidence to the contrary (e.g.
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the false belief that one is being singled out for harm by others).
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Apathy - correct answer A state of indifference f f f f f f f




Circumstantial - correct answer A pattern of speech characterized by indirectness and delay f f f f f f f f f f f f f




before the person gets to the point or answers a question; the person gets caught up in
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