Nursing 104 Chapter 34 & 35 Study Guide Exam Complete Solution 100% Verified Answers Graded A+.

What is the mental health nurse referring to when using the term behavior? - correct answer The manner in which a person performs What definition should the nurse use to clarify the concept of "mental health"? - correct answer The ability to cope and adjust to everyday stresses How should the nurse document the behavior of a patient with mental illness? - correct answer Differing from socially acceptable behavior How many people in the United States will develop a mental disorder during their lifetime? - correct answer One in two During the 17th and 18th centuries, care of patients with mental illness often was cruel. What type of care was used by Dr. Philippe Pinel to bring about change? - correct answer Humane care When was psychiatric training for nurses initially offered? - correct answer 1882 Using the mental health continuum as a guide, the nurse observes behavior that usually places an individual on the illness end of the continuum. What is true of this behavior? - correct answer It demonstrates that the person is out of touch with reality. The majority of people function in a relatively healthy manner. What can diminish their functional capacity? - correct answer Periods of crisis What is the basis for classifying a person as having a mental illness? - correct answer Behavior exhibited and the context Using Freud's personality theory, what action by a patient identifies the influence of the superego? - correct answer Returning a $5 bill that another patient left on the table Using Freud's personality theory, what action by a patient indicates a strong ego? - correct answer Laughs at himself for being foolish. Which theorist believed that personality development was based on task mastery? - correct answer Erik Erikson Which role is an example of an ascribed role? - correct answer Sex The nurse is assessing a young woman who is a teacher, happily married, raising two children, taking care of her disabled mother, and going to school to get a master's degree. How should the behavior of the young woman be classified? - correct answer Role integrated What action consistently done by a patient should indicate to a nurse that the patient has a poor self-concept? - correct answer Apologizes to others repeatedly. What does any event that requires change stimulate? - correct answer Stress A nurse tearfully confides to the head nurse that being assigned to care for eight patients is stressful and overwhelming. What demonstrates the use of a healthy coping mechanism? - correct answer Delegating appropriate care assignments to unlicensed assistive personnel A perceived threat to self causes what emotion? - correct answer Anxiety What action by a student before taking a test should indicate to a nursing instructor that the student is demonstrating signs of moderate anxiety? - correct answer Vomits What coping mechanism demonstrated by a patient should indicate to the nurse that the patient is seeking ways to deal with and resolve stress? - correct answer Adaptation A 40-year-old patient cries and has a tantrum when the health care provider refuses to give her a prescription for diet pills. The nurse realizes that this is the use of which defense mechanism? - correct answer Regression When the patient who overeats insists that weight gain is related to retained fluids, the nurse recognizes the patient is using which defense mechanism? - correct answer Rationalization After finding the patient with diabetes eating candy, the nurse reminds the patient that the candy will elevate blood sugar levels. The patient's response is: "It's only a little bit, and it won't do anything." Which defense mechanism is the patient using? - correct answer Denial The patient complains to the nurse that the health care provider does not like him and wants him to fail at following the diet prescribed. The nurse recognizes that the patient is using which defense mechanism? - correct answer Projection