Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing
Exam Questions & Answers Rated A+
Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-The care of others experiencing "dis-ease" & or
assisting those with disabilities interrupting self care. Includes physical, emotional,
spiritual, & psychosocial aspects of the individual
Art of Psychiatric Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-Incorporates and applies the
knowledge from theories, both medical and psychological; therapeutic comm skills; EBP
on brain chemistry, on normal ranges of behaviors & on the efficacy of meds; the
puposeful use of "self" in therapeutic relationship formation
What is Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER-It varies. Ranges from external factors in
one's environment causing disruptions in self image to the presence of "brain disorders"
Factors that influence & define: Health vs Illness: - CORRECT ANSWER-Cultural
attitudes & beliefs
Societal influences
Family members support
Fundemental Objectives - CORRECT ANSWER-The promotion and protection of
mental health, the prevention of mental disorders, the treatment of mental disorders,
recovery and rehabilitation
Promotion and protections - CORRECT ANSWER-Share info to increase public
knowledge & awareness of mental health and mental disorders. Ensuring access to
health care. Encouraging and providing support for individuals, families, communities &
organizations that value priciples & activities that promote mental health.
, Promotion and prevention - CORRECT ANSWER-Providing ongoing education,
mentoring, supporting pt with defining their personal life goals & in their efforts to
achieve those goals, and reducing the stigma associated with mental disorders
Sights for Health promotion - CORRECT ANSWER-Homes, schools community
agencies, health organizations
Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER-Primary-think prevention
Secondary-intervene right now, acute.
Tertiary-chronic and recovery programs
Primary prevention: Ex of ways to reduce the incidence of mental disorders -
CORRECT ANSWER-Teaching stress-reduction tech & mindful meditation to high-risk
teens in a program that promotes drug free environment. Teaching the normal stages of
child devel and effective parenting skills ot high-risk single mothers who are pregnant
for the 1st time. Seminars to isolated senior on straegies for accessing community
resources and activities, staying physically, cognitively and socially active and involved
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER-Prevention strategies to reduce the
prevalence of mental disorders. Ex; comforting and arranging for the safety of a child
who comes to school with multiple bruises and cigarette burns on his/her body
Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER-Reducing the residual effet of a disorder
through community rehab programs, ongoing eval of meds compliance & risks or
evidence of side effects from meds, community outreach programs
Treatment of pt with Mental disorders - CORRECT ANSWER-Patient Centered care:
working w/ pts intentions regarding their own care. Under the guidance of PMH nurses
and other MH personnel, pt are encouraged to make decisions and to actively engage
in their own treatment plans to meet their needs
Exam Questions & Answers Rated A+
Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-The care of others experiencing "dis-ease" & or
assisting those with disabilities interrupting self care. Includes physical, emotional,
spiritual, & psychosocial aspects of the individual
Art of Psychiatric Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-Incorporates and applies the
knowledge from theories, both medical and psychological; therapeutic comm skills; EBP
on brain chemistry, on normal ranges of behaviors & on the efficacy of meds; the
puposeful use of "self" in therapeutic relationship formation
What is Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER-It varies. Ranges from external factors in
one's environment causing disruptions in self image to the presence of "brain disorders"
Factors that influence & define: Health vs Illness: - CORRECT ANSWER-Cultural
attitudes & beliefs
Societal influences
Family members support
Fundemental Objectives - CORRECT ANSWER-The promotion and protection of
mental health, the prevention of mental disorders, the treatment of mental disorders,
recovery and rehabilitation
Promotion and protections - CORRECT ANSWER-Share info to increase public
knowledge & awareness of mental health and mental disorders. Ensuring access to
health care. Encouraging and providing support for individuals, families, communities &
organizations that value priciples & activities that promote mental health.
, Promotion and prevention - CORRECT ANSWER-Providing ongoing education,
mentoring, supporting pt with defining their personal life goals & in their efforts to
achieve those goals, and reducing the stigma associated with mental disorders
Sights for Health promotion - CORRECT ANSWER-Homes, schools community
agencies, health organizations
Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER-Primary-think prevention
Secondary-intervene right now, acute.
Tertiary-chronic and recovery programs
Primary prevention: Ex of ways to reduce the incidence of mental disorders -
CORRECT ANSWER-Teaching stress-reduction tech & mindful meditation to high-risk
teens in a program that promotes drug free environment. Teaching the normal stages of
child devel and effective parenting skills ot high-risk single mothers who are pregnant
for the 1st time. Seminars to isolated senior on straegies for accessing community
resources and activities, staying physically, cognitively and socially active and involved
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER-Prevention strategies to reduce the
prevalence of mental disorders. Ex; comforting and arranging for the safety of a child
who comes to school with multiple bruises and cigarette burns on his/her body
Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER-Reducing the residual effet of a disorder
through community rehab programs, ongoing eval of meds compliance & risks or
evidence of side effects from meds, community outreach programs
Treatment of pt with Mental disorders - CORRECT ANSWER-Patient Centered care:
working w/ pts intentions regarding their own care. Under the guidance of PMH nurses
and other MH personnel, pt are encouraged to make decisions and to actively engage
in their own treatment plans to meet their needs
