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Ch. 1 Define Mental Health - correct answer ✔✔The WHO defines mental health
as a state of well-being in which each individual is able to realize his or her own
potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and make a
contribution to the community. Mental health provides people with the capacity
for rational thinking, communication skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience,
and self-esteem (Halter 2 )
Ch 1 Define Mental Illness - correct answer ✔✔Mental illness refers to all mental
disorders with definable diagnoses. These disorders are manifested in significant
dysfunction that may be related to developmental, biological, or psychological
disturbances in mental functioning (APA, 2013). The cognitive may be impaired as
in Alzheimer's disease; emotions may be affected in major depression; and
behavioral alterations may be apparent in schizophrenia; or the patient may be
display some combination of the three (Halter 2-3)
Ch 1 Define mental health continuum - correct answer ✔✔There is a definite
middle ground; in fact mental health and mental illness can be conceptualized as
points along a mental continuum (Figure 1-2). (Halter 3) A conceptual line used to
represent levels of mental health and mental illness that vary from person to
person and vary for a particular person over time. (Halter 677)
Ch. 1 What is resilience? - correct answer ✔✔The ability to adapt and cope that
helps people to face tragedies, loss, trauma, and severe stress (Halter 680 & 3)
,Ch. 1 What is the DSM 5 manual? - correct answer ✔✔Major classification
systems used in the United States: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. fifth
edition. Important in terms of planning for patient care and determining
reimbursement for services rendered, DSM-5 is the dominant mode of
understanding and diagnosing mental illness in the United States and the
framework for describing psychiatric disorders (Halter 10-11)
Ch. 1 Define NANDA manual - correct answer ✔✔The Nursing Diagnoses:
Definitions and classification 2012-2014 of the North American Nursing Diagnosis
Association International (NANDA-I) provides standardized diagnoses, These
diagnoses provide a common language to aid in the selection of nursing
interventions (Halter 13)
Ch 1 Compare duties of BSN and advanced practice nurse - correct answer
✔✔BSN can pass meds, milieu therapy, health teaching coordination of care. carry
out orders of MD. Adv prac can do all BSN does and write orders, prescribe meds,
patient advocate, See table 1-2
Ch. 1 Compare DSM and NANDA - correct answer ✔✔While the DAM-5 is used to
diagnose a psychiatric disorder, a well-defined nursing diagnosis provides the
framework for identifying appropriate nursing interventions for dealing with the
patient's reaction to the disorder (Halter 14)
Ch. 1 What is Stigma - correct answer ✔✔Negative attitudes or behaviors toward
a person or group, based on a belief that they possess negative traits. (Halter 681)
Ch. 1 State an example of where advanced practice nurse is a patient advocate. -
correct answer ✔✔Adv Prac nurse reviews local and national legislation affecting
health care to identify potential detrimental effects on the mentally ill. Especially
, during times of fiscal crisis, lawmakers are inclined to decrease or eliminate
funding for vulnerable populations who do not have a strong political voice (Halter
16)
Ch. 1 Define Basic level RN - correct answer ✔✔A professional who has completed
a nursing program, passed the state licensure examination, and is qualified to
work in almost any general or specialty area. (Halter 673)
Ch. 1 Define DSM 5 - correct answer ✔✔A medical manual that was published in
2013 for the purpose of classifying mental disorders and that influences treatment
recommendations and reimbursement. (Halter 674)
Ch.2 Behavior therapy - correct answer ✔✔A treatment method that is concerned
with patterns of behavior rather than inner motivations. Maladaptive responses
are replaced with adaptive responses (Halter 673)
Ch. 2 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - correct answer ✔✔An evidence-based
therapeutic modality for children, adolescents, and adults that seek to identify
negative and irrational patterns of though and challenge them based on rational
evidence and thoughts (halter 673)
Ch. 2 Cognitive distortions - correct answer ✔✔Inaccurate and irrational
automatic thoughts or ideas that lead to false assumptions and
misinterpretations. (Halter 673)
Ch. 2 Defense Mechanisms - correct answer ✔✔Usually unconscious intrapsychic
processes used to ward off anxiety by preventing conscious awareness of
threatening feelings. Defense mechanisms can be used in a healthy or not-so-
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Ch. 1 Define Mental Health - correct answer ✔✔The WHO defines mental health
as a state of well-being in which each individual is able to realize his or her own
potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and make a
contribution to the community. Mental health provides people with the capacity
for rational thinking, communication skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience,
and self-esteem (Halter 2 )
Ch 1 Define Mental Illness - correct answer ✔✔Mental illness refers to all mental
disorders with definable diagnoses. These disorders are manifested in significant
dysfunction that may be related to developmental, biological, or psychological
disturbances in mental functioning (APA, 2013). The cognitive may be impaired as
in Alzheimer's disease; emotions may be affected in major depression; and
behavioral alterations may be apparent in schizophrenia; or the patient may be
display some combination of the three (Halter 2-3)
Ch 1 Define mental health continuum - correct answer ✔✔There is a definite
middle ground; in fact mental health and mental illness can be conceptualized as
points along a mental continuum (Figure 1-2). (Halter 3) A conceptual line used to
represent levels of mental health and mental illness that vary from person to
person and vary for a particular person over time. (Halter 677)
Ch. 1 What is resilience? - correct answer ✔✔The ability to adapt and cope that
helps people to face tragedies, loss, trauma, and severe stress (Halter 680 & 3)
,Ch. 1 What is the DSM 5 manual? - correct answer ✔✔Major classification
systems used in the United States: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. fifth
edition. Important in terms of planning for patient care and determining
reimbursement for services rendered, DSM-5 is the dominant mode of
understanding and diagnosing mental illness in the United States and the
framework for describing psychiatric disorders (Halter 10-11)
Ch. 1 Define NANDA manual - correct answer ✔✔The Nursing Diagnoses:
Definitions and classification 2012-2014 of the North American Nursing Diagnosis
Association International (NANDA-I) provides standardized diagnoses, These
diagnoses provide a common language to aid in the selection of nursing
interventions (Halter 13)
Ch 1 Compare duties of BSN and advanced practice nurse - correct answer
✔✔BSN can pass meds, milieu therapy, health teaching coordination of care. carry
out orders of MD. Adv prac can do all BSN does and write orders, prescribe meds,
patient advocate, See table 1-2
Ch. 1 Compare DSM and NANDA - correct answer ✔✔While the DAM-5 is used to
diagnose a psychiatric disorder, a well-defined nursing diagnosis provides the
framework for identifying appropriate nursing interventions for dealing with the
patient's reaction to the disorder (Halter 14)
Ch. 1 What is Stigma - correct answer ✔✔Negative attitudes or behaviors toward
a person or group, based on a belief that they possess negative traits. (Halter 681)
Ch. 1 State an example of where advanced practice nurse is a patient advocate. -
correct answer ✔✔Adv Prac nurse reviews local and national legislation affecting
health care to identify potential detrimental effects on the mentally ill. Especially
, during times of fiscal crisis, lawmakers are inclined to decrease or eliminate
funding for vulnerable populations who do not have a strong political voice (Halter
16)
Ch. 1 Define Basic level RN - correct answer ✔✔A professional who has completed
a nursing program, passed the state licensure examination, and is qualified to
work in almost any general or specialty area. (Halter 673)
Ch. 1 Define DSM 5 - correct answer ✔✔A medical manual that was published in
2013 for the purpose of classifying mental disorders and that influences treatment
recommendations and reimbursement. (Halter 674)
Ch.2 Behavior therapy - correct answer ✔✔A treatment method that is concerned
with patterns of behavior rather than inner motivations. Maladaptive responses
are replaced with adaptive responses (Halter 673)
Ch. 2 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - correct answer ✔✔An evidence-based
therapeutic modality for children, adolescents, and adults that seek to identify
negative and irrational patterns of though and challenge them based on rational
evidence and thoughts (halter 673)
Ch. 2 Cognitive distortions - correct answer ✔✔Inaccurate and irrational
automatic thoughts or ideas that lead to false assumptions and
misinterpretations. (Halter 673)
Ch. 2 Defense Mechanisms - correct answer ✔✔Usually unconscious intrapsychic
processes used to ward off anxiety by preventing conscious awareness of
threatening feelings. Defense mechanisms can be used in a healthy or not-so-
