NUR 1520 -EXAM 1 (UNITS: 1 & 2) with
correct answers 100% 2025
First Medication for Psychiatric Patients? - Correct Answer - Thorazine
What were the 1st Psych Medications Used For? - Correct Answer - Anti-Psychotics
- Schizophrenia Tx
What were the 2nd Psych Medications Used For? - Correct Answer - Anti-Depressants & Mood
Stabilizers
50-75% of homeless people are due to what? - Correct Answer - Psychiatric Disorders as well as
Substance Abuse
Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) - Correct Answer - Developed by President Kennedy's
Community Mental Health Center's Act of 1963
- New policy preference for community care instead of institutionalization
- Led to state laws and budgets favoring community care
- Regulated by state mental health departments and funded by the state
Community Mental Health Center's Act of 1963 - Correct Answer - Allow people with mental illness' to
get Tx free of charge
- Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Depression etc.
What is Curriculum/Milieu Therapy? - Correct Answer - Having someone assist a patient in making a
schedule to help benefit a healthy lifestyle.
What is considered Normal Mental Health? - Correct Answer - Accurate interpretation of reality
,- Control one's behavior
- Relate to Others
- Negotiate developmental tasks
- Self worth
- Problem Solving ability
Patient's Rights - Correct Answer - Be treated with dignity
- Be involved in Tx planning and decisions
- Refuse Tx
- Refuse Meds
- Request to leave the hospital, even against medical advice
- Be protected against the possible impulse to harm oneself or others that might occur as a result of a
mental disorder
- Right to the benefit of the legally prescribed process of an evaluation occurring within a limited period
(72hrs) in the event of a ITT against medical advice that may lead to harm of self or others
- Legal counsel
- Vote
- Communicate privately by phone and in person
- Informed consent
- Confidentiality regarding one's disorder and Tx
- Choose or refuse visitors
- Informed of research and to refuse to participate
- Least restrictive means of Tx
- Send/receive mail and be present during any inspection of packages received
- Keep personal belongings unless they are dangerous
- Lodge a complaint through a plainly publicized procedure
- Participate in religious worship
Signs of Mental Health - Correct Answer - Happiness
, - Control Over Behavior
- Appraisal of Reality
- Effectiveness in Work
- Healthy Self-Concept
- Satisfying Relationship
- Effective Coping Strategies
Signs of Mental Health :
Happiness - Correct Answer - Finds life enjoyable
- Can see in objects, people and activities the possibilities for meeting his/her needs
Signs of Mental Health:
Control Over Behavior - Correct Answer - Recognize and act on cues to existing limits
- Respond to rules, routines, and customs of any group to which they belong
Signs of Mental Health:
Appraisal of Reality - Correct Answer - Accurate picture of what is happening around them
- Good sense of consequences, both good and bad
- Can see the difference between "as if" and "for real" in situations
Signs of Mental Health:
Effectiveness in Work - Correct Answer - Within limits set by abilities, can do well in tasks attempted
- When meeting mild failure, persists until determines if she/he can do the job
Signs of Mental Health:
Healthy Self-Concept - Correct Answer - Sees self as approaching individuals ideals, as capable of
meeting demands
- Has reasonable degree of self-confidence that helps in being resourceful under stress
correct answers 100% 2025
First Medication for Psychiatric Patients? - Correct Answer - Thorazine
What were the 1st Psych Medications Used For? - Correct Answer - Anti-Psychotics
- Schizophrenia Tx
What were the 2nd Psych Medications Used For? - Correct Answer - Anti-Depressants & Mood
Stabilizers
50-75% of homeless people are due to what? - Correct Answer - Psychiatric Disorders as well as
Substance Abuse
Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) - Correct Answer - Developed by President Kennedy's
Community Mental Health Center's Act of 1963
- New policy preference for community care instead of institutionalization
- Led to state laws and budgets favoring community care
- Regulated by state mental health departments and funded by the state
Community Mental Health Center's Act of 1963 - Correct Answer - Allow people with mental illness' to
get Tx free of charge
- Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Depression etc.
What is Curriculum/Milieu Therapy? - Correct Answer - Having someone assist a patient in making a
schedule to help benefit a healthy lifestyle.
What is considered Normal Mental Health? - Correct Answer - Accurate interpretation of reality
,- Control one's behavior
- Relate to Others
- Negotiate developmental tasks
- Self worth
- Problem Solving ability
Patient's Rights - Correct Answer - Be treated with dignity
- Be involved in Tx planning and decisions
- Refuse Tx
- Refuse Meds
- Request to leave the hospital, even against medical advice
- Be protected against the possible impulse to harm oneself or others that might occur as a result of a
mental disorder
- Right to the benefit of the legally prescribed process of an evaluation occurring within a limited period
(72hrs) in the event of a ITT against medical advice that may lead to harm of self or others
- Legal counsel
- Vote
- Communicate privately by phone and in person
- Informed consent
- Confidentiality regarding one's disorder and Tx
- Choose or refuse visitors
- Informed of research and to refuse to participate
- Least restrictive means of Tx
- Send/receive mail and be present during any inspection of packages received
- Keep personal belongings unless they are dangerous
- Lodge a complaint through a plainly publicized procedure
- Participate in religious worship
Signs of Mental Health - Correct Answer - Happiness
, - Control Over Behavior
- Appraisal of Reality
- Effectiveness in Work
- Healthy Self-Concept
- Satisfying Relationship
- Effective Coping Strategies
Signs of Mental Health :
Happiness - Correct Answer - Finds life enjoyable
- Can see in objects, people and activities the possibilities for meeting his/her needs
Signs of Mental Health:
Control Over Behavior - Correct Answer - Recognize and act on cues to existing limits
- Respond to rules, routines, and customs of any group to which they belong
Signs of Mental Health:
Appraisal of Reality - Correct Answer - Accurate picture of what is happening around them
- Good sense of consequences, both good and bad
- Can see the difference between "as if" and "for real" in situations
Signs of Mental Health:
Effectiveness in Work - Correct Answer - Within limits set by abilities, can do well in tasks attempted
- When meeting mild failure, persists until determines if she/he can do the job
Signs of Mental Health:
Healthy Self-Concept - Correct Answer - Sees self as approaching individuals ideals, as capable of
meeting demands
- Has reasonable degree of self-confidence that helps in being resourceful under stress
