test bank for
introductory mental health nursing 4th edition
by womble |kincheloe |complete chapters 1-19
(with answer key at the end of each chapter)
,table of contents
chapter 1 mental health and mental illness ........................................3
chapter 2 the delivery of mental health care..................................... 12
chapter 3 theories of personality development ................................. 22
chapter 4 treatment of mental illness ............................................... 31
chapter 5 establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship ... 41
chapter 6 dynamics of anger, violence, and crises ............................. 47
chapter 7 communication in mental health nursing .......................... 54
chapter 8 the nursing process in mental health nursing .................... 61
chapter 9 anxiety disorders .............................................................. 68
chapter 10 mood disorders ............................................................... 76
chapter 11 psychotic disorders ......................................................... 85
chapter 12 personality disorders ...................................................... 93
chapter 13 somatic symptom and related disorders ........................ 102
chapter 14 dissociative disorders .................................................... 117
chapter 15 substance-related disorders .......................................... 133
chapter 16 eating disorders ............................................................ 149
chapter 17 sexual disorders ............................................................ 164
chapter 18 disorders and issues of children and adolescents ........... 180
chapter 19 disorders and issues of the older adult .......................... 193
,chapter 1 mental health and mental illness
1. when studying mental health and mental illness, the student
nurse learns that which of the following is evidence of our mental
health?
a) our ability to function well with others
b) our ability to defend what we believe
c) our ability to perform demanding tasks
on the job
d) our ability to defend those weaker than
we are
2. a mental health nurse is teaching a class in anger management.
she teaches the patients that recognizing what triggers their anger
response allows them to do which of the following?
a) manipulate the situation to get what you
want
b) stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
c) gives them the opportunity to gain
control of their anger
,d) control the things that trigger their
anger
3. which of the following are factors that could be part of a persons
cultural identity? (select all that apply.)
a) common family customs
b) common language
c) common stressors
d) gender
e) adaptive resources
4. what would a culturally competent nurse know that some
cultural and ethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused by?
a) demon possession
b) pretense
c) the stars
d) hypnosis
5. a staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease
process, whether it is physical or mental. what would be the best
statement about stress that the educator could give?
a) stress can be prostress or distress.
,b) stress can never enhance the feeling of
well-being.
c) stress can be either physically or
emotionally exhausting, but not both.
d) distress is actually harmful to ones
health.
6. a patient comes to the clinic to see the mental health nurse
practitioner. the patient states, i seem to be miserable and upset all
the time. my marriage is crumbling because my wife refuses to
understand how i feel. what does the nurse practitioner understand
about the factors contributing to the patients stress?
a) internal situations often make us
miserable and upset
b) external situations often make us
miserable and upset
c) we choose to make ourselves miserable
and upset
d) we choose to live with chronic stress
7. as a mental health nurse, you know that when a person feels
insulted, mental images of resentment and animosity may be formed.
these images generate what?
,a) the need to fight back
b) the need to change their behavior
c) the need to project blame onto the other
person
d) the need to manipulate the situation
8. mental health nurses know that stress management is an
important part of patient care. what is one way a mental health nurse
could help the patient cope with stress?
a) teach mentalization
b) teach hypnosis
c) teach imagination
d) teach visualization
9. to help patients deal with their stress, nurses must also learn to
cope with their own. which of the following is an adaptive coping
strategy that might be used by the nurse?
a) reframing
b) mediation
c) asset training
d) mental blocking
, 10. an 18-year-old college student is very anxious about auditioning
for the schools famous chorale. which of the following ways of dealing
with this anxiety would the nurse recognize as being maladaptive?
a) arranging for voice lessons
b) practicing the songs used in the audition
c) going to a concert
d) singing with a group of friends
11. several steps occur in the crisis sequence. what is one of these
steps?
a) organization recurs
b) violence
c) autonomic response
d) peripheral nervous system response
12. a 70-year-old man is admitted to the hospital in a severe state of
malnutrition. the nurse learns that he lost his wife 3 months ago and
is living alone in a rural area. his family lives at a great distance and
rarely visits him. he is not eating for several days at a time and is not
paying his bills. he is now without electricity and phone service at his
home. when his son asks the nurse what is wrong with his father,
what would be the nurses best response?
a) he is grieving for his wife.
b) he has colon cancer and is dying.
introductory mental health nursing 4th edition
by womble |kincheloe |complete chapters 1-19
(with answer key at the end of each chapter)
,table of contents
chapter 1 mental health and mental illness ........................................3
chapter 2 the delivery of mental health care..................................... 12
chapter 3 theories of personality development ................................. 22
chapter 4 treatment of mental illness ............................................... 31
chapter 5 establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship ... 41
chapter 6 dynamics of anger, violence, and crises ............................. 47
chapter 7 communication in mental health nursing .......................... 54
chapter 8 the nursing process in mental health nursing .................... 61
chapter 9 anxiety disorders .............................................................. 68
chapter 10 mood disorders ............................................................... 76
chapter 11 psychotic disorders ......................................................... 85
chapter 12 personality disorders ...................................................... 93
chapter 13 somatic symptom and related disorders ........................ 102
chapter 14 dissociative disorders .................................................... 117
chapter 15 substance-related disorders .......................................... 133
chapter 16 eating disorders ............................................................ 149
chapter 17 sexual disorders ............................................................ 164
chapter 18 disorders and issues of children and adolescents ........... 180
chapter 19 disorders and issues of the older adult .......................... 193
,chapter 1 mental health and mental illness
1. when studying mental health and mental illness, the student
nurse learns that which of the following is evidence of our mental
health?
a) our ability to function well with others
b) our ability to defend what we believe
c) our ability to perform demanding tasks
on the job
d) our ability to defend those weaker than
we are
2. a mental health nurse is teaching a class in anger management.
she teaches the patients that recognizing what triggers their anger
response allows them to do which of the following?
a) manipulate the situation to get what you
want
b) stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
c) gives them the opportunity to gain
control of their anger
,d) control the things that trigger their
anger
3. which of the following are factors that could be part of a persons
cultural identity? (select all that apply.)
a) common family customs
b) common language
c) common stressors
d) gender
e) adaptive resources
4. what would a culturally competent nurse know that some
cultural and ethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused by?
a) demon possession
b) pretense
c) the stars
d) hypnosis
5. a staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease
process, whether it is physical or mental. what would be the best
statement about stress that the educator could give?
a) stress can be prostress or distress.
,b) stress can never enhance the feeling of
well-being.
c) stress can be either physically or
emotionally exhausting, but not both.
d) distress is actually harmful to ones
health.
6. a patient comes to the clinic to see the mental health nurse
practitioner. the patient states, i seem to be miserable and upset all
the time. my marriage is crumbling because my wife refuses to
understand how i feel. what does the nurse practitioner understand
about the factors contributing to the patients stress?
a) internal situations often make us
miserable and upset
b) external situations often make us
miserable and upset
c) we choose to make ourselves miserable
and upset
d) we choose to live with chronic stress
7. as a mental health nurse, you know that when a person feels
insulted, mental images of resentment and animosity may be formed.
these images generate what?
,a) the need to fight back
b) the need to change their behavior
c) the need to project blame onto the other
person
d) the need to manipulate the situation
8. mental health nurses know that stress management is an
important part of patient care. what is one way a mental health nurse
could help the patient cope with stress?
a) teach mentalization
b) teach hypnosis
c) teach imagination
d) teach visualization
9. to help patients deal with their stress, nurses must also learn to
cope with their own. which of the following is an adaptive coping
strategy that might be used by the nurse?
a) reframing
b) mediation
c) asset training
d) mental blocking
, 10. an 18-year-old college student is very anxious about auditioning
for the schools famous chorale. which of the following ways of dealing
with this anxiety would the nurse recognize as being maladaptive?
a) arranging for voice lessons
b) practicing the songs used in the audition
c) going to a concert
d) singing with a group of friends
11. several steps occur in the crisis sequence. what is one of these
steps?
a) organization recurs
b) violence
c) autonomic response
d) peripheral nervous system response
12. a 70-year-old man is admitted to the hospital in a severe state of
malnutrition. the nurse learns that he lost his wife 3 months ago and
is living alone in a rural area. his family lives at a great distance and
rarely visits him. he is not eating for several days at a time and is not
paying his bills. he is now without electricity and phone service at his
home. when his son asks the nurse what is wrong with his father,
what would be the nurses best response?
a) he is grieving for his wife.
b) he has colon cancer and is dying.
