,TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1: POSITIONING PRACTICE
1. Why mental health matters
2. Nursing and mental health in context
3. The spectrum of mental health and illness
4. Safe in care, safe at work
5. Working with families in mental health
6. Professional self care
PART 2: KNOWLEDGE FOR PRACTICE
7. Mental health assessment
8. Legal and ethical issues
9. Anxiety
10. Mood disorders
11. Substance use and co-occurring disorders
12. Psychosis and schizophrenia
13. Eating disorders
14. Personality disorders
15. Mental disorders of childhood and
adolescence
16. Mental disorders of old age
17. Autism and intellectual disability
18. Physical health
19. Psychopharmacology
PART 3: CONTEXTS OF PRACTICE
20. Mental health in every setting
,21. Primary care & community
22. Emergency care
23. Generalist inpatient settings
24. Aged care
25. Perinatal & infant mental health
26. Forensic mental health nursing
27. Mental health settings
, 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
PART 1: POSITIONING PRACTICE
1. Why mental health matters
2. Nursing and mental health in context
3. The spectrum of mental health and illness
4. Safe in care, safe at work
5. Working with families in mental health
6. Professional self care
PART 2: KNOWLEDGE FOR PRACTICE
7. Mental health assessment
8. Legal and ethical issues
9. Anxiety
10. Mood disorders
11. Substance use and co-occurring disorders
12. Psychosis and schizophrenia
13. Eating disorders
14. Personality disorders
15. Mental disorders of childhood and
adolescence
16. Mental disorders of old age
17. Autism and intellectual disability
18. Physical health
19. Psychopharmacology
PART 3: CONTEXTS OF PRACTICE
20. Mental health in every setting
,21. Primary care & community
22. Emergency care
23. Generalist inpatient settings
24. Aged care
25. Perinatal & infant mental health
26. Forensic mental health nursing
27. Mental health settings
, 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
