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Chapter1Mental Healthand MentalIllness
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1. When studying mental health and mental illness, the student nurse learns
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that which of the following is evidence of our mental health?
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A) Ourabilitytofunction wellwithothers l
B) Ourabilitytodefendwhatwebelieve
C) Ourabilitytoperformdemandingtasks
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D) Ourabilitytodefendthoseweakerthan
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2. Amental healthnurseisteachinga classin anger management. Sheteachesthe
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patients that recognizing what triggers their anger response allows them to do
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which of the following?
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A) Manipulate the situation to get what you l l l l l l
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C) Givesthemtheopportunitytogain
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3. Which of thefollowingarefactorsthatcouldbepartofa personscultural
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D) Gender
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4. What would a culturally competent nurse know that some cultural and
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ethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused by?
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A) Demon possession l
B) Pretense
C) Thestars
D) Hypnosis
5. Astaffeducatorisdiscussingstressanditsimpactonadiseaseprocess, l l
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stress that the educator could give?
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D) Distressisactuallyharmfultoones
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6. Apatientcomestotheclinictoseethe Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. l l l l
The patient states, I seem to be miserable and upset all the time. My
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marriageiscrumblingbecausemywiferefusestounderstandhow Ifeel.
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What does the nurse practitioner understand about the factors
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contributingto the patients stress?
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A) Internal situations often make us
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B) External situations often make us
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C) We choose to make ourselves miserable
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D) Wechoosetolivewithchronicstress
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C) We choose to make ourselves miserable
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andupset
D) Wechoosetolivewithchronicstress
7. As a mental health nurse, you know that when a person feels insulted,
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mental images of resentment and animosity may be formed. These
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imagesgenerate what?
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B) Theneedtochangetheirbehavior
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8. Mental health nurses know that stress management is an important part of
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patient care. What is one way a mental health nurse could help the patient
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cope with stress?
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B) Teachhypnosis
C) Teachimagination
D) Teachvisualization
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A) Reframing
B) Mediation
C) Assettraining
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10. An 18-year-old college student is very anxious about auditioning for the
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schools famous chorale. Which of the following ways of dealing with this
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anxiety would the nurse recognize as being maladaptive?
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B) Practicingthesongsusedintheaudition
C) Goingtoaconcert
D) Singingwithagroupoffriends