INTRODUCTORY MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 5th
EDITION WOMBLEKINCHELOE TEST BANK
2025
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Introductory Mental Health Nursing 5th Edition
Womble Kincheloe Test Bank
CH 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
1. When learegistered nurseing mental health and mental illness, the
student REGISTERED NURSE learegistered nurses 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 demaleding tasks
on the job
D) Our ability to defend those weaker than
we are
2. A mental health REGISTERED NURSE is teaching a class in anger
maleagement. She teaches the hospital clients that recognizing what triggers
their anger response allows them to do which of the following?
A) Maleipulate 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? (Choose all that apply.)
A) Common family customs
B) Common language
C) Common stressors
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D) Gender
E) Adaptive resources
4. What would a culturally competent REGISTERED NURSE know
that some cultural andethnic 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 hospital client comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health
REGISTERED NURSE Practitioner. Thehospital client 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 REGISTERED
NURSE practitioner understand about the factors contributing to the
hospital clientsstress?
A) Interegistered nurseal situations often make
us
miserable and upset
B) Exteregistered nurseal situations often make
us
miserable and upset
C) We choose to make ourselves miserable
and upset
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D) We choose to live with chronic stress
7. As a mental health REGISTERED NURSE, you know that when a person
feels insulted, mental images of resentment and animosity may be formed.
These imagesgenerate 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 maleipulate the situation
8. Mental health REGISTERED NURSEs know that stress maleagement is
an important part of hospital client care. What is one way a mental health
REGISTERED NURSE could help the hospital client cope with stress?
A) Teach mentalization
B) Teach hypnosis
C) Teach imagination
D) Teach visualization
9. To help hospital clients deal with their stress, REGISTERED NURSEs
must also learegistered nurse to cope with theirown. Which of the
following is an adaptive coping strategy that might be used by the
REGISTERED 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 REGISTERED NURSE recognize as being
maladaptive?
A) Arranging for voice lessons
EDITION WOMBLEKINCHELOE TEST BANK
2025
, l O M oA R cP S D | 6 3 5 3 9 2 0
Introductory Mental Health Nursing 5th Edition
Womble Kincheloe Test Bank
CH 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
1. When learegistered nurseing mental health and mental illness, the
student REGISTERED NURSE learegistered nurses 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 demaleding tasks
on the job
D) Our ability to defend those weaker than
we are
2. A mental health REGISTERED NURSE is teaching a class in anger
maleagement. She teaches the hospital clients that recognizing what triggers
their anger response allows them to do which of the following?
A) Maleipulate 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? (Choose all that apply.)
A) Common family customs
B) Common language
C) Common stressors
, l O M oA R cP S D | 6 3 5 3 9 2 0
D) Gender
E) Adaptive resources
4. What would a culturally competent REGISTERED NURSE know
that some cultural andethnic 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 hospital client comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health
REGISTERED NURSE Practitioner. Thehospital client 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 REGISTERED
NURSE practitioner understand about the factors contributing to the
hospital clientsstress?
A) Interegistered nurseal situations often make
us
miserable and upset
B) Exteregistered nurseal situations often make
us
miserable and upset
C) We choose to make ourselves miserable
and upset
, l O M oA R cP S D | 6 3 5 3 9 2 0
D) We choose to live with chronic stress
7. As a mental health REGISTERED NURSE, you know that when a person
feels insulted, mental images of resentment and animosity may be formed.
These imagesgenerate 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 maleipulate the situation
8. Mental health REGISTERED NURSEs know that stress maleagement is
an important part of hospital client care. What is one way a mental health
REGISTERED NURSE could help the hospital client cope with stress?
A) Teach mentalization
B) Teach hypnosis
C) Teach imagination
D) Teach visualization
9. To help hospital clients deal with their stress, REGISTERED NURSEs
must also learegistered nurse to cope with theirown. Which of the
following is an adaptive coping strategy that might be used by the
REGISTERED 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 REGISTERED NURSE recognize as being
maladaptive?
A) Arranging for voice lessons
