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Introductory Mental Health Nursing 4th Edition
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Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness




1. When studying mental health and mental illness, the student nurse
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learnsthat which of the following is evidence of our mental health?
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A) Our ability to function well with others
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B) Our ability to defend what we believe
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C) Our ability to perform demanding tasks
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D) Our ability to defend those weaker than
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2. A mental health nurse is teaching a class in anger management. She
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teaches the patients that recognizing what triggers their anger response
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allows them to do which of the following?
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A) Manipulate the situation to get what you T T T T T T




want
B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
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C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
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D) Control the things that trigger their
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3. Which of the following are factors that could be part of a persons
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culturalidentity? (Select all that apply.)
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A) Common family customs T T




B) Common language T




C) Common stressors T




D) Gender
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4. What would a culturally competent nurse know that some cultural
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andethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused by?
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B) Pretense
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D) Hypnosis


5. A staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease process,
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whether it is physical or mental. What would be the best statement
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aboutstress that the educator could give?
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A) Stress can be prostress or distress.
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B) Stress can never enhance the feeling of
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well-being.
C) Stress can be either physically or
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D) Distress is actually harmful to ones
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health.


6. A patient comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
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The patient states, I seem to be miserable and upset all the time. My
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marriage is crumbling because my wife refuses to understand how I feel.
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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) We choose to live with chronic stress
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B) External situations often make us
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D) We choose to live with chronic stress
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7. As a mental health nurse, you know that when a person feels
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insulted, mental images of resentment and animosity may be formed.
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These imagesgenerate what?
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A) The need to fight back
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B) The need to change their behavior
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C) The need to project blame onto the other
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person
D) The need to manipulate the situation
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8. Mental health nurses know that stress management is an important part
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of patient care. What is one way a mental health nurse could help the
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patientcope with stress?
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B) Teach hypnosis T




C) Teach imagination T




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9. To help patients deal with their stress, nurses must also learn to cope with
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their own. Which of the following is an adaptive coping strategy that
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mightbe used by the nurse?
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A) Reframing
B) Mediation




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