📘NEEB’S MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
(6th Ed.)
🧠MCQs WITH A–D OPTIONS + ANSWERS + SOLUTIONS
Test Bank for Neeb’s Mental Health Nursing, 6th Edition by Gorman & Anwar – Updated Exam
Prep with Verified Questions and Answers
,🧠 CHAPTER 1: FOUNDATIONS (1–10)
1. Mental health nursing primarily focuses on:
A. Surgical care
B. Emotional and psychological wellbeing
C. Bone disorders
D. Skin conditions
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✔ Answer: B
Mental health nursing focuses on emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing.
2. Recovery in mental health means:
A. Complete cure of disease
B. Living a meaningful life despite illness
C. Long hospital stay
D. No medication use
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✔ B
Recovery is about functioning well in life, not just cure.
3. Mental illness is best described as:
A. Weakness
B. Brain disorder affecting thinking and behavior
C. Personal choice
D. Bad habit
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✔ B
It is a medical and psychological condition.
4. A therapeutic environment promotes:
A. Punishment
B. Safety and support
C. Isolation
D. Fear
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✔ B
Safety is essential in psychiatric care.
,5. The nurse’s main role in mental health is:
A. Prescribing drugs
B. Building therapeutic relationship
C. Performing surgery
D. Diagnosing alone
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✔ B
Nurses support, communicate, and care therapeutically.
6. Holistic care means:
A. Treating only symptoms
B. Treating whole person (mind, body, environment)
C. Using medication only
D. Isolation therapy
✔B
7. Early intervention in mental illness leads to:
A. Worse outcomes
B. Better recovery
C. No change
D. Dependence
✔B
8. Stigma in mental health leads to:
A. Acceptance
B. Discrimination
C. Recovery
D. Healing
✔B
9. Mental health includes:
A. Physical strength only
B. Emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing
C. Wealth
D. Intelligence only
✔B
, 10. Mental health promotion involves:
A. Avoiding patients
B. Teaching coping skills
C. Isolation
D. Ignoring symptoms
✔B
🗣️ CHAPTER 2: COMMUNICATION (11–20)
11. Best therapeutic response is:
A. “Stop crying”
B. “Tell me more about it”
C. “Don’t worry”
D. “It’s nothing serious”
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✔ B
Encourages patient expression.
12. Active listening includes:
A. Interrupting
B. Eye contact and attention
C. Judging patient
D. Giving advice immediately
✔B
13. Therapeutic silence is useful when:
A. Always avoided
B. Used purposefully
C. Punitive
D. Confusing
✔B
14. Blocking communication means:
A. Encouraging expression
B. Ignoring patient
C. Clarifying feelings
(6th Ed.)
🧠MCQs WITH A–D OPTIONS + ANSWERS + SOLUTIONS
Test Bank for Neeb’s Mental Health Nursing, 6th Edition by Gorman & Anwar – Updated Exam
Prep with Verified Questions and Answers
,🧠 CHAPTER 1: FOUNDATIONS (1–10)
1. Mental health nursing primarily focuses on:
A. Surgical care
B. Emotional and psychological wellbeing
C. Bone disorders
D. Skin conditions
💡
✔ Answer: B
Mental health nursing focuses on emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing.
2. Recovery in mental health means:
A. Complete cure of disease
B. Living a meaningful life despite illness
C. Long hospital stay
D. No medication use
💡
✔ B
Recovery is about functioning well in life, not just cure.
3. Mental illness is best described as:
A. Weakness
B. Brain disorder affecting thinking and behavior
C. Personal choice
D. Bad habit
💡
✔ B
It is a medical and psychological condition.
4. A therapeutic environment promotes:
A. Punishment
B. Safety and support
C. Isolation
D. Fear
💡
✔ B
Safety is essential in psychiatric care.
,5. The nurse’s main role in mental health is:
A. Prescribing drugs
B. Building therapeutic relationship
C. Performing surgery
D. Diagnosing alone
💡
✔ B
Nurses support, communicate, and care therapeutically.
6. Holistic care means:
A. Treating only symptoms
B. Treating whole person (mind, body, environment)
C. Using medication only
D. Isolation therapy
✔B
7. Early intervention in mental illness leads to:
A. Worse outcomes
B. Better recovery
C. No change
D. Dependence
✔B
8. Stigma in mental health leads to:
A. Acceptance
B. Discrimination
C. Recovery
D. Healing
✔B
9. Mental health includes:
A. Physical strength only
B. Emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing
C. Wealth
D. Intelligence only
✔B
, 10. Mental health promotion involves:
A. Avoiding patients
B. Teaching coping skills
C. Isolation
D. Ignoring symptoms
✔B
🗣️ CHAPTER 2: COMMUNICATION (11–20)
11. Best therapeutic response is:
A. “Stop crying”
B. “Tell me more about it”
C. “Don’t worry”
D. “It’s nothing serious”
💡
✔ B
Encourages patient expression.
12. Active listening includes:
A. Interrupting
B. Eye contact and attention
C. Judging patient
D. Giving advice immediately
✔B
13. Therapeutic silence is useful when:
A. Always avoided
B. Used purposefully
C. Punitive
D. Confusing
✔B
14. Blocking communication means:
A. Encouraging expression
B. Ignoring patient
C. Clarifying feelings
