,TEST BANK For Neeb's Mental Health Nursing, 6th Edition By Linda M. Gorman,
Robynn Anwar, Verified Chapters 1 - 22, Complete Newest Version
Chapters 1-3: History, Ethics, Legal, Communication
1. What was the Hill-Burton Act?
A. The first major law to address mental illness, providing money to build psychiatric
units in hospitals
B. Legislation that provided funding for nursing training
C. A law establishing community mental health centers
D. The first certification of psychiatric nursing
Answer: A
Rationale: In the 1930s, the Hill-Burton Act was the first major law to address mental
illness. It provided money to build psychiatric units in hospitals .
2. Who was Dorothea Dix?
A. A nurse who wrote the first psychiatric nursing textbook
B. A schoolteacher who established asylums and psychiatric hospitals for the mentally ill
C. The first African American professional nurse
D. A nursing theorist who developed interpersonal theory
Answer: B
Rationale: Dorothea Dix was a schoolteacher who felt society had a responsibility to aid
those less fortunate. Her primary focus was the care of prisoners and the mentally ill,
and she established asylums and psychiatric hospitals .
3. The greatest advance in the early years of mental health care was the
introduction of:
A. Electroconvulsive therapy
B. Psychotherapy
,C. Phenothiazines
D. Lobotomy
Answer: C
Rationale: The greatest advance in the early years of mental health and care was the
introduction of phenothiazines, the first effective antipsychotic medications .
4. The legislation that provided funding for improving care of the mentally ill is
known as the National Mental Health Act of what year?
A. 1935
B. 1946
C. 1955
D. 1963
Answer: B
Rationale: The National Mental Health Act of 1946 provided money for nursing and
other disciplines for training and to improve treatment for the mentally ill .
5. A patient is admitted involuntarily to a locked unit. The legal basis for this
admission is that the patient:
A. Requests admission
B. Is a danger to self or others
C. Has family requesting admission
D. Has insurance requiring inpatient care
Answer: B
Rationale: Involuntary admission is justified when the patient poses a danger to self or
others; the locked unit is restrictive but necessary for safety .
6. The mentally ill were once housed in institutions known as:
A. Hospitals
B. Long-term care facilities
, C. Asylums
D. Free-standing treatment centers
Answer: C
Rationale: Before psychotropic drugs and reform, individuals with mental illness were
confined in asylums, which focused on custodial care rather than active treatment .
7 A clean environment and proper sanitation as essential to healing is a
contribution from:
A. Benner
B. Swanson
C. Nightingale
D. King
Answer: C
Rationale: Florence Nightingale emphasized the impact of environment on health
outcomes, founding modern infection control and holistic care .
8. A nurse sits with a depressed, withdrawn patient. After silence, the patient says,
"I wish I were dead." The most therapeutic response is:
A. "Everyone feels sad sometimes."
B. "Why would you say that?"
C. "You feel like you want to die right now?"
D. "Let's be positive."
Answer: C
Rationale: This response uses the therapeutic technique of reflection, which validates
the patient's feeling and encourages them to explore it further .
9. Which nursing theorist promoted the interpersonal theory between the nurse
and the patient?
A. Hildegard Peplau
B. Hattie Bessent
Robynn Anwar, Verified Chapters 1 - 22, Complete Newest Version
Chapters 1-3: History, Ethics, Legal, Communication
1. What was the Hill-Burton Act?
A. The first major law to address mental illness, providing money to build psychiatric
units in hospitals
B. Legislation that provided funding for nursing training
C. A law establishing community mental health centers
D. The first certification of psychiatric nursing
Answer: A
Rationale: In the 1930s, the Hill-Burton Act was the first major law to address mental
illness. It provided money to build psychiatric units in hospitals .
2. Who was Dorothea Dix?
A. A nurse who wrote the first psychiatric nursing textbook
B. A schoolteacher who established asylums and psychiatric hospitals for the mentally ill
C. The first African American professional nurse
D. A nursing theorist who developed interpersonal theory
Answer: B
Rationale: Dorothea Dix was a schoolteacher who felt society had a responsibility to aid
those less fortunate. Her primary focus was the care of prisoners and the mentally ill,
and she established asylums and psychiatric hospitals .
3. The greatest advance in the early years of mental health care was the
introduction of:
A. Electroconvulsive therapy
B. Psychotherapy
,C. Phenothiazines
D. Lobotomy
Answer: C
Rationale: The greatest advance in the early years of mental health and care was the
introduction of phenothiazines, the first effective antipsychotic medications .
4. The legislation that provided funding for improving care of the mentally ill is
known as the National Mental Health Act of what year?
A. 1935
B. 1946
C. 1955
D. 1963
Answer: B
Rationale: The National Mental Health Act of 1946 provided money for nursing and
other disciplines for training and to improve treatment for the mentally ill .
5. A patient is admitted involuntarily to a locked unit. The legal basis for this
admission is that the patient:
A. Requests admission
B. Is a danger to self or others
C. Has family requesting admission
D. Has insurance requiring inpatient care
Answer: B
Rationale: Involuntary admission is justified when the patient poses a danger to self or
others; the locked unit is restrictive but necessary for safety .
6. The mentally ill were once housed in institutions known as:
A. Hospitals
B. Long-term care facilities
, C. Asylums
D. Free-standing treatment centers
Answer: C
Rationale: Before psychotropic drugs and reform, individuals with mental illness were
confined in asylums, which focused on custodial care rather than active treatment .
7 A clean environment and proper sanitation as essential to healing is a
contribution from:
A. Benner
B. Swanson
C. Nightingale
D. King
Answer: C
Rationale: Florence Nightingale emphasized the impact of environment on health
outcomes, founding modern infection control and holistic care .
8. A nurse sits with a depressed, withdrawn patient. After silence, the patient says,
"I wish I were dead." The most therapeutic response is:
A. "Everyone feels sad sometimes."
B. "Why would you say that?"
C. "You feel like you want to die right now?"
D. "Let's be positive."
Answer: C
Rationale: This response uses the therapeutic technique of reflection, which validates
the patient's feeling and encourages them to explore it further .
9. Which nursing theorist promoted the interpersonal theory between the nurse
and the patient?
A. Hildegard Peplau
B. Hattie Bessent
