Ch. 1 Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health
Nursing Prep
1. Which is a clinical activity of only the advanced practice registered
nurse?-
: Psychotherapy
2.A nurse is conducting a review class for a group of psychiatric-mental
health nurses about the changes in psychiatric care that have occurred
through the years related to legislation and policy initiatives. The nurse
determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies that
supporters of the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act (1963)
believed that institutionalization was contributing to what?: Mental Illness
3. Which skill is in the psychiatric-mental health registered nurse's scope
of practice?: Evaluating the effectiveness of psychiatric medications
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, 4. What is the primary benefit of the DSM-5 to the student nurse's practice
with the mentally ill population?: Encourages the building of a knowledge
base about the nature of psychiatric illnesses.
5. A psychiatric-mental health nurse is describing the various programs of-
fered by the local community mental health center. When explaining how
these programs work, the nurse would emphasize which concept?:
collaboration
6. When describing the historical aspects of psychiatric-mental health care,
the nurse addresses the changes in thought about the cause of mental
illness from 0 to 1000 CE. Which cause would the nurse most likely identify
as the belief during this period?: Demonic control
7. When providing care to a client, the psychiatric-mental health nurse is
implementing the therapeutic use of self. The nurse is applying
concepts based on the work of which individual?: Hildegard E. Peplau
8. Which is an inaccurate depiction of self-awareness?: It involves
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Nursing Prep
1. Which is a clinical activity of only the advanced practice registered
nurse?-
: Psychotherapy
2.A nurse is conducting a review class for a group of psychiatric-mental
health nurses about the changes in psychiatric care that have occurred
through the years related to legislation and policy initiatives. The nurse
determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies that
supporters of the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act (1963)
believed that institutionalization was contributing to what?: Mental Illness
3. Which skill is in the psychiatric-mental health registered nurse's scope
of practice?: Evaluating the effectiveness of psychiatric medications
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, 4. What is the primary benefit of the DSM-5 to the student nurse's practice
with the mentally ill population?: Encourages the building of a knowledge
base about the nature of psychiatric illnesses.
5. A psychiatric-mental health nurse is describing the various programs of-
fered by the local community mental health center. When explaining how
these programs work, the nurse would emphasize which concept?:
collaboration
6. When describing the historical aspects of psychiatric-mental health care,
the nurse addresses the changes in thought about the cause of mental
illness from 0 to 1000 CE. Which cause would the nurse most likely identify
as the belief during this period?: Demonic control
7. When providing care to a client, the psychiatric-mental health nurse is
implementing the therapeutic use of self. The nurse is applying
concepts based on the work of which individual?: Hildegard E. Peplau
8. Which is an inaccurate depiction of self-awareness?: It involves
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