NURSE 208 MENTAL HEALTH || WITH ERROR-FREE
ANSWERS.
Mental health correct answers a state of well-being in which each individual can realize their
potential, cope with normal stress, work, maintain relationships, and contribute to their
community
Mental Illness correct answers all disorders with definable diagnoses and include developmental,
biological, and psychological disorders
Mental health nursing correct answers a type of nursing that employs purposeful use of self and a
variety of evidence-based neurobiological and psychosocial nursing interventions
Deinstitutionalization correct answers
Coordination of services correct answers
Biopsychosocial model correct answers Humanizing
Root causes
Decrease in stigma
Nursing role in mental health correct answers Therapeutic milieu
Therapeutic use of self
Client advocacy
Coordination of care
Therapeutic communication• Promotion of self-care activities
Find opportunities for success
Foster resilience
, prevalence of mental illness in the US correct answers 1 in 5 with mental illness
1 in 25 with serious mental illness
What criteria are used for formal diagnoses? correct answers Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
Fifth ed. (DSM-5) criteria
How are formal diagnoses coded? correct answers Using the ICD-10 system
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding appearance? correct answers
Grooming, dressing, hygiene, affect/expression
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding behavior? correct answers Excessive
or reduced movement, eye contact
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding speech? correct answers Slow, rapid,
pressured, soft, loud, disorganized, slurred
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding mood? correct answers Sad, flat,
euphoric, labile
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding thoughts? correct answers
Disorganized, flight of ideas, obsessions
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding perception? correct answers
Hallucinations, delusions
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding cognition? correct answers LOC,
orientation, memory, judgment
ANSWERS.
Mental health correct answers a state of well-being in which each individual can realize their
potential, cope with normal stress, work, maintain relationships, and contribute to their
community
Mental Illness correct answers all disorders with definable diagnoses and include developmental,
biological, and psychological disorders
Mental health nursing correct answers a type of nursing that employs purposeful use of self and a
variety of evidence-based neurobiological and psychosocial nursing interventions
Deinstitutionalization correct answers
Coordination of services correct answers
Biopsychosocial model correct answers Humanizing
Root causes
Decrease in stigma
Nursing role in mental health correct answers Therapeutic milieu
Therapeutic use of self
Client advocacy
Coordination of care
Therapeutic communication• Promotion of self-care activities
Find opportunities for success
Foster resilience
, prevalence of mental illness in the US correct answers 1 in 5 with mental illness
1 in 25 with serious mental illness
What criteria are used for formal diagnoses? correct answers Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
Fifth ed. (DSM-5) criteria
How are formal diagnoses coded? correct answers Using the ICD-10 system
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding appearance? correct answers
Grooming, dressing, hygiene, affect/expression
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding behavior? correct answers Excessive
or reduced movement, eye contact
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding speech? correct answers Slow, rapid,
pressured, soft, loud, disorganized, slurred
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding mood? correct answers Sad, flat,
euphoric, labile
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding thoughts? correct answers
Disorganized, flight of ideas, obsessions
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding perception? correct answers
Hallucinations, delusions
What is assessed in a Mental Status Exam (MSE) regarding cognition? correct answers LOC,
orientation, memory, judgment
