Test Bank - Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice (6th Edition by Boyd) 1
Table of Contents Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice 2
Chapter 02: Mental Health and Mental Disorders 6
Chapter 03: Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care 10
Chapter 04: Patient Rights and Legal Issues 14
Chapter 05: Mental Health Care in the Community 18
Chapter 06: Ethics, Standards, and Nursing Frameworks 21
Chapter 07: Psychosocial Theoretic Basis of Psychiatric Nursing 25
Chapter 08: Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing 29
Chapter 09: Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship 33
Chapter 10: The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Process 37
Chapter 11: Psychopharmacology, Dietary Supplements, and Biologic Interventions 41
Chapter 12: Cognitive Interventions in Psychiatric Nursing 46
Chapter 13: Group Interventions 50
Chapter 14: Family Assessment and Interventions 54
Chapter 15: Mental Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents 58
Chapter 16: Mental Health Promotion for Young and Middle-Aged Adults 61
Chapter 17: Mental Health Promotion for Older Adults 64
Chapter 18: Stress and Mental Health 68
Chapter 19: Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence 72
Chapter 20: Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response, Bereavement, and Disaster Management 76 Chapter 21: Suicide Prevention: Screening, Assessment, and Intervention 80
Chapter 22: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Thought Disorders Chapter 23: Depression: Management of Depressive Moods and Suicidal Behavior Chapter 24:
Bipolar Disorders: Management of Mood Lability
Chapter 25: Anxiety Disorders: Management of Anxiety, Phobia, and Panic Chapter 26: Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders
Chapter 27: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
Chapter 28: Personality and Borderline Personality Disorder: Management of Emotional Dysregulation and Self-Harm 84 92 96 99 103 105
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Chapter 29: Antisocial Personality and Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders 109
Chapter 30: Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders
Chapter 31: Eating Disorders: Management of Eating and Weight Chapter 32: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Chapter 33: Nursing Care of Persons with Insomnia and Sleep Problems
Chapter 34: Sexual Disorders: Management of Sexual Dysfunction and Paraphilias
Chapter 35: Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 36: Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Chapter
37: Mental Health Assessment of Older Adults
Chapter 38: Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 39: Caring for Persons Who Are Homel ess and Mentally Ill
Chapter 40: Caring for Persons With Co -occurring Mental Disorders
Chapter 41: Caring for Survivors of Violence and Abuse
Chapter 42: Caring for Persons With Mental Illness and Criminal Behavior
Chapter 43: Caring for Medically Compromised Persons
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Chapter 01: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
- A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the evolution of mental health care and are
- Numbers of mental health hospitals
- State funding for mental health care
- Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
- Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
discussing the recommendations of the final report of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health. The students demonstrate understanding of this information when they identify that the report recommended an increase in which of the following?
- A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association‟s Statement on Psychiatric Nursing Practice
- Sigmund Freud‟s psychoanalytic theory
- Florence Nightingale‟s Notes on Nursing
- Hildegarde
- Clifford Beers‟ A Mind That Found Itself
- Peplau‟s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
published in 1967, which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of holistic nursing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories and views of mental health and illness, the nurse identifies which of the following as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
- A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influenced the
- People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
- The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed.
- Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health movement.
- Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
development of contemporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World War II, which of the following would the instructor include?
- A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of psychiatricmental health nursing and its
- Certification for the psychiatricmental health nursing specialty was first emphasized by Mary
- Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized patients got treatment at
- There is a historical link between the first nursing program to admit male students and the first
- The first graduate program in psychiatric nurses was established in response to the publication of
place within nursing history. Which of the following would be most appropriate to include?
Adelaide Nutting.
community mental health centers.
training school for psychiatric nursing.
psychiatric nursing specialty journals.
- Two nursing students are discussing psychiatricmental health nursing and the role it has played in
- The importance of using therapeutic communication was stressed by Nightingale.
- The use of self-care to enhance the immune system was taught by Dorothea Dix.
- The moral treatment of mental illness was a primary focus of deinstitutionalization.
- Peplau was the first nurse to stress the importance of therapeutic communication.
nursing‟s overall history. Which statement is most accurate?
- When reviewing the evolution of mental health and illness care, which event is associated with mental
- Establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia
disorders beginning to be viewed as illnesses requiring treatment?
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- Quaker establishment of asylums
- Creation of the state hospital system
- Freud‟s views on the causes of mental illnesses
- A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee that is developing programs that integrate
- Single substance abuse treatment programs
- Depression screening programs for primary care providers
- Mental health programs for the homeless population
- Employment programs for those with serious mental illness
the objectives for mental health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People 2020. Which type of program would be least appropriate?
- A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-based practice in psychiatricmental health
- Research findings
- Expert opinion
- Clinical experiences
- Patient data
- Established routines
nursing. Which of the following would the instructor include as being important? Select all that apply.
- The following events are important in the development of psychiatricmental health nursing practice.
- Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by the ANA
- Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice
- Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers University
- Publication of the first psychiatric nursing text, Nursing Mental Disease, by Harriet Bailey
Which event occurred first?
- A nurse is preparing a presentation about the current status of mental health services in the United
- Mental health care in the United States is equally accessible to individuals.
- Mental illness ranks second in terms of causing disability in comparison.
- Mental health care primarily focuses on the cure of mental illness.
- Mental health care services are inadequate and fragmented.
States. Which statement would the nurse include as the most reflective of this status?
- A group of students are reviewing the goals identified by the New Freedom Commission on Mental
- Mental health is viewed as one component of overall health.
- The consumer and family are the driving forces for mental health care.
- Screening is of greater importance than assessment and referral for services.
- Disparities in mental health services are decreased.
Health. The students demonstrate understanding of this report when they identify which of the following as a goal?
- The following are important legislative and policy efforts influencing current mental health care. Which of
the following is the most recent?
A) Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
- New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
- Action for Mental Health
- Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act
- As part of a career day presentation to a group of nursing students, a psychiatricmental health nurse
- Mary Adelaide Nutting
- Hildegarde Peplau
plans to describe how this specialty developed. Which individual would the nurse describe as playing a major role in the development of specialty training programs for psychiatric nurses?
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- Harriet Bailey
- Linda Richards
- A psychiatricmental health nurse is asked to be a guest speaker at a community fund-raising event for
- Access to affordable mental health care
- Removal of exclusions because of preexisting conditions
- Recovery from mental illness
- Effective treatment for mental health care needs
mental health services. Which of the following would the nurse emphasize as the primary goal of mental health services?
- A psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing evidence-based practice. The nurse understands that
- Conducting research
- Identifying a clinical question
- Determining outcomes
- Collaborating with the patient
this approach is developed by doing which of the following first?
- A group of students are reviewing information about mental health care after World War II. The
- Discovery of psychopharmacology
- Passage of the Hill-Burton Act
- Establishment of the National Institute of Mental Health
- Development of community mental health centers
students demonstrate understanding of this information when they identify which of the following as a result of the National Mental Health Act?
- When providing care to a patient, the psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing the therapeutic use of
- Hildegarde Peplau
- Florence Nightingale
- Dorothea Dix
- Sigmund Freud
self. The nurse is applying the concepts based on the work of which individual?
- After teaching a class to a group of nursing students about the historical perspectives of mental health
- Mental illness in an individual was the result of being possessed by demons.
- A person was removed from a contaminated environment to protect him or her.
- Exorcisms were used as primary mode of treatment to cleanse the person of his or her sins.
- The focus was on moral treatment to promote the individual‟s safety and comfort.
care, the instructor determines that the group has understood the information when they identify which of the following as a common belief about mental illness during the medieval period?
Answer Key
- C
- B
- A
- C
- A
- A
- A
8. A, B, C, D
- D
- D