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What is a nursing intervention that helps to build trust, encourages the patient to have faith in the care being received, and meets psychosocial needs?
- A. Developing a care plan
- B. Implementing nurse orders
- C. Patient education
- D. Meeting patient goals
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: One of the steps to meet the psychosocial needs of the patient is patient education.
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Which event in the mental health care movement occurred first?
- A. Establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital
- B. Deinstitutionalization movement
- C. Formation of Committee for Mental Health
- D. Passage of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
- E. Dorothea Dix awakens public awareness of plight of mentally ill
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Pennsylvania Hospital-1731, Dorothea Dix-1882, Committee for Mental Health-1909, deinstitutionalization movement-1960, OBRA-1981.
What is the basis for classifying a person as having a mental illness?
- A. Behavior exhibited and the context
- B. Response of society to the behavior
- C. Ability of the patient to conform
- D. Patient's history and previous behavior
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A person is deemed to be mentally ill by the behavior exhibited and the context in which that behavior occurs.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, care of patients with mental illness often was cruel. What type of care was used by Dr. Philippe Pinel to bring about change?
- A. Personal care
- B. Individual care
- C. Behavior care
- D. Humane care
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Dr. Philippe Pinel advocated humane care.
The nurse uses a diagram to show how the four parts of 'self' fit together. What are the four parts?
- A. Body image
- B. Ego
- C. Self-esteem
- D. Role
- E. Identity
Correct Answer: A,C,D,E
Rationale: The four parts of the 'self' are body image, self-esteem, role, and identity.
A 40-year-old patient cries and has a tantrum when the health care provider refuses to give her a prescription for diet pills. The nurse realizes that this is the use of which defense mechanism?
- A. Compensation
- B. Denial
- C. Regression
- D. Repression
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Regression is a behavior that reflects the return to an earlier form of coping.