CHAPTER 1 History of Mental Health Nursing
CHAPTER 2 Basics of Communication
CHAPTER 3 Ethics, Evidence-Based Practice, and Regulations
CHAPTER 4 Developmental Psychology Throughout the Life Span
CHAPTER 5 Sociocultural Influences on Mental Health
CHAPTER 6 Nursing Process in Mental Health
CHAPTER 7 Stress, Coping, and Defense Mechanisms
CHAPTER 8 Medications and Other Therapies
CHAPTER 9 Complementary and Alternative Treatment Modalities
CHAPTER 10 Anxiety, Somatic Symptom Disorders, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
CHAPTER 11 Depressive Disorders
CHAPTER 12 Bipolar Disorders
CHAPTER 13 Suicide
CHAPTER 14 Personality Disorders
CHAPTER 15 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
CHAPTER 16 Neurocognitive Disorders: Delirium and Dementia
CHAPTER 17 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
CHAPTER 18 Eating Disorders
CHAPTER 19 Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Issues
CHAPTER 20 Postpartum Issues in Mental Health
CHAPTER 21 Aging Population
CHAPTER 22 Abuse and Violence
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,Chapter 1: History of Mental Health Nursing
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The act
of developing a clean environment is a factor in providing effective health care as
demonstrated by:
A. Nightingale.
B. Benner.
C. Swanson.
D. King.
2. What is the name of the publication written by Florence Nightingale?
A. Nursing Sanitation Notes
B. Nursing 101
C. Notes on Nursing
D. Nursing Notes
3. A long-term goal for in-patient mental health treatment is generally to:
A. Return the patient to the community.
B. Locate a facility for long term care.
C. Be arrested and placed in prison.
D. Be completely cured of the disorder.
4. The mentally ill were once housed in mental institutions known as:
A. Hospitals.
B. Long-term care facilities.
C. Asylums.
D. Free-standing treatment centers.
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, 5. Which nursing theorists promoted the interpersonal theory between the nurse and the
patient?
A. Hildegard Peplau
B. Hattie Bessent
C. Mary Mahoney
D. Linda Richards
Completion
Complete each statement.
6. Phenothiazines were discovered in what year? .
7. The first psychiatric program of study was established by which nursing leader?
8. Who was the nurse theorist who was the first American-trained nurse credited with teaching
how to provide care for people with mental illness?
9. The greatest advance in the early years of mental health care was the introduction of
.
10. The legislation that provided funding for improving the care of the mentally ill is known as
the National Mental Health Act of what year? .
11. Which nursing organization established the first certification of psychiatric nursing?
12. One of the goals of the American Nurses Association (ANA) is to promote
of nursing care in the United States.
13. has always been called the “founder of nursing.”
14. Aschoolteacher by the name of established asylums and a
psychiatric hospital for the mentally ill.
15. Special facilities designed to care for the mentally ill in the past were known as
.
16. The first psychotropic drug category was known as .
17. Eachstate adopts its own set of rules and guidelines that govern the nurses’ performance.
These rules are known as the Practice Act.
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, 18. The first major federal law to address mental illness was called the Act.
Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
19. What trends contributed to the deinstitutionalization of mental health facilities to
outpatient care (select all that apply):
A. Cost of the facilities.
B. The increased use of phenothiazines.
C. Staff cost.
D. Establishment of Outpatient clinics.
Chapter 1: History of Mental Health Nursing
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: A
Florence Nightingale’s commitments to improved outcomes at a military hospital were directly
related to introducing sanitation methods.
PTS: 1 REF: Chapter 1: History of Mental Health Nursing; Nightingale; page 4
KEY: Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Community Health | Cognitive Level: Application |
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control
2. ANS: C
Florence Nightingale wrote the book Notes on Nursing, which specified the importance of a
clean environment.
PTS: 1 REF: Chapter 1: History of Mental Health Nursing; Nightingale; page 4
KEY: Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning| Content Area: Nursing Trends| Cognitive Level: Knowledge| Client
Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
3. ANS: A
To eventually return the patient to the community by creating a good support system and
appropriate medication if needed is generally the long-term goal.
PTS: 1 REF: Chapter 1: History of Mental Health Nursing; The Breakthroughs; page 9
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