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Mental Health exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass C. - ANSWER-2. An outcome for S is that she will demonstrate mentally healthy behavior. Which behavior indicates the outcome is being met? a. She is aggressive in meeting her needs without considering the rights of others. b. She be...

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C. - ANSWER✔✔-2. An outcome for S is that she will demonstrate mentally healthy

behavior. Which behavior indicates the outcome is being met?


a. She is aggressive in meeting her needs without considering the rights of others.


b. She behaves without considering the consequences of her actions.


c. She sees herself as approaching her ideals, and as capable of meeting demands.


d. She passively allows others to assume responsibility for major areas of her life.


b - ANSWER✔✔-3. Strength of the multiaxial DSM-IV is that


it:


a. includes nursing as well as medical diagnoses


b. assessments of several aspects of functioning are made


c. it employs the framework of a specific theory


d. plans for treatment and evaluation are included


d - ANSWER✔✔-4. The nurse must assess the mental health or mental illness of several

new clients at the mental health clinic. Some of the traits of mental health include:

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,a. Accurate appraisal of reality


b. Ability to work and be productive


c. Ability to control one's own behavior


d. All of the above


b - ANSWER✔✔-5. B tells the nurse, "I'm a real freak. I'm a psychiatric patient, in and

out of hospitals all the time. None of my friends or relatives is crazy like this." What

reply would help B understand the prevalence of mental illness?


a. "Comparing yourself with others has no real advantages."


b. "Mental illness affects 80% of the adult population in any given year."


c. "Nearly 50% of all people age 15 to 55 have had a psychiatric disorder at some time in

their lives."


d. Unfortunately, there are no answers to your question.


d - ANSWER✔✔-6. The nurse who interviews K notes she is profoundly depressed with

thought of wanting to die. Took an unknown amount of pills yesterday. She has refused

to do activities of daily living such as bathing. She also has not eaten for the past 5 days,

according to her husband. The nurse will code her global assessment of functioning as


a. 100


b. 50



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,c. 25


d. 10


b - ANSWER✔✔-7. Maslow offers a theory of human motivation that assumes patients

have:


a. Developmental tasks and psychosocial crisis


b. a hierarchy of needs


c. the process of schemata, assimilation and accommodation


d. all of the above


a - ANSWER✔✔-8. Which statement allows the nurse to suspect that the developmental

task of infancy, according to Erickson, was not successfully completed?


a. "I'm afraid to allow anyone to really get to know me."


b "I'm absolutely right, so don't bother saying more."


c "I'm so ashamed because I didn't do it correctly in the first place."


d "Andy and I are very close friends."


d - ANSWER✔✔-9. T, a 39-year-old businesswoman and single parent of three, is

experiencing many feelings of inadequacy in her job and family situation since her 16-

year-old daughter ran away several weeks ago. T seeks the help of a therapist




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, specializing in cognitive therapy. The nurse psychotherapist using cognitive therapy

will treat T by




a. focusing on unconscious mental processes


b. negatively reinforcing an undesirable behavior


c. discussing ego states


d. helping her identify and change faulty thinking


c - ANSWER✔✔-11. Which of the principles of planning nursing intervention to meet

client goals is violated in this scenario? Goal: Client will, with the aid of staff, remain

safe while in the hospital. Interventions: Allow client to attend off unit programming

unsupervised. Client can access all personal belongings.


a. The interventions are not nursing focused.


b. The interventions are not individualized.


c. The interventions are not safe.




d. The interventions are not relevant to the goal.




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