NURS 265 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
1. What is Mental Health Continuum?: how someone is functioning in a point in
time. One can be adequate to high level of functioning in daily life to at the end
point of severe mental illness. Ranges from low to high
2. High level Mental Health Continuum?: · occasional stress to mild distress,
no impairment, knows that there not okay and can recover with coping
mechanisms.
3. Low level Mental Health Continuum?
(mental illness): · marked distress, moderate to disabling or chronic impairment.
EX: altered thinking, mood, and behavior, common disorders such as depression
and anxiety, and schizophrenia
4. MIddle level Mental Health Continuum? (emotional problems or
concerns): · mild to moderate distress, and mild or temporary impairment. EX:
insomnia, lack of concentration, loss of appetite.
5. Individual Attributes (biological and genetics):: : Biological such as
prenatal exposure to alcohol & O2 deprivation at birth are biological factor.
Genetic factors are huge predictors of mental health.
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, 6. Resilience:: the ability and capacity for people to secure resources needed for
well-being. Does not mean they are unaffected by stress.
7. Social and Economic:: Family, peer groups, school-promote confidence,
coping skills, inadequacy, instilling anxiety.
8. Environmental:: Culture- different views on mental illness, social and
economic policies, political environment & culture consideration
9. Diathesis-Stress Model:: both diathesis and stress are present for the
disorder.
(Nature vs. nurture)
10. What represents biological predisposition (genetics): Diathesis
11. What represents environmental stress or trauma (triggers the disorder)?:
Stress
12. Patient rights Legislation: Parity = equivalence
13. Mental health parity:: required insurers that provide mental health coverage
to offer annual and lifetime benefits at the same level provided for
medical/surgical coverage for insurers who employ 50 or more employees.
14. Affordable care act:: - improve coverage for most Americans who are
uninsured through a combination of expanded Medicaid and health insurance
exchanges.
15. What are some components of the Affordable care act?: $Medical HX
cannot result in denials, or "pre-existing condition"
$ No lifetime or annual dollar limit
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