PRN1562/ PRN 1562 Exam 1 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update)
Mental Health Nursing |Review with Questions and Verified
Answers|100% Correct| Grade A - Rasmussen
Which statement about mental illness is true? - ANSWER
Mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political systems, and the
groups defining it.
A nursing student new to psychiatric mental health nursing asks a peer what
resources he can use to figure out which symptoms are present in a psychiatric
disorder. The best answer would be: - ANSWER
DSM - 5
Epidemiological studies contribute to improvements in care for individuals with
mental disorders by: - ANSWER Identifying who
in the general population will develop a specific disorder
Which statement best describes a major difference between a DSM - 5 diagnosis
and a nursing diagnosis - ANSWER The DSM-5 is
associated with present symptoms, whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past,
present, and potential responses to actual mental health problems.
The intervention that can be practiced by an advanced practice registered nurse in
psychiatric mental health but cannot be practiced by a basic level registered nurse
is - ANSWER Psychotherapy
, Which contribution to modern psychiatric mental health nursing practice was made
by Freud? - ANSWER The theory of personality
structure and levels of awareness
The theory of interpersonal relationships developed by Hildegard Peplau is based
on the foundation provided by which early theorist? - ANSWER
Sullivan
The concepts at the heart of Sullivan's theory of personality are - ANSWER
Needs and anxiety
The premise that an individual's behavior and affect are largely determined by his
or her attitudes and assumptions about the world underlies: - ANSWER
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
Providing a safe environment for patients with impaired cognition, planning unit
activities to stimulate thinking, and including patients and staff in unit meetings are
all part of: - ANSWER Milieu therapy
A nurse administering a benzodiazepine should understand that the therapeutic
effect of benzodiazepines results from potentiating the neurotransmitter: -
ANSWER GABA
Venlafaxine (Effexor) exerts its antidepressant effect by selectively blocking the
reuptake of: - ANSWER Serotonin and
norepinephrine
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