INTRODUCTORY MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 5th
EDITION WOMBLEKINCHELOE TEST BANK
2024
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Introductory Mental Health Nursing 5th Edition
Womble Kincheloe Test Bank
Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness
1. When learning mental health and mental illness, the student RN learns
that which of the following is evidence of our mental health?
A) Our ability to function well with others
B) Our ability to defend what we believe
C) Our ability to perform demanding tasks
on the job
D) Our ability to defend those weaker than
we are
2. A mental health RN is teaching a class in anger management. She teaches
the clients that recognizing what triggers their anger response allows them to
do which of the following?
A) Manipulate the situation to get what you
want
B) Stand up for ones beliefs against the
cultural beliefs of a community
C) Gives them the opportunity to gain
control of their anger
D) Control the things that trigger their
anger
3. Which of the following are factors that could be part of a persons cultural
identity? (Select all that apply.)
A) Common family customs
B) Common language
C) Common stressors
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D) Gender
E) Adaptive resources
4. What would a culturally competent RN know that some cultural and
ethnic groups feel that mental illness is caused by?
A) Demon possession
B) Pretense
C) The stars
D) Hypnosis
5. A staff educator is discussing stress and its impact on a disease process,
whether it is physical or mental. What would be the best statement about
stress that the educator could give?
A) Stress can be prostress or distress.
B) Stress can never enhance the feeling of
well-being.
C) Stress can be either physically or
emotionally exhausting, but not both.
D) Distress is actually harmful to ones
health.
6. A client comes to the clinic to see the Mental Health RN Practitioner. The
client states, I seem to be miserable and upset all the time. My marriage is
crumbling because my wife refuses to understand how I feel. What does
the RN practitioner understand about the factors contributing to the clients
stress?
A) Internal situations often make us
miserable and upset
B) External situations often make us
miserable and upset
C) We choose to make ourselves miserable
and upset
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D) We choose to live with chronic stress
7. As a mental health RN, you know that when a person feels insulted,
mental images of resentment and animosity may be formed. These images
generate what?
A) The need to fight back
B) The need to change their behavior
C) The need to project blame onto the other
person
D) The need to manipulate the situation
8. Mental health RNs know that stress management is an important part of
client care. What is one way a mental health RN could help the client cope
with stress?
A) Teach mentalization
B) Teach hypnosis
C) Teach imagination
D) Teach visualization
9. To help clients deal with their stress, RNs must also learn to cope with their
own. Which of the following is an adaptive coping strategy that might be
used by the RN?
A) Reframing
B) Mediation
C) Asset training
D) Mental blocking
10. An 18-year-old college student is very anxious about auditioning for the
schools famous chorale. Which of the following ways of dealing with this
anxiety would the RN recognize as being maladaptive?
A) Arranging for voice lessons
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