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Mental Health Nursing 6th Edition Test Bank
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:
1. Nightingale.
2. Benner.
3. Swanson.
4. King.
____ 2. What is the name of the publication written by Florence Nightingale?
1. Nursing Sanitation Notes
2. Nursing 101
3. Notes on Nursing
4. Nursing Notes
____ 3. Which describes the long-term goal for inpatient mental health treatment?
1. Return the patient to the community.
2. Locate a facility for long-term care.
3. Be arrested and placed in prison.
4. Be completely cured of the disorder.
____ 4. The mentally ill were once housed in mental institutions known as:
1. Hospitals.
2. Long-term care facilities.
3. Asylums.
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4. Free-standing treatment centers.
____ 5. Which nursing theorist promoted the interpersonal theory between the nurse and the patient?
1. Hildegard Peplau
2. Hattie Bessent
3. Mary Mahoney
4. Linda Richards
____ 6. Which described Harriot Bailey’s contribution to psychiatric nursing?
1. Harriot worked to upgrade nursing education.
2. Harriot wrote the first textbook on psychiatric nursing.
3. Harriot promoted the acceptance of African Americans in nursing.
4. Harriot lobbied for the improvement of care standards.
____ 7. Which describes the contribution to nursing by Euphemia (Effie) Jane Taylor?
1. Assisted soldiers in learning how to write with their mouths and, in some cases, their
feet.
2. Responsible for the development of asylums or psychiatric hospitals.
3. Initiated the first psychiatric program of study for nurses.
4. Developed and directed a master’s and doctorate program for minority nurses.
____ 8. Which statement can be applied to the early asylums?
1. There was inadequate funding to run them.
2. The clients were heavily medicated.
3. Custodial care was absent.
4. Clients often volunteered for experiments.
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____ 9. Which law protects people with mental illness who lack insurance coverage and live below the poverty
line from being turned away for care?
1. Patient Bill of Rights
2. Affordable Care Act
3. Hill-Burton Act
4. National Mental Health Act of 1946
____ 10. According to Hildegard Peplau, which describes the nurse as a “resource” person?
1. Provides the client information.
2. Coordinates professional services.
3. Helps the client explore their current thoughts and feelings.
4. Role plays to help the client identify their feelings from the past.
____ 11. According to Hildegard Peplau, which stage of the nurse-client relationship focuses on the client
developing self-responsibility and showing personal growth?
1. Orientation
2. Identification
3. Exploration
4. Resolution
____ 12. Which factor contributed to deinstitutionalization?
1. Decline in mental illness.
2. Development of phenothiazines.
3. Increase in incarceration.
4. Development of free-standing treatment centers.
____ 13. Which act recognized the needs of people with mental health challenges and established mental health
care as an essential part of complete health coverage?
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1. Hill-Burton Act
2. Patient Bill of Rights
3. Affordable Care Act
4. Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963
____ 14. Which classification of medication was the first to revolutionize the treatment of clients with mental
illness?
1. Antianxiety agents
2. Mood stabilizers
3. Phenothiazines
4. Tricyclic antidepressants
Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
____ 15. What trends contributed to the deinstitutionalization of mental health facilities to outpatient care
(select all that apply)?
1. Cost of the facilities.
2. The increased use of antidepressants.
3. Staff cost.
4. Establishment of outpatient clinics.
5. Development of the Patient Bill of Rights.
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