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Test Bank for Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing. 3rd Ed. by Mary Ann Boyd and Rebecca Ann Luebbert All Chapters Covered, ISBN: 9781975185121. 100% Verified Answers$19.48
Test Bank for Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing. 3rd Ed. by Mary Ann Boyd and Rebecca Ann Luebbert All Chapters Covered, ISBN: 9781975185121. 100% Verified Answers
Test Bank For Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing, 3rd Edition, delivers an easy-to-use, evidence-based approach to basic mental health concepts, effective therapeutic communication tactics, and proven nursing strategies for the care of patients with mental illnesses. This current, concise text is pa...
Test Bank for Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing. 3rd Ed. by Mary
Ann Boyd and Rebecca Ann Luebbert
All Chapters Covered, ISBN: 9781975185121. 100% Verified Answers.
Chapter 1, Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Multiple Choice
1. As part of a class activity, nursing students are engaged in a small group discussion about
the epidemiology of mental illness. Which statement best explains the importance of
epidemiology in understanding the impact of mental disorders? Epidemiology:
A) Helps promote understanding of the patterns of occurrence associated with mental
disorders.
B) Helps explain research findings about the neurophysiology that causes mental disorders.
C) Provides a thorough theoretical explanation of why specific mental disorders occur.
D) Predicts when a specific psychiatric client will recover from a specific mental disorder.
ANSWER: A
C
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Client Needs: Safe, Effective of Care
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Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning Objective: 4
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Page Number: 2
Feedback: Epidemiology is the study of patterns of disease distribution and determinants of
health within populations. It contributes to the overall understanding of the mental health status
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of population groups, or aggregates, and it examines the associations among possible factors.
Epidemiology does not explain research findings about neurophysiology, provide theoretical
explanations for why specific disorders occur, or predict recovery.
2. A nurse is working in a community mental health center that provides care to a large
population of people of Asian descent. When developing programs for this community, which of
the following would be most important for the nurse to address?
A) Public stigma
B) Self-stigma
C) Label avoidance
D) Negative life events
ANSWER: C
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity Cognitive Level: Understand
Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective: 5
Page Number: 4
Feedback: Although public stigma and self-stigma may be areas needing to be addressed, in
this cultural group, label avoidance would be most important. Label avoidance or avoiding
treatment/care so as not to be labeled mentally ill is a type of stigma that influences why so few
people with mental health problems actually receive assistance. Asian cultures commonly have
negative views of mental illness that influence the willingness of members to seek treatment;
they possibly ignore the symptoms or refuse to seek treatment because of this stigma. Negative
life events affect anyone, not just those of the Asian culture.
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3. A nursing student is assigned to care for a client diagnosed with schizophrenia. When
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talking about this client in a clinical post-conference, the student would use which terminology
when referring to the client?
A) Committed client
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B) Schizophrenic
C) Schizophrenic client
D) Person with schizophrenia
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ANSWER: D
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity Cognitive Level: Apply
Objective: 5
Page Number: 4
Feedback: Just as a person with diabetes should not be referred to as a “diabetic” but rather
as a “person with diabetes,” a person with a mental disorder should never be referred to as a
“schizophrenic” or “bipolar,” but rather as a “person with schizophrenia” or a “person with
bipolar disorder.” Doing so helps to counteract the negative effects of stigma.
4. A nursing student is reviewing journal articles about major depression. One of the articles
describes the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during the past year. The
student interprets this as which of the following?
A) Rate
B) Prevalence
C) Point prevalence
D) Incidence
ANSWER: D
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective: 4
Page Number: 3
Feedback: The article is describing incidence, which refers to a rate that includes only new
cases that have occurred within a clearly defined time period. The most common time period
evaluated is 1 year. Rate reflects the proportion of cases in the population compared with the
total population. Prevalence refers to the total number of people with the disorder within a given
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population at a specified time, regardless of how long ago the disorder started. Point prevalence
refers to the proportion of individuals in the population that have a disorder at a specific point in
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time.
5. While working in a community mental health treatment center, the nurse overhears one of
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the receptionists saying that one of the clients is “really psycho.” Later in the day, the nurse talks
with the receptionist about the comment. This action by the nurse demonstrates an attempt to
address which issue?
A) Lack of knowledge
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B) Public stigma
C) Label avoidance
D) Self-stigma
ANSWER: B
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity Cognitive Level: Apply
Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective: 5
Page Number: 4
Feedback: The receptionist's statemen reflects the negative effects of
stigmatization, more specifically public stigma. Self-stigma reflects a person's internalization of
a negative stereotype; that is, the person with the mental illness begins to believe that he or she is
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