Week 1 - test 1

Question 1

What is mental health?

Answer 1

A dynamic state of internal equilibrium which enable individuals to use their abilities in harmony with universal values of society.

Question 2

What are the components of mental health that contribute to the state of internal equilibrium?

Answer 2

1)Basic cognitive and social skills
2) ability to recognize, express and modulate one’s own emotions, as well as empathize with others.
3) flexibility and ability to cope with adverse life events and function in social roles; and harmonious relationship between body and mind.

Question 3

Comer and Comer mnemonic:

1. _________ thoughts, emotions and behaviors that are relatively rare.
2. ____________ -thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are upsetting to the person.
3. __________ - thoughts, emotions and behaviors that disrupts the person’s daily life. They interfere with work, personal relations, etc.

Answer 3

1. deviant
2. distressing
3. dangerous

Question 4

Some clients do not have good _______ into their illness and may emphatically deny it.

Answer 4

insight

Question 5

Approximately _____ of the U.S adults live with a mental illness.

Answer 5

20%

Question 6

___________ factors contribute to mental illness.

Answer 6

biological

Question 7

Clients who have a mental health illness get _______ and have difficulty returning to normal

Answer 7

stuck

Question 8

DSM-5 is used to diagnose ______________

Answer 8

mental illnesses

Question 9

The DSM-5 identifies _________ psychiatric disorders

Answer 9

157

Question 10

what are the 9 diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder?

Answer 10

1. depressed mood most of the day, nearly everyday according to subjective and objective reports.
2. diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day
3. significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain, or decrease or increase in appetite.
4. insomnia or hypersomnia nearly everyday
5. psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly everyday
6. fatigue of loss of energy nearly everyday
7. feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
8. diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly every day
9. recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide.

Question 11

Mental health nurses responsibilities include:

Answer 11

1. mental status assessment
2. milieu therapy
3. therapeutic communication
4. medication administration and monitoring
5. medication teaching
6. teaching about illness, coping skills, etc; to clients and families
7. facilitating group therapy
8. advocating for clients
9. collaborating with the interdisciplinary treatment team
10. political activism
11. much more

Question 12

Intensive care of clients in locked units is ________________

Answer 12

psychiatric acute care

Question 13

psychiatric nursing care in the home setting is ______________

Answer 13

psychiatric home health nursing

Question 14

Assisting clients that are victims of violence, abuse, and trauma is ______________

Answer 14

forensic nursing

Question 15

assisting clients who are in prison or jail is ____________

Answer 15

corrections nursing

Question 16

Psychiatric nurse practitioners responsibilities include:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Answer 16

1. prescribing medications
2. psychotherapy
3. consultation
4. program development

Question 17

___________ is your instructor’s top priority

Answer 17

personal safety

Question 18

focusing on ____________ skills is more beneficial than talking

Answer 18

listening

Question 19

Utilitarianism view is……

Answer 19

that actions are right if they provide the greater care for the greatest number of people

Question 20

Kantianism view is…..

Answer 20

it’s not the final outcome that makes an action right or wrong. Actions should be guided by moral principles.

Question 21

Clients right to make his or her own decision is __________

Answer 21

autonomy

Question 22

Providing good helpful treatments is ____________

Answer 22

beneficence

Question 23

Avoiding actions that cause harm is __________

Answer 23

nonmaleficence

Question 24

Keeping your word is ___________

Answer 24

fidelity

Question 25

fair and equal treatment regardless of social class, race, economic status, etc. is ____________

Answer 25

justice

Question 26

Being honest, truthful is ___________

Answer 26

veracity

Question 27

situations in which one has to choose between unfavorable alternatives are ______________

Answer 27

ethical dilemmas

Question 28

Clients have a right to refuse _________ unless they pose a serious risk to themselves and others.

Answer 28

treatment

Question 29

Client has a right to be _________ in the plan of care

Answer 29

involved

Question 30

Clients should ___________ be restrained or secluded for staff convenience or punishment

Answer 30

never

Question 31

Less restrictive options include:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 31

1. verbal instructions, warnings, interventions
2. diversion or redirection
3. offering a PRN medication

Question 32

The provider must write an _________ for restraints

Answer 32

order

Question 33

Psychiatric clients have the same _________ protections that any other client has

Answer 33

HIPAA

Question 34

Confidentiality can be broken if a client intends to _________ another person

Answer 34

harm

Question 35

Client also have a right to ________ to participate in research, send and receive mail, and have visitors

Answer 35

refuse

Question 36

Clients may sign out of the hospital on their own if they are ____________ admissions

Answer 36

voluntary

Question 37

Voluntary admissions can turn into __________ admission if they are a danger to themselves and others

Answer 37

involuntary

Question 38

Even during an involuntary hospitalization, clients retain all of their ___________

Answer 38

rights

Question 39

________ are wrongful acts that can lead to legal liability

Answer 39

torts

Question 40

____________- when a client is placed in seclusion for illegitimate reasons

Answer 40

false imprisonment

Question 41

_____________- occurs when someone threatens to touch a client in a harmful or offensive manner

Answer 41

assault

Question 42

___________ - occurs when a client is physically touched in a harmful or offensive manner outside of an emergency situation

Answer 42

battery

Question 43

State things ________, __________, and ____________ when documenting

Answer 43

clearly, objectively and nonjudgementally