Exam 34: Concepts of Mental Health

During the 17th and 18th centuries,care of patients with mental illness often was cruel.What type of care was used by Dr.Philippe Pinel to bring about change?

A nurse tearfully confides to the head nurse that being assigned to care for eight patients is stressful and overwhelming.What demonstrates the use of a healthy coping mechanism?

A family is informed that the brain damage to their daughter is irreversible.The father is later overheard making vacation plans and discussing what the family will do when his daughter leaves the hospital.The nurse recognizes the father is in which crisis stage?

What is the most likely result when an attempt at adaptation fails?

Why is it important for the nurse to be observant of patient behavior?

What definition should the nurse use to clarify the concept of "mental health"?

The nurse is assessing a young woman who is a teacher,happily married,raising two children,taking care of her disabled mother,and going to school to get a master's degree.How should the behavior of the young woman be classified?

What action consistently done by a patient should indicate to a nurse that the patient has a poor self-concept?

The nurse is sensitive to the fact that patients lose control over their lives when admitted to the hospital.In what does this loss of control frequently result?

When assisting the older adult who is despondent about the need to leave his home,what technique should the nurse use?

What action by a student before taking a test should indicate to a nursing instructor that the student is demonstrating signs of moderate anxiety?

When the patient is told that his insurance will no longer pay for his physical therapy,the nurse is aware that this obstruction to his goal may result in which concept?

The situation in which a parent must choose between attending a daughter's ballet recital or a son's baseball game is an example of a __________.

Using Freud's personality theory,what action by a patient identifies the influence of the superego?

The nurse is assessing a nervous 18-year-old patient who has vital signs of P 120,R 30,and BP 160/90.The patient states that he feels something bad is about to happen.Based on this data alone,how should the nurse identify the patient's level of anxiety?

Which role is an example of an ascribed role?

What is the basis for classifying a person as having a mental illness?

A patient admitted to the hospital after a motorcycle crash that has left him paralyzed from the waist down tells the nurse he has feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.What other feelings may the patient have that should be recognized?

What is the mental health nurse referring to when using the term behavior?

A variety of factors influence the level of anxiety experienced by the patient faced by a stressful situation.Which would the nurse outline? (Select all that apply. )