Exam 34: Basic Concepts of Mental Health

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.The nurse recognizes that the patient may also have feelings of:

A nurse tearfully confides to the head nurse that being assigned to care for eight patients is stressful and overwhelming.The head nurse assesses the use of a healthy coping mechanism observing the nurse:

A nursing intervention that helps build trust,encourages the patient to have faith in the care being received,and meets psychosocial needs is

When the patient doing physical therapy four times a day to regain control of his lower extremities is told that his insurance will no longer pay for the therapy,the nurse is aware that this obstruction to his goal may result in:

During the 17th and 18th centuries,care of patients with mental illness often was cruel.Dr.Phillippe Pinel brought about change by advocating:

When developing a care plan for a mentally ill patient,the nurse's first priority would be to assess:

In 1882,the first psychiatric training school for nurses opened.The first psychiatric nurse was:

The nurse is sensitive to the fact that patients lose control over their lives when admitted to the hospital.This loss of control frequently results in:

When the nurse informs a family that the brain damage to their daughter is irreversible,the father curses at the nurse and storms out of the room.The nurse recognizes the father is in the crisis stage of:

Using Freud's personality theory,the nurse recognizes a strong ego when a patient:

Using Freud's personality theory,the nurse identifies the influence of the superego after observing a patient:

When assessing patients with mental illness,the nurse anticipates their behavior to be:

The nurse explains that an individual who perceives a threat to self may experience a universal emotion of:

The nurse is assessing a 26-year-old man who is unmarried,dates many different women,and spends his income on himself.Using Erikson's developmental theory,the classifies this behavior as:

While assessing a patient with mental illness,the nurse realizes that the number of people in need of mental health services is:

When the patient who overeats insists that weight gain is related to retained fluids,the nurse recognizes the defense mechanism of:

The nurse assesses a patient as having a poor self-concept because the patient consistently:

Place the events in the mental health care movement in chronological order. 1.Establishment of Pennsylvania House 2.Deinstitutionalization movement 3.Formation of Committee for Mental Health 4.Passage of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ( OBRA ) 5.Dorothea Dix awakens public awareness of plight of mentally ill Put a comma between each solve choice ( 1,2,3,4,etc. ).

The patient admitted to the hospital may adjust to illness by assuming a role in which everyday responsibilities are avoided.This is called the:

The nurse recognizes that a patient is seeking ways to deal with and resolve stress after observing the patient use: