MENTAL HEALTH NURSING SUCCESS A Q&A REVIEW APPLYING CRITICAL THINKING TO TEST BANK 3RD EDITION

Considering the many criteria for good mental health, the nursing student has been
instructed to list four of these criteria. The student’s list consists of the following:
(1) an appropriate perception of reality, (2) the ability to accept oneself, (3) the ability
to establish relationships, and (4) a need for detachment and the desire for privacy.
How would the nurse evaluate the nursing student’s list?
1. Excellent. All the student’s criteria are correct.
2. Good. Three of the four criteria are correct.
3. Mediocre. Two of the four criteria are correct.
4. Poor. All four of the criteria are incorrect.
2. Which assessment is most important when evaluating signs and symptoms of mental
illness?
1. The decreased amount of creativity a client exhibits.
2. The inability to face problems within one’s life.
3. The intensity of an emotional reaction.
4. The client’s social and cultural norms.
3. Which is an example of an interpersonal intervention for a client on an in-patient
psychiatric unit?
1. Assist the client to note common defense mechanisms and coping skills that are
being used.
2. Discuss “acting-out” behaviors and assist the client in understanding why they occur.
3. Ask the client to record thoughts he or she is having before acting-out behaviors
occur.
4. Ask the client to acknowledge one positive person in his or her life to assist the
client after discharge.
4. Which is an example of appropriate psychosexual development?
1. An 18 month-old relieves anxiety by the use of a pacifier.
2. A 5 year-old boy focuses on relationships with other boys.
3. A 7 year-old girl identifies with her mother.
4. A 12 month-old begins learning about independence and control.
5. Which client situation is an example of normal ego development?
1. A client calls out in pain to get his or her needs met.
2. A client complains of poor self-esteem because of punishments from his or her past.
3. A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself without anger or aggression.
4. A client feels guilty about wanting to have sexual relations outside of marriage.
6. After studying the concepts of personality development, the nursing student
understands that Freud is to psychoanalytic theory as Peplau is to:
1. Psychosocial theory.
2. Nursing theory.
3. Interpersonal theory.
4. Object relations theory.
7. Nursing theorists identify the nurse-client relationship as central to nursing practice.
After studying these concepts, the nursing student understands that Peplau is to the
phases of the nurse-client relationship as Watson is to:
1. Seven assumptions about the science of caring.
2. Cultural care diversity and universality.
3. Modeling and role modeling.
4. Human energy fields.