Chapter 01: Psychiatric Nursing: Theory,
Principles, and Trends
Fortinash: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 5th Edition
Chapter 01: Psychiatric Nursing: Theory, Principles, and Trends
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which understanding is the basis for the nursing actions focused on minimizing
mental health promotion of families with chronically mentally ill members?
a. Family members are at an increased risk for mental illness.
b. The mental health care system is not prepared to deal with family crises.
c. Family members are seldom prepared to cope with a chronically ill individual.
d. The chronically mentally ill receive care best when delivered in a formal setting.
ANS: A
When families live with a dominant member who has a persistent and severe mental
disorder the outcomes are often expressed as family members who are at increased
risk for physical and mental illnesses. The remaining options are not necessarily true.
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2. Which nursing activity shows the nurse actively engaged in the primary prevention
of mental disorders?
a. Providing a patient, whose depression is well managed, with medication on time
b. Making regular follow-up visits to a new mother at risk for post-partum depression
c. Providing the family of a patient, diagnosed with depression, information on suicide preve
d. Assisting a patient who has obsessive compulsive tendencies prepare and practice for a job
ANS: B
Primary prevention helps to reduce the occurrence of mental disorders by staying
involved with a patient. Providing medication and information on existing illnesses
are examples of secondary prevention which helps to reduce the prevalence of mental
disorders. Assisting a mentally ill patient with preparation for a job interview is
tertiary prevention since it involves rehabilitation.
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3. Which intervention reflects attention being focused on the patient’s intentions
regarding his diagnosis of severe depression?
a. Being placed on suicide precautions
b. Encouraging visits by his family members
c. Receiving a combination of medications to address his emotional needs
d. Being asked to decide where he will attend his prescribed therapy sessions
ANS: D
A primary factor in patient treatment includes consideration of the patient’s intentions
regarding his or her own care. Patients are central to the process that determines their
care as their abilities allow. Under the guidance of PMH nurses and other mental
health personnel, patients are encouraged to make decisions and to actively engage in
their own treatment plans to meet their needs. The remaining options are focused on
specifics of the determined plan of care.
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4. When a patient’s family asks why their chronically mentally ill adult child is being
discharged to a community-based living facility, the nurse responds:
a. “It is a way to meet the need for social support.”
b. “It is too expensive to keep stabilized patients in acute care settings.”
c. “This type of facility will provide the specialized care that is needed.”
d. “Being out in the community will help provide hope and purpose for living.”
ANS: D
Hospitalization may be necessary for acute care, but, when patients are stabilized,
they move into community-based, patient-centered settings or are discharged home
with continued outpatient treatment in the community. Concentrated efforts are made
to reduce the patient’s sick role by providing opportunities for the development of a
purposeful life and instilling hope for each patient’s future. Although social support is
important, such a living arrangement is not the only way to achieve it. Although acute
care is expensive, it is not the major concern when determining long-term care
options. Community-based facilities are not the only option for specialized care.

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5. What is the best explanation to offer when the mother of a chronically ill teenage
patient asks, “Under what circumstances would he be considered incompetent?”
a.
“When you can provide the court with enough evidence to show that he is not able to care
safely.”
b.
“It is not likely that someone his age would be determined to be incompetent regardless of
condition.”
c.
“He would have to engage in behavior that would result in harm to himself or to someone e
his siblings.”
d.
“If the illness becomes so severe that his judgment is impaired to the point where the decis
are harmful to himself or to others.”
ANS: D
When a person is unable to cognitively process information or to make decisions
about his or her own welfare, the person may be determined to be mentally
incompetent. Providing self-care is not the only criteria considered. Age is not a factor
considered. The decision is often based on the potential for such behavior.
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6. Which psychiatric nursing intervention shows an understanding of integrated care?
a. A chronically abused woman is assessed for anxiety.
b. A manic patient is taken to the gym to use the exercise equipment.
c. The older adult diagnosed with depression is monitored for suicidal ideations.
d. A teenager who refuses to obey the unit’s rules is not allow to play video games.
ANS: A
The majority of health disciplines now recognize that mental disorders and physical
illnesses are closely linked. The presence of a mental disorder increases the risk for
the development of physical illnesses and vice versa. Assessing a chronically abused
individual for anxiety call should attention to the psychiatric disorder that could

develop from the abuse. The remaining options show interventions that are
appropriate for the mental disorder.
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7. What reason does the nurse give the patient for the emphasis and attention being
paid to the recovery phase of their treatment plan?
a. Recovery care, even when intensive, is less expensive than acute psychiatric care.
b. Effective recovery care is likely to result in fewer relapses and subsequent hospitalizations
c. Planning for recovery care is time consuming and involves dealing with many complicated
d. Recovery care is usually done on an outpatient basis and so is generally better accepted by
ANS: B
Much attention is paid to recovery care since effective recovery care helps improve
patient outcomes and thus minimize subsequent hospitalizations. Recovery care is not
necessarily less expensive than acute care. Although effective recovery care planning
may be time consuming and detail oriented, that is not the reason for implementing it.
Recovery care is not necessarily well accepted by patients.
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8. The nurse is attending a neighborhood meeting where a half-way house is being
proposed for the neighborhood when a member of the community states, “We don’t
want the facility; we especially don’t want violent people living near us.” The
response by the nurse that best addresses the public’s concern is:
a.
“In truth, most individuals with psychiatric disorder are passive and withdrawn and pose li
those around them.”
b.
“The mentally ill seldom behave in the manner they are portrayed by movies; they are peop
rest of us.”
c. “Patients with psychiatric disorder are so well medicated that they do not display violent b
d. “The mentally ill deserve a safe, comfortable place to live among people who truly care fo
ANS: A

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