Deck 45: Mental Health Nursing

Question 1

Which of the following would suggest a person had a psychotic disorder?

A) Refusing to eat fish because of the smell.
B) Being a member of a religious cult.
C) An out-of-body experience.
D) Having illusions.

Answer 1

An out-of-body experience.

Question 2

All Mental Health legislation seeks to:

A) ensure the best possible care for people with mental health illness.
B) keep the community safe by controlling people with mental health illness.
C) stop the violence from mentally ill clients.
D) prevent religious zealots from expressing their opinions.

Answer 2

ensure the best possible care for people with mental health illness.

Question 3

Treating a person as a whole rather than as an illness is called:

A) discovery.
B) active sense of self.
C) connectedness.
D) empowerment.

Answer 3

active sense of self.

Question 4

When discussing suicide ideation with a person, it is important to:

A) dismiss the reasons for wanting to harm themselves.
B) ask them if they have a plan for the suicide.
C) tell them that suicide is "just an out" for them.
D) leave them alone.

Question 5

The mentally healthy person is one who:

A) recognises their strengths and abilities.
B) has control and balance in their lives.
C) has realistic goals and strategies to reach those goals.
D) All of the above.

Question 6

Hope is the foundation of recovery for a person with mental health illness. Which of the following does not represent hope?

A) The person dwelling on past failures and knowing it will continue.
B) The person revelling in their own successes and small improvements.
C) The mental health nurse believing in the person's successes.
D) The person concentrating on their strengths.

Question 7

The role of a Consultation Liaison nurse includes:

A) providing care for acutely ill people.
B) providing care for people in their homes.
C) providing advice for colleagues for people admitted for non-psychiatric care.
D) providing care for the criminally insane.

Question 8

Which of the following clients would be assessed as having a non-psychotic disorder?

A) A client with a brain tumour who has a changed personality.
B) A child who wakes up screaming in the middle of the night.
C) A teenager who has an amphetamine habit.
D) A client who indulges in reckless and risky behaviour constantly.

Question 9

Recovery-focused care involves:

A) finding a cure for the mental illness.
B) ensuring adequate diagnosis and aetiology.
C) enabling consumer participation in care.
D) forcing the consumer to be hospitalised.

Question 10

Which of the following nursing specialties works in liaison with correctional services?

A) Consultation Liaison Nurses.
B) Forensic Mental Health Nurses.
C) Crisis Team Intervention Nurses.
D) Community Case Managers.

Question 11

Factors that may impact on a person's mental health include all of the following except:

A) inherited characteristics.
B) religious beliefs.
C) positive relationships.
D) physical health.

Question 12

An example of developing a therapeutic relationship with a person with mental illness would be:

A) introducing yourself to a child as you would an adult.
B) interviewing a child without their parents present.
C) using jargon and medical terms when discussing their condition.
D) clarifying what the problem means to the person.

Question 13

The importance of conducting a Mental State Assessment (MSA) is to:

A) gather baseline contextual data about the client.
B) document subjective assessment data.
C) reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
D) improve the client's health state.

Question 14

Which of the following would indicate that a client was delusional?

A) An older person with poor memory and concentration.
B) A client with a substance abuse disorder.
C) Hearing voices that no-one else can.
D) Believing that the food is poisoned.

Question 15

Which of the following is a true statement?

A) You should be frightened of people with mental illness because they are violent.
B) Mental health nurses should not discuss a person's mental illness with them.
C) Nurse attitudes are critical for the person to attain recovery for mental illness.
D) People with mental illness are treated the same as any medical patient.

Question 16

The central role of the mental health nurse in a Recovery model of care is to:

A) complete the necessary nursing tasks.
B) administer the medication ordered by the doctor.
C) keep the patient in a psychiatric unit for safety.
D) develop a meaningful relationship with the person and family.

Question 17

An example of 'connectedness' in the Recovery model of care is:

A) using all available government resources.
B) having a mobile phone plan.
C) participating in support groups.
D) staying at home alone.

Question 18

The Mental Health legislation in Queensland stipulates what mental illness is not. Which of the following would meet the criteria for having a mental health illness?

A) A heroin addict having hallucinations.
B) A paedophile or sexual deviate.
C) A domestic violence perpetrator.
D) A person with suicide ideation.

Question 19

When completing a Mental State Assessment (MSA), the nurse would consider that auditory hallucinations would be categorised as:

A) a speech disorder.
B) a thought process disorder.
C) a thought content disorder.
D) perceptual disturbance.