Mental Health Chapter 1 - Proctored Exam 2 Practice Questions

Select one answer.

• Be completely cured of the disorder.
• Locate a facility for long term care.
• Be arrested and placed in prison.
• Return the patient to the community.

Select one answer.

• The nurse practice act.
• The development of psychotropic medications.
• The Community mental health centers act.
• Electroshock therapy.

(Select All that Apply.)

• Clarifying terms
• Remaining silent
• Offering false reassurance
• Asking open minded questions
• Discouraging the person from expressing feelings that are inacceptable.

Select one answer.

• People must be mentally ill to choose to be homeless.
• Approximately 1/3 of the homeless are mentally ill.
• Homelessness is classified as mental illness.
• All the homeless have some form of mental illness.

(Select All that Apply.)

• Breaking the house rules
• Danger of hurting others.
• Danger of hurting self
• Grossly impaired and unable to care for self.
• Behavior problems

Select one answer.

• Mary Mahoney
• Hildegard Peplau
• Hatle Bessment
• Linda Richards

Select one answer.

• How about watching a football game?
• What do you have to be upset about now?
• Tell me how you are feeling today.
• Ignore the client.

(Select All that Apply.)

• A patient who has dysphasia
• A patient who has schizophrenia
• A patient who is elderly
• A patient who is deaf
• A patient who is blind

Select one answer.

• “What is it like at home with your spouse?”
• “Do you talk out your problems with your spouse?”
• “Do you hate your spouse?”
• “Do you get along with your in-laws?”