Question 1

Which is true of asylums?

Accepted Answer

A)  Short-term stays 
B)  Cognitive-behavioural therapy experts 
C)  Place where people with mental illness could be cured 
D)  Middle to upper socioeconomic status patients with mental illness received treatment 
A)  Short-term stays 
B)  Cognitive-behavioural therapy experts 
C)  Place where people with mental illness could be cured 
D)  Middle to upper socioeconomic status patients with mental illness received treatment C

Question 2

Which are historical approaches to caring for people with mental illness from Indigenous people's perspective?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sweat lodges 
B)  Restraint and confinement 
C)  Sundance 
D)  Potlatch 
E)  Abandonment 
A)  Sweat lodges 
B)  Restraint and confinement 
C)  Sundance 
D)  Potlatch 
E)  Abandonment A, C, D

Question 3

The Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses was established in which of the following years?

Accepted Answer

A)  1898 
B)  1908 
C)  1918 
D)  1928 
A)  1898 
B)  1908 
C)  1918 
D)  1928 B

Question 4

The first asylum in Canada was in which of the following provinces?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alberta 
B)  Québec 
C)  Ontario 
D)  British Columbia 
A)  Alberta 
B)  Québec 
C)  Ontario 
D)  British Columbia

Question 5

Which of the following has largely been excluded from Canadian nursing history?

Accepted Answer

A)  Female nurses' role in psychiatric nursing 
B)  Mental health field of study 
C)  Male attendants' role in institutions 
D)  Generalist registered nurses' role 
A)  Female nurses' role in psychiatric nursing 
B)  Mental health field of study 
C)  Male attendants' role in institutions 
D)  Generalist registered nurses' role

Question 6

The nurse is caring for a patient in an asylum in the mid-1800s in Canada. What would the nurse expect to implement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Assisting with eating and dressing 
B)  Group therapy interventions 
C)  Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) 
D)  Antipsychotic medication administration 
A)  Assisting with eating and dressing 
B)  Group therapy interventions 
C)  Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) 
D)  Antipsychotic medication administration

Question 7

The first psychiatric nurse training program in Canada was in which of the following provinces?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alberta 
B)  Québec 
C)  Ontario 
D)  British Columbia 
A)  Alberta 
B)  Québec 
C)  Ontario 
D)  British Columbia

Question 8

Which of the following represented a seventeenth- to eighteenth-century societal view of people with mental illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Restraints were not to be used on mentally ill patients. 
B)  Those with mental illness were immune to human discomforts. 
C)  Informed consent was required prior to admission to an asylum. 
D)  Patient neglect rarely if ever occurred in asylums. 
A)  Restraints were not to be used on mentally ill patients. 
B)  Those with mental illness were immune to human discomforts. 
C)  Informed consent was required prior to admission to an asylum. 
D)  Patient neglect rarely if ever occurred in asylums.

Question 9

Who was instrumental in lobbying for the first mental health hospital in the United States and for reform in British and Canadian institutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Michel Foucault 
B)  Dorothea Dix 
C)  The Grey Nuns 
D)  Philippe Pinel 
A)  Michel Foucault 
B)  Dorothea Dix 
C)  The Grey Nuns 
D)  Philippe Pinel

Question 10

The exclusion of males from attending psychiatric nurse training programs hindered which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The availability of students to enter the training program 
B)  The ability of institutions to maintain enough trained nursing staff 
C)  The recognition of the importance of nursing knowledge and skills 
D)  The status of female nurses by lowering their status 
A)  The availability of students to enter the training program 
B)  The ability of institutions to maintain enough trained nursing staff 
C)  The recognition of the importance of nursing knowledge and skills 
D)  The status of female nurses by lowering their status

Question 11

Which was instrumental in the establishment of a psychiatry rotation to the nursing curriculum of Eastern and Atlantic Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dorothea Dix 
B)  The "Weir Report" 
C)  The Canadian Nurses Association 
D)  The Canadian Medical Association 
A)  Dorothea Dix 
B)  The "Weir Report" 
C)  The Canadian Nurses Association 
D)  The Canadian Medical Association

Question 12

By the end of the nineteenth century, the new field of psychiatry was being challenged to provide a medical cure for mental illness. Which experimental treatments were used at that time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leeching 
B)  Hydrotherapy 
C)  Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) 
D)  Insulin shock treatment 
E)  Milieu management therapy 
A)  Leeching 
B)  Hydrotherapy 
C)  Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) 
D)  Insulin shock treatment 
E)  Milieu management therapy

Exam 2: Historical Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Which is true of asylums?

Which are historical approaches to caring for people with mental illness from Indigenous people's perspective?

The Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses was established in which of the following years?

The first asylum in Canada was in which of the following provinces?

Which of the following has largely been excluded from Canadian nursing history?

The nurse is caring for a patient in an asylum in the mid-1800s in Canada. What would the nurse expect to implement?

The first psychiatric nurse training program in Canada was in which of the following provinces?

Which of the following represented a seventeenth- to eighteenth-century societal view of people with mental illness?

Who was instrumental in lobbying for the first mental health hospital in the United States and for reform in British and Canadian institutions?

The exclusion of males from attending psychiatric nurse training programs hindered which of the following?

Which was instrumental in the establishment of a psychiatry rotation to the nursing curriculum of Eastern and Atlantic Canada?

By the end of the nineteenth century, the new field of psychiatry was being challenged to provide a medical cure for mental illness. Which experimental treatments were used at that time?

Mental Health and Mental Illness

Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Care Within Various Settings

Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice

Understanding Responses to Stress

The Nursing Process and Standards of Care for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Ethical Responsibilities and Legal Obligations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice

Cultural Considerations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Therapeutic Relationships

Communication and the Clinical Interview

Psychotropic Drugs

Anxiety and Related Disorders

Depressive Disorders

Bipolar Disorders

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Eating and Feeding Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Psychoactive Substance Use and Treatment

Personality Disorders

Sleepwake Disorders

Crisis and Disaster

Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

Anger, Aggression, and Violence

Interpersonal Violence: Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Abuse

Sexual Assault

Sexuality and Gender

Disorders of Children and Adolescents

Psychosocial Needs of the Older Adult

Living With Recurrent and Persistent Mental Illness

Psychological Needs of Patients With Medical Conditions

Care for the Dying and for Those Who Grieve

Forensic Psychiatric Nursing

Therapeutic Groups

Family Interventions

Integrative and Complimentary Therapies

Filters