Exam 2: Historical Issues

Which of Freud's contribution to psychiatry most affects current psychiatric nursing?

An adult diagnosed with schizophrenia is being discharged from a state mental hospital after 20 years of institutionalization.What intervention should the nurse include in discharge planning to best manage the relapse of symptoms?

A person says, "What mental health issues are a major concern for the general population." The nurse's reply should be based on what confirmed fact concerning mental health issues?

Which individual should the nurse assess as having the highest risk for homelessness?

A nurse is preparing to present a discussion to a group of nursing students on meeting the needs of the mentally ill.What concerns should be identified as the focus of society's concerns during both the Period of Enlightenment and the Period of Community Mental Health?

The broadened scope of psychiatric nursing practice is attributable primarily to what factor?

A nurse begins working in a clinic housed in a homeless shelter.The nurse asks the clinic director, "What topic should I review to improve my effectiveness as I begin my new job?" Which topic should the clinic director suggest?

An adult with serious mental illness is being admitted to a community behavioral health inpatient unit.Recognizing current trends in hospitalization, the nurse can reasonable assume the need to prioritize which intervention?

A newcomer to a community support meeting asks a nurse, "Why aren't people with mental illnesses treated at state institutions anymore?" What would be the nurse's accurate responses? (Select all that apply.)

Which skill is most important to a nurse working as a member of a community mental health team that strives to use a seamless continuum of care?

Which nursing intervention is associated with a shift in the psychiatric nursing focus during the community mental health period of the 1960s?

A nurse at a behavioral health clinic sees an unfamiliar psychiatric diagnosis on a patient's insurance form.Which resource should the nurse use to discern the criteria used to establish this diagnosis?

Which changes in psychiatric nursing practice are directly attributable to events occurring during the Decade of the Brain? (Select all that apply.)

The greatest impact in the care of the mentally ill over the past 50 years is represented in which nursing statement to a newly admitted patient?

Which statement made by a nurse demonstrates an understanding of the issue affecting the delivery of care to the mentally ill that motivated passage of the Community Mental Health Centers Act in 1963?

A nurse, preparing a community presentation, should include what information concerning the most accurate characterization of treatment of the mentally ill prior to the Period of Enlightenment?

When a nurse working in a well-child clinic asks a parent's address, the parent responds, "My children and I are homeless." What assumption should the nurse make of this response?

Which of these services is most appropriate for an older client requiring minimal mental health interventions?

A patient diagnosed with an acute was hospitalized for a week and is now being discharged to a halfway house, where care is managed by a community mental health nurse.Which inference applies to this community?