Exam 33: Concepts of Mental Health

After finding the patient with diabetes eating candy, the nurse reminds the patient that the candy will elevate blood sugar levels. The patient's response is: "It's only a little bit, and it won't do anything." Which defense mechanism is the patient using?

How should the nurse document the behavior of a patient with mental illness?

Using Freud's personality theory, what action by a patient indicates a strong ego?

Place the events in the mental health care movement in chronologic order. Put a comma and space between each answer choice (A, B, C, D, etc.). A) Establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital B) Deinstitutionalization movement C) Formation of Committee for Mental Health D) Passage of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) E) Dorothea Dix awakens public awareness of plight of mentally ill

The nurse is assessing a nervous 18-year-old patient who has vital signs of P 120, R 30, and BP 160/90. The patient states that he feels something bad is about to happen. Based on this data alone, how should the nurse identify the patient's level of anxiety?

Using Freud's personality theory, what action by a patient identifies the influence of the superego?

During the 17th and 18th centuries, care of patients with mental illness often was cruel. What type of care was used by Dr. Philippe Pinel to bring about change?

In the movie Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara says, "I'll think about that tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day." The nurse recognizes the defense mechanism of __________.

A patient admitted to the hospital after a motorcycle crash that has left him paralyzed from the waist down tells the nurse he has feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. What other feelings may the patient have that should be recognized?

What is the basis for classifying a person as having a mental illness?

What is the most likely result when an attempt at adaptation fails?

A nurse tearfully confides to the head nurse that being assigned to care for eight patients is stressful and overwhelming. What demonstrates the use of a healthy coping mechanism?

A 40-year-old patient cries and has a tantrum when the physician refuses to give her a prescription for diet pills. The nurse realizes that this is the use of which defense mechanism?

What does any event that requires change stimulate?

Which role is an example of an ascribed role?

The situation in which a parent must choose between attending a daughter's ballet recital or a son's baseball game is an example of a __________.

The patient complains to the nurse that the physician does not like him and wants him to fail at following the diet prescribed. The nurse recognizes that the patient is using which defense mechanism?

What is a nursing intervention that helps to build trust, encourages the patient to have faith in the care being received, and meets psychosocial needs?

The majority of people function in a relatively healthy manner. What can diminish their functional capacity?

How many people in the United States will develop a mental disorder during their lifetime?