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Chapter 1: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

1. A nurse is assessing a client who experiences occasional
   feelings of sadness because of the recentdeath of a beloved
   pet. The client’s appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine
   have not changed. How would the nurse interpret the client’s
   behaviors?
2. The client’s behaviors demonstrate mental illness in the form of depression.
3. The client’s behaviors are inappropriate, which indicates the presence of mental
   illness.
4. The client’s behaviors are not congruent with cultural norms.
5. The client’s behaviors demonstrate no functional impairment, indicating no mental
   illness.
6. At which point would the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a mental illness?
7. When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the criteria for mental
   illness.
8. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference in daily
   functioning.
9. When a client communicates significant distress.
10. When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
11. A client has been given a diagnosis of HIV. Which statement made by the client does the nurse
    recognize as the bargaining stage of grief?
12. “I hate my partner for giving me this disease I will die from!”
13. “If I don’t do IV drugs anymore, God won’t let me die.”
14. “I am going to support groups and learning more about the disease.”
15. “Can you please re-draw the test results; I think they may be wrong?”
16. A nurse notes that a client is extremely withdrawn, delusional, and emotionally exhausted. The
    nurse assesses the client’s anxiety as which level?
17. Mild anxiety
18. Mode
19. ate anxiety
20. Severe anxiety
21. Panic anxiety

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5. A psychiatric nurse intern states, “This client’s use of defense mechanisms should be eliminated.”
   Which is a correct evaluation of this nurse’s statement?
6. Defense mechanisms can be appropriate responses to stress and need not be
   eliminated.
7. Defense mechanisms are a maladaptive attempt of the ego to manage anxiety and
   should always be eliminated.
8. Defense mechanisms, used by individuals with weak ego integrity, should be
   discouraged and not completely eliminated.
9. Defense mechanisms cause disintegration of the ego and should be fostered and
   encouraged.
10. During an intake assessment, a nurse asks both physiological and psychosocial questions. The
    client angrily responds, “I’m here for my heart, not my head problems.” Which is the nurse’s best
    response?
11. “It is just a routine part of our assessment. All clients are asked these same
    questions.”
12. “Why are you concerned about these types of questions?”
13. “Psychological factors, like excessive stress, have been found to affect medical
    conditions.”
14. “We can skip these questions, if you like. It isn’t imperative that we complete this
    section.”
15. A client who is being treated for chronic kidney disease complains to the health-care provider that
    he does not like the food available to him while hospitalized. The health-care provider insists that
    the client strictly adhere to the diet plan. What action can be expected if the client uses the defense
    mechanism of displacement?
16. The client assertively confronts the health-care provider.
17. The client insists on being discharged and goes for a long, brisk walk.
18. The client snaps at the nurse and criticizes the nursing care provided.
19. The client hides his anger by explaining the logical reasoning for the diet to his
    spouse.
20. A fourth-grade boy teases and makes jokes about a cute girl in his class. A nurse would recognize
    this behavior as indicative of which defense mechanism?
21. Displacement
22. Projection
23. Reaction formation

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4. Sublimation
5. Which nursing statement regarding the concept of psychosis is most accurate?
6. Individuals experiencing psychoses are aware that their behaviors are maladaptive.
7. Individuals experiencing psychoses experience little distress.
8. Individuals experiencing psychoses are aware of experiencing psychological
   problems.
9. Individuals experiencing psychoses are based in reality.
10. When under stress, a client routinely uses alcohol to excess. When the client’s husband finds her
    drunk, the husband yells at the client about her chronic alcohol abuse. Which action alerts the
    nurse to the client’s use of the defense mechanism of denial?
11. The client hides liquor bottles in a closet.
12. The client yells at her son for slouching in his chair.
13. The client burns dinner on purpose.
14. The client says to the spouse, “I don’t drink too much!”
15. Devastated by a divorce from an abusive husband, a wife completes grief counseling. Which
    statement by the wife would indicate to a nurse that the client is in the acceptance stage of grief?
16. “If only we could have tried again, things might have worked out.”
17. “I am so mad that the children and I had to put up with him as long as we did.”
18. “Yes, it was a difficult relationship, but I think I have learned from the
    experience.”
19. “I have a difficult time getting out of bed most days.”
20. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which client action would demonstrate the highest
    achievement in terms of mental health?
21. Maintaining a long-term, faithful, intimate relationship
22. Achieving a sense of self-confidence
23. Possessing a feeling of self-fulfillment and realizing full potential
24. Developing a sense of purpose and the ability to direct activities
25. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which situation on an inpatient psychiatric unit would
    require priority intervention by a nurse?
26. A client rudely complaining about limited visiting hours
27. A client exhibiting aggressive behavior toward another client

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3. A client stating that no one cares
4. A client verbalizing feelings of failure
   Multiple Response
   Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
5. Which describes neurosis? (Select all that apply.)
6. Neurosis is a unique category of mental disorder.
7. Neurosis is a psychological disturbance characterized by excessive anxiety.
8. Symptoms of neurosis include gross distortions of reality.
9. Neurosis may be expressed directly or altered through a defense mechanism.
10. A person experiencing neurosis is often aware that their behaviors are maladaptive.
11. The nurse is reviewing the definition of a mental health disorder and notes the definition includes
    disturbance in which areas? (Select all that apply.)
12. Cognition
13. Physical
14. Emotional regulation
15. Behavior
16. Developmental
    Completion
    Complete each statement.
17. is a diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated
    with feelings of uncertainty and helplessness.
18. is a subjective state of emotional, physical, and social responses to
    the loss of a valued entity.
    Ordered Response