Exam 1: PRN 1562/ PRN1562 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Principles of Mental Health Nursing Review| Questions and Verified Answers|100% Correct| Grade A- Rasmussen
Exam 1: PRN 1562/ PRN1562 (Latest 2024/
2025 Update) Principles of Mental Health
Nursing Review| Questions and Verified
Answers|100% Correct| Grade A- Rasmussen
Q: systematic desensitization
Answer:
Helps treat disorders such as phobias
Q: Patient Rights
Answer:
Even if a patient is admitted involuntarily they still have rights
Right to refuse medications
The right to informed consent
Q: Legal rights of all clients
Answer:
Right to treatment
Right to refuse treatment
Right to informed consent
Q: Purpose of medical record
Answer:
Legal record of the client’s treatment
A communication tool
A tool to measure client outcomes
Q: If patients are hesitant sharing information
Answer:
(worried you’ll tell their family)
Many feelings patient’s share can be kept private, however, things such as suicidal thinking, must
be reported to the tx team
Q: Trust vs. Mistrust
Answer:
Infancy: Birth to 1½ Years
Egocentric
Danger —during second half of first year, an abrupt and prolonged separation may intensify the
natural sense of loss and may lead to a sense of mistrust that may last throughout life
Task —develop a basic sense of trust that leads to hope
Trust requires a feeling of physical comfort and a minimal experience of fear or uncertainty; if
this occurs, the child will extend trust to the world and self
Q: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Answer:
Early Childhood: 1½-3 Years
Develop confidence in physical and mental abilities that leads to the development of an
autonomous will
Danger —development of a deep sense of shame/doubt if child is deprived of the opportunity to
rebel; learns to expect defeat in any battle of wills with those who are bigger and stronger
Task —gain self-control of and independence within the environment
Q: Initiative vs. Guilt
Answer:
Play Age: 3-6 Years
Interest in socially
appropriate goals leads to a sense of purpose
Imagination is greatly expanded because of increased ability to move around freely and
increased ability to communicate
Intrusive activity and curiosity and consuming fantasies, which lead to feelings of guilt and
anxiety
Establishment of conscience
Danger —may develop a deep-seated conviction that he or she is essentially bad, with a resultant
stifling of initiative or a conversion of moralism to vindictiveness
Task —achieve a sense of purpose and develop a sense of mastery over task
Q: Industry vs. Inferiority
Answer:
School Age: 6-12 Year
Develops a healthy competitive drive that leads to confidence
In learning to accept instruction and to win recognition by producing “things,” the child opens
the way for the capacity of work enjoyment
Danger —the development of a sense of inadequacy and inferiority in a child who does not
receive recognition
Task —gain a sense of self-confidence and recognition through learning, competing, and
performing successfully
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