mental health: fundamental and legal ethical， treatment setting and program, legal and ethical

A nurse can accurately identify which personal characteristics that contribute to mental health? Select all that apply.

Sense of responsibility for one's own actions Personal self-awareness Relatively worry free Generally happy with life Rarely recognizes stress(incorrect)

A client is referred to a psychosocial rehabilitation program. When explaining this type of care to the client, what would the nurse emphasize?

Services that promote the client's reintegration into the community.(correct) Frequent monitoring within a therapeutic milieu for relapse prevention.(incorrect)

Dorothea Dix's solution to gain humane treatment for the mentally ill population included what?

State hospitals

Which mental health clients is most likely to frequently present in the emergency department in hospital?

A 34-year-old person diagnosed with an amphetamine addiction who has overdosed A 16-year-old person diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and an infected wrist laceration (incorrect)

The nurse recognizes that the difference between a voluntary and an involuntary commitment is what?

An involuntarily committed client may not initiate his or her own discharge

The nurse is working as a case manager in an inpatient psychiatric unit and preparing discharge planning for a client that is homeless. Which will be the primary goal of the case manager when coordinating the discharge care of this client?

Coordinating all types of care so that the client does not receive fragmented care

Which intervention does not meet the standard of care for the client in seclusion?

Documented assessment by the nurse every 3 to 4 hours

Who was responsible for much of the reform of the mental health care system in the 19th century?

Dorothea Dix

Freud's personality theory was based on what?

Drives

The nurse is reviewing a client's history, which reveals that the client is participating in a psychiatric rehabilitation program. The nurse understands that which is the goal of this program?

Empower clients to achieve the highest level of functioning possible

A client is admitted to the behavioral health facility involuntarily. The client is scheduled to undergo electroconvulsive therapy. Which action does the nurse take before the procedure?

Ensure the client has given informed consent.

Who was the first to introduce the concept of interpersonal relations and the therapeutic relationship?

Hildegard Peplau

Which federal law prevents insurance companies from enforcing annual or lifetime dollar amounts to be paid for mental health care?

Mental Health Parity Act

Which mental health treatment setting is not a residential treatment setting?

Partial hospitalization programs

What nursing action demonstrates the intended impact of the American Nurses Association (ANA) standards of care on mental health nursing care?

Referring to the standards to determine if a particularly prescribed treatment falls within the scope of a nurse's practice. Using the standards to determine if a nurse's action is considered criminally negligent.(incorrect)

Which is a criterion for mental health?

Satisfaction with personal relationships and self (correct) Absence of mental health disorders (incorrect)

A psychiatric-mental health nurse has learned about the 10 standards of professional practice. Which standards are included in psychiatric-mental health nursing? Select all that apply.

ethics quality of practice self-awareness (incorrect) resource utilization advocacy(incorrect) collaboration

The nurse is caring for a client with a mental illness admitted to an inpatient facility for stabilization. Which standard(s) of care will the nurse implement when caring for this client? Select all that apply.

integration of research evaluation of client progress (incorrect) collegial interaction consultation with clients and their families(incorrect) collaboration with clients and their families

A nurse is advocating for improved mental health services to be available in the community. Which ethical principle is the nurse demonstrating?

justice