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Test Bank for Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice
Chapter 1 : Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice Questions
Question 1 of 5
Two nursing students are discussing psychiatric-mental health nursing and the role it has played in nursing?s overall history. Which statement is most accurate?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Hildegard Peplau, in her work Interpersonal Relations in Nursing (1952), was the first nurse to emphasize the importance of therapeutic communication, focusing on the nurse-patient relationship as a cornerstone of psychiatric nursing practice.
Question 2 of 5
When reviewing the evolution of mental health and illness care, which event is associated with mental disorders beginning to be viewed as illnesses requiring treatment?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia (1751) included a section for the mentally ill, marking one of the earliest instances in the U.S. where mental disorders were recognized as illnesses requiring treatment, rather than mere social deviance.
Question 3 of 5
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is working on a committee that is developing programs that integrate the objectives for mental health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People 2020. Which type of program would be least appropriate?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Healthy People 2020 emphasizes integrated, comprehensive mental health care. Single substance abuse treatment programs, which focus narrowly on one issue without addressing co-occurring mental health disorders, are less aligned with the holistic, integrated objectives of Healthy People 2020 compared to the other options.
Question 4 of 5
A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-based practice in psychiatric-mental health nursing. Which of the following would the instructor include as being important?
Correct Answer: A,B,C,D
Rationale: Evidence-based practice in psychiatric-mental health nursing integrates research findings, expert opinion, clinical experiences, and patient data to inform care decisions. Established routines are not necessarily evidence-based and may not reflect current best practices.
Question 5 of 5
The following events are important in the development of psychiatric-mental health nursing practice. Which event occurred first?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Harriet Bailey?s *Nursing Mental Disease* (1920) was the first psychiatric nursing text, predating the establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers University (1954), the ANA?s *Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing* (1973), and the *Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice* (1985).