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Test Bank for Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice
Chapter 7 : Psychosocial Theoretic Basis of Psychiatric Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
A group of nursing students are reviewing information about Freud?s personality structure. The students demonstrate understanding of this information when they identify the ability to form mutually satisfying relationships as a function of which of the following?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Freud?s personality structure includes the id, ego, and superego. The ego mediates between the id?s impulses and the superego?s moral standards, enabling reality-based functions like forming mutually satisfying relationships. Defense mechanisms protect the ego, the unconscious is a repository of repressed thoughts, and the id drives instinctual desires, none of which directly facilitate relationships.
Question 2 of 5
When describing the influence of Harry Stack Sullivan on psychiatric-mental health nursing, which of the following would the instructor address as a major concept?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Harry Stack Sullivan emphasized interpersonal relations as the foundation of personality development and mental health. His theory focuses on how interactions with others shape behavior and mental well-being. Harmony is a broader concept, the collective unconscious is Jung?s theory, and unconditional positive regard is associated with Carl Rogers.
Question 3 of 5
A nursing student is to provide a class presentation about interpersonal and psychoanalytic theories. As part of this presentation, the student is planning to address the major way these two categories differ. Which of the following would the student include as key to interpersonal theories?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Interpersonal theories, like those of Sullivan and Peplau, emphasize human relationships and social interactions as central to mental health. Psychoanalytic theories, like Freud?s, focus on instincts and drives. The potential for goodness is more aligned with humanistic theories.
Question 4 of 5
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is integrating Carl Rogers? theory into the plan of care for a patient with a mental illness. The nurse incorporates understanding of this theory by acknowledging that the therapist accomplishes which of the following?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Carl Rogers? humanistic theory emphasizes unconditional positive regard, empathy, and genuineness to foster client growth. This involves accepting the client without judgment. Validation of terminology is not a core concept, instinctual drives are Freudian, and basic needs align more with Maslow.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is demonstrating behaviors that the treatment team is attempting to get the patient to develop. The nurse is integrating which theory?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Albert Bandura?s social cognitive theory emphasizes learning through observation and modeling. The nurse demonstrating desired behaviors for the patient to emulate aligns with this theory. Erikson focuses on developmental stages, Skinner on reinforcement, and Freud on unconscious drives.