Question 1

Which statement(s)most clearly reflect the stigma of mental illness? (Select all that apply. )

Accepted Answer

Stigma is represented by judgmental remarks that discount the reality and validity of mental illness.Many mental illnesses are genetically transmitted.Neuroimaging can show changes associated with some mental illnesses.

Question 2

Which statement(s)by patients with serious,persistent mental illness best demonstrate that the case manager has established an effective long-term relationship? (Select all that apply. )
"My case manager:

Accepted Answer

Each correct answer is an example of appropriate nursing foci: communicating at a level understandable to the patient,providing medication supervision,and using holistic principles to guide care.The distracters violate relationship boundaries or suggest a laissez faire attitude on the part of the nurse.

Question 3

A person in the community asks the nurse,"People with mental illnesses went to state hospitals in earlier times.Why has that changed?" Select the nurse's accurate response(s).(Select all that apply. )

Accepted Answer

The community is a less restrictive alternative than hospitals for treatment of persons with mental illness.Funding for treatment of mental illness remains largely inadequate but now focuses on community rather than institutional care.Antipsychotic medications improve more symptoms of mental illness;hence,management of psychiatric disorders has improved.Rates of mental illness have increased,not decreased.Hospitals were closed because funding shifted to the community.Conditions in institutions have improved.

Question 4

A patient with schizophrenia lives in the community.On a home visit,the community psychiatric nurse case manager learns that the patient:
· Will begin attending an activities group at the mental health outreach center.
· Is worried about being able to pay for the therapy.
· Does not know how to get from home to the outreach center.
· Has an appointment to have blood work at the same time the activities group meets.
· Wants to attend services at a church that is a half mile from the patient's home.
Which task(s)would be part of the role of a community mental health nurse? (Select all that apply. )

Accepted Answer

The correct answers reflect the coordinating role of the community psychiatric nurse case manager.Negotiating the cost of therapy and accompanying the patient to church services are interventions the nurse would not be expected to undertake.The patient can walk to the church services;the nurse can provide encouragement.

Question 5

Sequence the intensity of these psychiatric treatments from highest to lowest:
A) Clinic visits at a community mental health center
B) Psychosocial rehabilitation program
C) Partial hospitalization
D) Crisis stabilization

Accepted Answer

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Quiz 5: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing in Community Settings

Which statement(s) most clearly reflect the stigma of mental illness? (Select all that apply. )

Which statement(s) by patients with serious,persistent mental illness best demonstrate that the case manager has established an effective long-term relationship? (Select all that apply. ) "My case manager:

A person in the community asks the nurse,"People with mental illnesses went to state hospitals in earlier times.Why has that changed?" Select the nurse's accurate response(s) .(Select all that apply. )

Sequence the intensity of these psychiatric treatments from highest to lowest: A) Clinic visits at a community mental health center B) Psychosocial rehabilitation program C) Partial hospitalization D) Crisis stabilization