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PRN1562/ PRN 1562 Exam 1 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Nursing |Review with Questions and Verified Answers|100% Correct| Grade A - Rasmussen

• Considering the many criteria for good mental health, the nursing student has been

instructed to list four of these criteria. The student's list consists of the following: (1) an appropriate perception of reality, (2) the ability to accept oneself, (3) the ability to establish relationships, (4) a need for detachment and the desire for privacy. How would the nurse evaluate the nursing student's list?

• Excellent. All the student's criteria are correct.
• Good. Three out of the four criteria are correct.
• Mediocre. Two out of the four criteria are correct.
• Poor. All four of the criteria are incorrect. - ANSWER ANS 1
• Excellent. All the student's criteria are

correct. There are numerous descriptors depicting the concept of good mental health. The student's list is not comprehensive, but all four criteria listed are correct reflections of good mental health. A mentally healthy individual views reality with a realistic perception based on objective data. Accepting oneself, including strengths and weaknesses, is indicative of good mental health. The ability to establish relationships by use of communication skills is essential for good mental health.Mentally healthy individuals seek time to be alone and appreciate periods of privacy.

• Four out of four, not three out of the four

criteria are correct.

• Four out of four, not two out of the four criteria

are correct.

• All four of the criteria are correct, not incorrect.
• Which assessment is most important when evaluating signs and symptoms of mental

illness? 1 / 4

• The decreased amount of creativity a client exhibits.
• The inability to face problems within one's life.
• The intensity of an emotional reaction.
• The client's social and cultural norms. - ANSWER ANS 4
• The amount of creativity a patient exhibits is

not reflective of mental health or illness.Some individuals are innately more creative than others.

• The inability to face a problem is not specific

to mental illness. Many individuals not diagnosed with a mental illness have difficulty facing problems, such as a diabetic refusing to adhere to an American Diabetes Association diet.

• Intensity of emotional reactions is not indicative

of mental illness. Grief, an expected response to a perceived loss, can vary in intensity from person to person and be affected by cultural norms.

• It is important when assessing for mental

illness that social and cultural norms be evaluated. The context of cultural norms determines if behaviors are considered acceptable or aberrant. Belief in reincarnation can be acceptable in one culture and considered "delusional" in another.

• Which is an example of an interpersonal intervention for a client on an in-patient psychiatric

unit?

• Assist the client to note common defense mechanisms used.
• Discuss "acting out" behaviors, and assist the client in understanding why they

occur.

• Ask the client to use a journal to record thoughts he or she is having before actingout

behaviors occur.

• Ask the client to acknowledge one positive person in his or her life to assist the client

after discharge. - ANSWER ANS 4

• Intrapersonal theory deals with conflicts

within the individual. Assisting clients to note defense mechanisms used would be an example of interventions that reflect the use of intrapersonal theory.

• Discussing acting-out behaviors and why 2 / 4

they occur is an intervention reflective of behavioral theory. A major concept of this theory is that all behavior has meaning.

• Discussion of thoughts is an intervention

reflective of cognitive theory. Cognitive theory is based on the principle that thoughts affect feelings and behaviors.

• Interpersonal theory states that individual

behavior and personality development are the direct result of interpersonal relationships.The identification of a positive relationship is an intervention that reflects interpersonal theory.

• Which is an example of appropriate psychosexual development?
• An 18-month-old relieves anxiety by the use of a pacifier.
• A 5-year-old boy focuses on relationships with other boys.
• A 7-year-old girl identifies with her mother.
• A 12-month-old begins learning about independence and control. - ANSWER

ANS 1

• From birth to 18 months of age, a child is

in the oral stage of Freud's psychosexual development. During this stage, an infant would attempt to decrease anxiety by finding relief using oral gratification.

• From the age of 3 to 6 years, a child is in the

phallic stage of Freud's psychosexual development.During this stage, a child is looking to identify with the parent of the same sex and developing his or her own sexual identity by focusing on genital organs. Focusing on relationships with same-sex peers occurs during the latency stage, which occurs from 6 to 12 years of age.

• From 6 to 12 years of age, a child is in the

latency stage of Freud's psychosexual development.During this stage, a child is suppressing sexuality and focusing on relationships with same-sex peers. Identifying with the parent of the same sex occurs in the phallic stage, which occurs from 3 to 6 years of age.

• Learning about independence and control 3 / 4

occurs in Freud's anal phase of psychosexual development, which occurs from 18 months to 3 years of age.

• In which client situation is ego development evident?
• A client calls out in pain to get his or her needs met.
• A client complains of poor self-esteem because of punishments from his or her past.
• A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself without anger or aggression.
• A client morally feels guilty about wanting to have sexual relations outside of

marriage. - ANSWER ANS 3

• Instinctual drives are considered examples of

the id, which is based on the "pleasure principle." The id is present at birth and assists individuals to decrease immediately the anxiety based on primal needs. Calling out in pain is an example of a primal response.

• Between 3 and 6 years of age, a child begins

to develop his or her own superego by being rewarded or punished for "good" and "bad" behavior. The superego internalizes values and morals set forth by the primary caregivers.This is considered the "perfection principle." The superego is important in that it assists the ego in controlling the impulses of the id. When the superego becomes penalizing, self-esteem issues can arise.

• The ego is considered the "reality principle"

and is developed between 4 and 6 months of age. The ego experiences the outside world and then adapts and responds to it. The ego's main goal is to maintain harmony between the id and the superego. The ability to assert oneself without anger or aggression is an example of a healthy ego.

• As children grow and are rewarded for

"good" and "bad" behavior, they begin to develop their own superego. This is considered the "perfection principle." Not only do parents assist in the development of the superego by a reward-and-punishment system,

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