Community & Public Health Nursing Promoting the Public's Health 8th ed by Allender, Judith
Community & Public Health Nursing Promoting the Public's Health 8th ed by Allender, Judith
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Chapter 27, Behavioral Health in the Community
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | A community health nurse is meeting with a group of individuals who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. The nurse interprets this to mean which of the following? | |
| A) | The clients have impaired level of functioning and quality of life. | |
| B) | The clients’ disorder is chronic and persistent. | |
| C) | The clients have issues of impaired control and dependency. | |
| D) | The clients have a significant behavior syndrome with present distress. | |
| Ans: | A | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Serious mental illness (SMI) is mental illness that has compromised both the client’s level of function and his or her quality of life. Serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) is the preferred term for serious mental illness of a chronic nature. Impaired control and dependency are components of addiction. A significant behavior syndrome with present distress characterizes a mental illness. | ||
| 2. | When developing appropriate programs for adult mental health promotion, the nurse incorporates knowledge about the most prevalent mental disorders. Which of the following would the nurse identify as the most prevalent? | |
| A) | Major depression | |
| B) | Bipolar disorder | |
| C) | Anxiety disorders | |
| D) | Schizophrenia | |
| Ans: | C | |
| Feedback: | ||
| For American adults, the most prevalent mental disorders are anxiety disorders, followed by mood disorders, especially major depression and bipolar disorders. Schizophrenia, which affects approximately the same number of adults as bipolar disorder, is problematic because it is so persistently disabling. | ||
| 3. | After teaching a group of women in the community about common mental health disorders affecting them, the community health nurse determines that the teaching has been effective when the group identifies which one of the following? | |
| A) | Anxiety disorders and mood disorders occur twice as frequently in men as in women. | |
| B) | Women of color, women on welfare, poor women, and uneducated women are more likely to experience depression than women in the general population. | |
| C) | The three main types of eating disorders affect more men than women. | |
| D) | The three main types of eating disorders include undereating due to food unavailability. | |
| Ans: | B | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Women of color, women on welfare, poor women, and uneducated women are more likely to experience depression than women in the general population. Anxiety disorders and mood disorders occur twice as frequently in women as in men. The three main types of eating disorders affect more women than men. The three main types of eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating) also affect more women than men. | ||
| 4. | A community health nurse is part of community discussion group on alcohol. The nurse recommends that adult males should have less than | |
| A) | 6 standard drinks weekly. | |
| B) | 8 standard drinks weekly. | |
| C) | 10 standard drinks weekly. | |
| D) | 14 standard drinks weekly. | |
| Ans: | D | |
| Feedback: | ||
| For the general male adult population, the recommended drinking limits are fewer than five standard drinks daily or 14 weekly. For the general female adult population, the recommended drinking limits are fewer than four standard drinks daily or eight weekly, and for people age 65 and older, recommended drinking limits are no more that one standard drink daily or seven standard drinks weekly. | ||
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