Chapter 1: Roles and Functions of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Competent Caring

Chapter 1: Roles and Functions of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Competent Caring

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. In 1952, Hildegard Peplau defined the psychiatric nurse’s role as a:

a.	professional who helps patients with attitude adjustment.
b.	nurse who is extensively trained to care for psychiatric patients.
c.	resource person, a teacher, a leader, and a counselor to patients.
d.	professional who is certified to conduct psychosocial therapy sessions.

 

 

ANS:  C

Nurses were trained as resource persons, teachers, leaders, and counselors who cared for psychiatric patients. The remaining options are incorrect. Ms. Peplau made no mention of the need for extensive training, or special certifications, nursing leadership, or attitude adjustment when defining the role of a psychiatric nurse.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Text Page: 5

TOP:   Nursing Process: N/A

MSC:  NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

2. The contribution of Linda Richards that remains a part of contemporary psychiatric nursing practice is the idea that:

a.	psychiatric nurses should have advanced preparation.
b.	nurses should assess both the physical and the emotional needs of patients.
c.	psychotic behavior must be controlled before serious psychotherapy begins.
d.	basic physical needs must always be met before emotional needs are addressed.

 

 

ANS:  B

Early nursing education made a distinction between physical and emotional needs, and nurses were taught in either a general hospital or a psychiatric hospital. Richards maintained that nurses should be competent to assess both physical and emotional needs.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Text Page: 2

TOP:   Nursing Process: N/A

MSC:  NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

3. A nurse states, “I plan ways for patients assigned to me to participate in their own care and to be actively involved in all of the activities on the unit.” This approach demonstrates the concept of:

a.	social accountability.
b.	therapeutic community.
c.	nurse-patient relationship.
d.	multidisciplinary mental health team.

 

 

ANS:  B

Maxwell Jones published The Therapeutic Community in 1953. It encouraged making use of the patient’s social environment as a means of providing therapeutic experiences.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Text Page: 5

TOP:   Nursing Process: Planning               MSC:  NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity

 

4. Hildegard Peplau’s classic article “Interpersonal Techniques: The Crux of Psychiatric Nursing” directed psychiatric nursing’s future growth by stating that the primary role of the psychiatric nurse was that of:

a.	leader.
b.	teacher.
c.	counselor.
d.	surrogate parent.

 

 

ANS:  C

Hildegard Peplau’s 1962 article identified the heart of psychiatric nursing as fulfillment of the role of counselor or psychotherapist.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Text Page: 5

TOP:   Nursing Process: N/A

MSC:  NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care