• Question 1
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Healthy People 2020 includes the following targeted national health objectives for
mental health and mental
... [Show More] disorders: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers:
a. increase the proportion of persons with co-occurring substance
abuse and mental disorders who receive treatment for both disorders
c. reduce the suicide rate
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d. reduce the proportion of persons who experience major depressive
episodes
Healthy People 2020 includes the following targeted national health
objectives for mental health and mental disorders: increase the
proportion of persons with co-occuring substance abuse and mental
disorders who receive treatment for both disorders, reduce the suicide
rate, and reduce the proportion of persons who experience major
depressive episodes.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pgs. 793-797
• Question 2
Poverty refers to: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers:
a. having insufficient financial resources to meet basic
living expenses
c. people who are more likely to live in dangerous
environments
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d. people who work in high risk jobs, and eat less
nutritious foods
Poverty refers to having insufficient financial resources to meet basic
living expenses, people who are more likely to live in dangerous
environments, and people who work in high- risk jobs, and eat less
nutritious foods.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 734
• Question 3
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At present, the following groups often constitute the homeless in both rural and
urban areas: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers:
a. single women
b. adolescent
runaways
c. substanceabusers
Response
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d. mentally-ill
individuals
At present, the following groups often constitute the homeless in both
rural and urban areas: single women, adolescent runaways,
substance abusers, and the mentally ill.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pgs. 740-741
• Question 4
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Babies born to teenage mothers in the United States are at-risk for many of the
same problems as their young mothers. These include:(Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers:
a. school failure
c. poverty
Response
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d. physical or mental
illness
Babies born to teenage mothers in the United States are at-risk for
many of the same problems as their young mothers. These include
school failure, poverty, and physical or mental illness.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. p. 770
• Question 5
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Factors leading to the growing number of persons in poverty in the United States
include: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers: b. inadequate education and job skills
c. a growing number of households headed
by women
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d. reduced Social Security payments to
children
Factors leading to the growing number of poor persons in the United
States include: inadequate education and job skills, a growing number
of households headed by women, and reduced Social Security
payments to children.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 735
• Question 6
6.67 out of 6.67 pointsConsumer advocacy movements for people with mental illness came about to
fulfill unmet needs and to attempt to decrease the stigma associated with mental
illness. (True or False)
Correct
Answer:
Tru
e
Response
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Consumer advocacy movements for people with mental illness
came about to fulfill unmet needs and to attempt to decrease the
stigma associated with mental illness.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 784
• Question 7
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Objectives of Healthy People 2020 that address tertiary prevention and are
targeted to persons with serious mental illness are to: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers:
a. reduce the proportion of homeless adults who have serious
mental illness
b. increase their employment
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c. decrease the number of adults with mental disorders who are
incarcerated
Objectives of Healthy People 2020 address tertiary prevention and
are targeted to persons with serious mental illness are to reduce the
proportion of homeless adults who have serious mental illness, to
increase their employment, and to decrease the number of adults with
mental disorders who are incarcerated.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 796
• Question 8
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Poverty has a direct effect on health and well-being across the lifespan. Persons in
poverty have: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers: a. higher rates of chronic illness
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d. higher rates of infant morbidity and
mortality
Poverty has a direct effect on health and well-being across the
lifespan. Poor persons have higher rates of chronic illness and higher
rates of infant morbidity and mortality.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 747
• Question 9
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The leading cause of productivity loss because of disability in the United States is:
(Multiple Choice)
CorrectAnswer: c.
depression
Response
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Depression is the leading cause of productivity loss because of
disability in the United States.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 784
• Question 10
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When adolescents seek health care, it is often to discuss concerns about: (Select all
that apply)
Correct
Answers:
c. a possible pregnancy
Response
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d. finding a birth control
method
When adolescents seek health care, it is often to discuss concerns
about a possible pregnancy or finding a birth control method.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 767
• Question 11
When an adolescent seeks counsel from a nurse, it is important that the
nurse: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers: b. take the adolescent's concerns
seriously
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Response
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c. establish a trusting relationship
When an adolescent seeks counsel from a nurse, it is important that
the nurse take the adolescent's concerns seriously and establish a
trusting relationship.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 768
• Question 12
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In providing mental health services to individuals or groups, the role of the nurse at
the basic practitioner level may include: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers:
a. case management
b. counseling
c. psychobiologicallinterventions
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d. milieu therapy
In providing mental health services to individuals or groups, the role of
the nurse at the basic practitioner level may include case
management, counseling, psychobiological interventions, and milieu
therapy.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 791
• Question 13
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Melissa, a 16 year-old, confides in you the nurse that she may be pregnant. Your
first course of action should include the following:
Correct
Answer: d. establish a trusting
relationship
Response
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Melissa, a 16 year-old, confides in you, the nurse, that she may be
pregnant. Your first course of action should include establishing a
trusting relationship.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Critical Thinking REF. Pg. 768
• Question 14
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Strategies that are important to the nurse working with the poor and homeless
include: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers: b. creating a trusting environment
c. showing respect, compassion, and
concern
Response
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d. coordinating a network of services and
providers
Strategies that are important to the nurse working with the poor and
homeless include: creating a trusting environment, showing respect,
compassion, and concern, and coordinating a network of services and
providers.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pgs. 745-746
• Question 15
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The following characteristics are descriptive of crisis poverty: (Select all that apply)
Correct
Answers:
a. lives are usually marked by hardship and struggle
b. homelessness is often transient or episodicc. homelessness may result from lack of education or employment,
obsolete job skills, or domestic violence
Response
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:
d. the homeless person may resort to brief stays in shelters or other
temporary accommodations
The following characteristics are descriptive of crisis poverty: lives are
usually marked by hardship and struggle, homelessness is often
transient or episodic, homelessness may result from lack of education
or employment, obsolete job skills, or domestic violence. The homeless
person may resort to brief stays in shelters or other temporary
accommodations.
DIF. Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF. Pg. 739 [Show Less]