A nurse must assess several new patients at a community mental health center. Conclusions concerning current functioning should be made on the basis of:
a. the degree of conformity of the individual to society's norms.
b. the degree to which an individual is logical and rational.
c. a continuum from mentally healthy to unhealthy.
d. the rate of intellectual and emotional growth.
ANS: C
Because mental health and mental illness are relative concepts, assessment of functioning is made by using a continuum. Mental health is not based on conformity; some mentally healthy individuals do not conform to society's norms. Most individuals occasionally display illogical or irrational thinking. The rate of intellectual and emotional growth is not the most useful criterion to assess mental health or mental illness.
You might also like to view...
A patient has informed the nurse that he has begun supplementing his medication regimen with a series of herbal remedies recommended by his sister-in-law
Which of the following is the most important nursing responsibility regarding herbal supplements? A) Research for potential interactions with medications. B) Instruct the patient to discontinue them if taking prescription medications. C) Instruct the patient to take the supplements 1 hour before prescription medications. D) Instruct the patient to take the supplements 3 hours after prescription medications.
The population health nurse is making a home visit with a family who has a child who recently became a paraplegic. The nurse suggests some home modifications to accommodate the child's disability. Which family-focused intervention is the nurse using?
1. Illness prevention. 2. Problem resolution. 3. Health restoration. 4. Injury prevention.
Antibodies can protect the body by either destroying or inactivating a particular antigen by: (Select all that apply.)
a. mechanically harming it. b. activating the complement system. c. releasing chemicals that alter the envi-ronment of the antigen. d. directly attacking the nucleus of the anti-gen. e. forming organic "chains" that sweep out the antigen.
After noting meconium-stained amniotic fluid and fetal heart rate decelerations, the physician diagnoses a depressed fetus. The appropriate nursing action at this time would be to do what?
1. Increase the mother's oxygen rate. 2. Turn the mother to the left lateral position. 3. Prepare the mother for a higher-risk delivery. 4. Increase the intravenous infusion rate.