In the earliest primitive societies, people believed that mental illness was the result of
1. an imbalance of humors.
2. demons and evil forces.
3. microbes and bacteria.
4. witches and magicians.
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History of mental illness
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"Stress-buffering" behaviors can be elicited to reduce stress. All of the following behavioral coping responses can be used by nurse managers to reduce and manage stress except:
a. Distancing oneself from work. b. Using cognitive reframing to change irra-tional thoughts. c. Refusing a request to sit on a committee to evaluate scheduling software. d. Exercising regularly.
Which of the following is the best example of an outcome statement? The patient will: a. Use the incentive spirometer when awake
a. Use the incentive spirometer when awake b. Walk two times during day and evening shift c. Maintain oxygen saturation above 92% while performing ADLs each morning d. Tolerate 10 sets of range-of-motion exercises with physical therapy
The nurse explains that according to Maslow, mentally healthy persons have the characteristics of (select all that apply):
1. acceptance of self. 2. reality orientation. 3. spontaneity. 4. effective problem solving. 5. no need for privacy.
A patient at the clinic is complaining to a nurse that she has no specific symptoms, but that her body aches, she is fatigued, and she just does not feel good. This patient's phase of illness is the
1. Dependency phase. 2. Seeking help phase. 3. Prodromal phase. 4. Symptomatic phase.