Chapter 01: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing And Evidence-Based Practice Questions And Answers 100% Verified A+ Guaranteed

18. After teaching a class to a group of nursing students about the historical perspectives of mental health care, the instructor determines that the group has understood the information when they identify which of the following as a common belief about mental illness during the medieval period? A) Mental illness in an individual was the result of being possessed by demons. B) A person was removed from a contaminated environment to protect him or her. C) Exorcisms were used as primary mode of treatment to cleanse the person of his or her sins. D) The focus was on moral treatment to promote the individual's safety and comfort. {Ans: B) A person was removed from a contaminated environment to protect him or her.}17. When providing care to a patient, the psychiatric mental health nurse is implementing the therapeutic use of self. The nurse is applying the concepts based on the work of which individual? A) Hildegarde Peplau B) Florence Nightingale C) Dorothea Dix D) Sigmund Freud {Ans: A) Hildegarde Peplau}12. The following are important legislative and policy efforts influencing current mental health care. Which of the following is the most recent? A) Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon