Principles of Mental Health Nursing

How should a nurse express acceptance towards a patient?

• Being judgmental and punitive

• Being insincere towards the patient

• Being non-judgmental and non-punitive

• Ignoring the patient

What is used as a therapeutic tool in mental health nursing?

• Medication

• Physical force

• Verbal force

• Self-understanding

What contributes to a patient's security according to the text?

• Inconsistency

• Reassurance

• Judgmental behavior

• Ignoring the patient

How should reassurance be given to a patient?

• By avoiding the patient

• By increasing the patient's anxiety

• In a subtle and acceptable manner

• In a direct and forceful manner

How is a patient's behavior changed?

• Through rational interpretation

• Through physical force

• Through verbal force

• Through emotional experience

What should be avoided in mental health nursing?

• Realistic nurse-patient relationship

• Physical and verbal force

• Objective observation

• Increase in patient's anxiety

What is the focus of nursing care according to the text?

• Physical and verbal force

• Control of symptoms

• Patient as a person

• Increase in patient's anxiety

How should explanations be given to patients?

• In a judgmental manner

• Without any explanation

• According to the nurse's understanding

• According to the patient's level of understanding

What should be the focus while modifying procedures in nursing care?

• Changing basic principles

• Avoiding basic principles

• Ignoring basic principles

• Maintaining basic principles

What should be avoided in the nurse-patient relationship?

• Objective observation

• Physical and verbal force

• Consistency

• Realistic relationship