NUR 2225 Exam Revision With Actual Questions And
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What does recovery mean? -Answer The active process of people with mental illness
moving towards their own goals ans living their own satisfying life
Clinical recovery -Answer the removal of clinical symptoms
Personal recovery -Answer a deeply personal, unique process of changing one's
attitude, values, feelings, goals or roles. way of living a satisfying and contributing life
even with the limitation caused by illness
Principles of recovery-orientated MH practice - Answer - uniqueness of the individual
- real choice
- attitudes and rights
- dignity and respect
- partnership and communication
- evaluating recovery
Define mental illness - Answer a health problem that significantly affects how a person
feels, thinks, behaves and interact with other people
Define mental health - A state of well being in which the individual realises his/ her own
potentials, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully
and can contribute to the community.
What are the impacts of stigma? - Answer - avoiding help
- isolation
,- social avoidance
- lessened self-worth and worthiness
- impact on symptoms
- reduced recovery and personal empowerment
Stereotype - a widely held but fixed and oversimplified beliefs about a particular type of
person or thing
Discrimination - unjust or prejudical treatment of a group or class of people
Purpose of Mental Health Act 2014 - placing people with mental illness at the centre of
decision-making about their treatment and care
Restrictive interventions of Assessment Order - 1. community AO: max. 24hrs
2. impatient AO: max. 72hrs including transportation
(max. 24hrs in DMHS)
Criteria for assessment order - Answer 1. The person appears to have a mental illness
2. Requires immediate treatment to prevent:
- serious deterioration in the person's mental or physical health
- serious harm to the person or another person
3. The person is able to be assessed
4. There is no less restrictive means reasonably available for the person
Temporary Treatment Order - Answer made by AP after AO
- enable the person to be treated for max. 28 days
Who is respnsibe for the Treatment Order? - Answer made be Mental Health Tribunal
, Duration of Treatment Order - Answer 1. community TO for a person >18yo: 12 months;
<18yo: 3 months
2. in-patient TO for a person >18yo: 6 months; <18yo: 3 months
Purpose of comprehensive assessment - Answer - communicate, identify and clarify the
person' mental issues
- assess physical health
- identify personal/ family/ social support that can be used in collaborative care and
treatment planning
- provide the person/ carers/ family the opportunity to express concerns
Component of MSE - Answer PAMSGOTJIMI
P: perception
A: affect and mood
M: motor function
S: speech
G: general appearance
O: orientation
T: thought (content/ process)
J: judgement
I: insight
M: memory
I: intellectual functioning
Halluciantions - Answr false sensory experience that can happen in all five sense, may
see it in those with psychosis
Types of hallucination - Answr Auditory, tactile, visual, olfactory, gustatory
illusion - Answr misinterpretation of external stimuli
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