Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing ,4th Edition by Frisch, Noreen Cavan, Frisch, Lawrence E. – Test Bank

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing ,4th Edition by Frisch, Noreen Cavan, Frisch, Lawrence E. – Test Bank

CHAPTER 10 SELF-CARE FOR THE NURSE

TRUE/FALSE

1. Victim consciousness is the belief that people are at the mercy of circumstances beyond their control.

ANS: T PTS: 1

2. A person’s power comes from outside the self, and this outside power gives a person the ability to affect change.

ANS: F PTS: 1

3. Nurses caring for themselves benefit the clients.

ANS: T PTS: 1

4. Work breaks serve very little purpose and should be omitted in times when there is a nursing shortage.

ANS: F PTS: 1

5. Most people have a natural circadian rhythm for optimum attentiveness of 90 to 120 minutes.

ANS: T PTS: 1

6. Thought patterns have little to do with the physical body or with emotional depression.

ANS: F PTS: 1