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Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 10th Edition.
By Margaret Jordan Halter – Comprehensive Psychiatric Nursing NCLEX® Practice Resource
,Table of Contents
UNIT I: Foundations in Theory
Mental Health and Mental Illness
Theories and Therapies
Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
UNIT II: Foundations for Practice
Treatment Settings
Cultural Implications
Ethical and Legal Considerations
UNIT III: Psychosocial Nursing Tools
Nursing Process and Standards of Care
Therapeutic Relationships
Therapeutic Communication
Stress Responses and Management
UNIT IV: Psychobiological Disorders
Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Depressive Disorders
Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Trauma- and Stressor-Related and Dissociative Disorders
Somatic Symptom Disorders
Eating and Feeding Disorders
Sleep–Wake Disorders
Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, Paraphilic Disorders
Impulse Control Disorders
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
,Personality Disorders
UNIT V: Trauma Interventions
Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Crisis and Disaster
Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence
Sexual Assaul
UNIT VI: Interventions for Special Populations
Dying, Death, and Grieving
Older Adults
Serious Mental Illness
Forensic Nursing
UNIT VII: Other Intervention Modalities
Therapeutic Groups
Family Interventions
Integrative Care
, Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice
nurse to perform which additional intervention? a. Conduct mental health
assessments.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication.
c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
d. Individualize nursing care plans.
Answer: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master‘s-prepared nurse practitioners and clinical nurse
specialists who have taken special courses on prescribing medication. The nurse prepared at the basic level is
permitted to perform mental health assessments, establish
relationships, and provide individualized care planning.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Page 1-23 TOP: Nursing Process:
Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses ―lose all their clinical nursing skills.‖
Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
a. ―Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to- patient ratios must
be better because of the nature of the patients‘ problems.‖
b. ―Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to solve
multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations.‖
c. ―That‘s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technology monitoring equipment and
manage complex intravenous therapies.‖
d. ―Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering as medical– surgical nurses
do. That appeals to me.‖
Answer: B
The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than medical–surgical nursing, though there
is substantial overlap. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help patients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these
Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 10th Edition.
By Margaret Jordan Halter – Comprehensive Psychiatric Nursing NCLEX® Practice Resource
,Table of Contents
UNIT I: Foundations in Theory
Mental Health and Mental Illness
Theories and Therapies
Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
UNIT II: Foundations for Practice
Treatment Settings
Cultural Implications
Ethical and Legal Considerations
UNIT III: Psychosocial Nursing Tools
Nursing Process and Standards of Care
Therapeutic Relationships
Therapeutic Communication
Stress Responses and Management
UNIT IV: Psychobiological Disorders
Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Depressive Disorders
Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Trauma- and Stressor-Related and Dissociative Disorders
Somatic Symptom Disorders
Eating and Feeding Disorders
Sleep–Wake Disorders
Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, Paraphilic Disorders
Impulse Control Disorders
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
,Personality Disorders
UNIT V: Trauma Interventions
Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Crisis and Disaster
Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence
Sexual Assaul
UNIT VI: Interventions for Special Populations
Dying, Death, and Grieving
Older Adults
Serious Mental Illness
Forensic Nursing
UNIT VII: Other Intervention Modalities
Therapeutic Groups
Family Interventions
Integrative Care
, Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice
nurse to perform which additional intervention? a. Conduct mental health
assessments.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication.
c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
d. Individualize nursing care plans.
Answer: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master‘s-prepared nurse practitioners and clinical nurse
specialists who have taken special courses on prescribing medication. The nurse prepared at the basic level is
permitted to perform mental health assessments, establish
relationships, and provide individualized care planning.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Page 1-23 TOP: Nursing Process:
Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses ―lose all their clinical nursing skills.‖
Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
a. ―Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to- patient ratios must
be better because of the nature of the patients‘ problems.‖
b. ―Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to solve
multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations.‖
c. ―That‘s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technology monitoring equipment and
manage complex intravenous therapies.‖
d. ―Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering as medical– surgical nurses
do. That appeals to me.‖
Answer: B
The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than medical–surgical nursing, though there
is substantial overlap. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help patients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these
