TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH EDITION A
COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
, TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH EDITION A
COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH
EDITION A COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY
ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
Test Bank For Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 4th Edition Varcarolis
Contents
Unit I: Essential Theoretical Concepts for Practice
Chapter 1. Science and the Therapeutic Use of Self in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 2. Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 3. Theories & Therapies
Chapter 4. Biological Basis for Understanding Psychopharmacology
Chapter 5. Settings for Psychiatric Care
Chapter 6. Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice
Unit II: Tools for Practice of the Art
Chapter 7. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 8. Communication Skills: Medium for All Nursing Practice
Chapter 9. Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview
UNIT III: Caring for Patients with Psychobiological Disorders
Chapter 10. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 11. Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Chapter 12. Somatic Symptom Disorders and Related Disorders
Chapter 13. Personality Disorders
Chapter 14. Eating Disorders
Chapter 15. Mood Disorders: Depression
Chapter 16. Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 17. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 18. Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 19. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
UNIT IV: Caring for Patients Experiencing Psychiatric Emergencies
Chapter 20. Crisis & Mass Disaster Intervention
Chapter 21. Child, Partner, and Elder Violence
Chapter 22. Sexual Violence
Chapter 23. Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Chapter 24. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 25. Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve
UNIT V: Age-Related Mental Health Disorders
Chapter 26. Children and Adolescents
Chapter 27. Adults
Chapter 28. Older Adults
, TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH EDITION A
COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
Chapter 01: Science and the Therapeutic Use of Self in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Varcarolis: Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Communication abirb.com/test
Approach to Evidence-Based Care, 4th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in the plan of care for a patient living
in the community and diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness? Within 3
abirb.com/test months, the patient will demonstrate what behavior?
a. Denying suicidal ideation
b. Reporting a sense of well-being abirb.com/test
c. Taking medications as prescribed
d. Attending clinic appointments on time
Correct Answer ✅:B abirb.com/test
Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improving
role performance. The goal of recovery is to empower the individual with mental illness to
achieve a sense of meaning and satisfaction in life and to function at the highest possible level
of wellness. The incorrect options focus on the classic medical model rather than
recovery.abirb.com/test
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying)
TOP: Nursing Process: Outcomes Identification
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MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. A patient is hospitalized for depression and suicidal ideation after their spouse asks for a
divorce. Select the nurse’s most caring comment. abirb.com/test
a. “Let’s discuss healthy means of coping when you have suicidal feelings.”
, TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH EDITION A
COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
b. “I understand why you’re so depressed. When I got divorced, I was devastated too.”
c. “You should forget about your marriage and move on with your life.”abirb.com/test
d. “How did you get so depressed that hospitalization was necessary?”
Correct Answer ✅:A
The nurse’s communication should evidence caring and a commitment to work with the
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patient. This commitment lets the patient know the nurse will help. Probing and advice are not
helpful for therapeutic interventions.
abirb.com/test
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying) TOP:
Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial
Integrity
3. In the shift-change report, an off-going nurse criticizes a patient who wears extremely heavy
abirb.com/test makeup. Which comment by the nurse who receives the report best demonstrates
advocacy? a. “This is a psychiatric hospital, so we expect our patients to behave bizarrely.”
b. “Let’s all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of makeup too.” abirb.com/test
c. “Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the report objective.”
d. “Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along in society.”
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Correct Answer ✅:D
Accepting patients’ needs for self-expression and seeking to teach skills that will contribute to
their well-being demonstrate respect and are important parts of advocacy. The on-coming
nurse needs to take action to ensure that others are not prejudiced against the patient. Humor
abirb.com/test can be appropriate within the privacy of a shift report but not at the expense of
respect for
patients. Judging the off-going nurse in a critical way will create conflict. Nurses must show
compassion for each other.
abirb.com/test
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment
abirb.com/test
COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
, TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH EDITION A
COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH
EDITION A COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY
ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
Test Bank For Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 4th Edition Varcarolis
Contents
Unit I: Essential Theoretical Concepts for Practice
Chapter 1. Science and the Therapeutic Use of Self in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 2. Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 3. Theories & Therapies
Chapter 4. Biological Basis for Understanding Psychopharmacology
Chapter 5. Settings for Psychiatric Care
Chapter 6. Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice
Unit II: Tools for Practice of the Art
Chapter 7. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Chapter 8. Communication Skills: Medium for All Nursing Practice
Chapter 9. Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview
UNIT III: Caring for Patients with Psychobiological Disorders
Chapter 10. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 11. Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Chapter 12. Somatic Symptom Disorders and Related Disorders
Chapter 13. Personality Disorders
Chapter 14. Eating Disorders
Chapter 15. Mood Disorders: Depression
Chapter 16. Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 17. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 18. Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 19. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
UNIT IV: Caring for Patients Experiencing Psychiatric Emergencies
Chapter 20. Crisis & Mass Disaster Intervention
Chapter 21. Child, Partner, and Elder Violence
Chapter 22. Sexual Violence
Chapter 23. Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Chapter 24. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 25. Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve
UNIT V: Age-Related Mental Health Disorders
Chapter 26. Children and Adolescents
Chapter 27. Adults
Chapter 28. Older Adults
, TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH EDITION A
COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
Chapter 01: Science and the Therapeutic Use of Self in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Varcarolis: Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Communication abirb.com/test
Approach to Evidence-Based Care, 4th Edition
abirb.com/test
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in the plan of care for a patient living
in the community and diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness? Within 3
abirb.com/test months, the patient will demonstrate what behavior?
a. Denying suicidal ideation
b. Reporting a sense of well-being abirb.com/test
c. Taking medications as prescribed
d. Attending clinic appointments on time
Correct Answer ✅:B abirb.com/test
Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improving
role performance. The goal of recovery is to empower the individual with mental illness to
achieve a sense of meaning and satisfaction in life and to function at the highest possible level
of wellness. The incorrect options focus on the classic medical model rather than
recovery.abirb.com/test
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying)
TOP: Nursing Process: Outcomes Identification
abirb.com/test
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. A patient is hospitalized for depression and suicidal ideation after their spouse asks for a
divorce. Select the nurse’s most caring comment. abirb.com/test
a. “Let’s discuss healthy means of coping when you have suicidal feelings.”
, TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 4TH EDITION A
COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED CARE BY ELIZABETH VARCAROLIS
b. “I understand why you’re so depressed. When I got divorced, I was devastated too.”
c. “You should forget about your marriage and move on with your life.”abirb.com/test
d. “How did you get so depressed that hospitalization was necessary?”
Correct Answer ✅:A
The nurse’s communication should evidence caring and a commitment to work with the
abirb.com/test
patient. This commitment lets the patient know the nurse will help. Probing and advice are not
helpful for therapeutic interventions.
abirb.com/test
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying) TOP:
Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial
Integrity
3. In the shift-change report, an off-going nurse criticizes a patient who wears extremely heavy
abirb.com/test makeup. Which comment by the nurse who receives the report best demonstrates
advocacy? a. “This is a psychiatric hospital, so we expect our patients to behave bizarrely.”
b. “Let’s all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of makeup too.” abirb.com/test
c. “Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the report objective.”
d. “Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along in society.”
abirb.com/test
Correct Answer ✅:D
Accepting patients’ needs for self-expression and seeking to teach skills that will contribute to
their well-being demonstrate respect and are important parts of advocacy. The on-coming
nurse needs to take action to ensure that others are not prejudiced against the patient. Humor
abirb.com/test can be appropriate within the privacy of a shift report but not at the expense of
respect for
patients. Judging the off-going nurse in a critical way will create conflict. Nurses must show
compassion for each other.
abirb.com/test
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment
abirb.com/test
