ATI Mental Health Review Exam/ Varcarolis: Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Edition 2021

Varcarolis: Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Edition Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness 1. A new staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice nurse to perform which additional interventions? d. Prescribe psychotropic medication 2. Two nursing students discuss their career plans after graduation. One student wants to enter psychiatric nursing. The other asks, “Why would you want to be a psychiatric nurse? The only thing they do is talk. You’ll lose all your skills.” Select the best response. b. “Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations.” 3. A new bill introduced in Congress would reduce funding for care of persons with mental illness. Groups of nurses write letters to their elected representatives in opposition to the legislation. Which role have the nurses fulfilled? a. Advocacy 4. An informal group of patients discusses their perceptions of nursing care. Which comment best indicates a patient perceived the nurse was caring? “My nurse: d. spends time listening to me talk about my problems. That helps me feel like I’m not alone.” 5. Which finding best indicates that a patient has a mental illness? The patient: b. reports mood is consistently sad, discouraged, and hopeless. 6. Which finding best indicates that the goal “Demonstrate mentally healthy behavior” was achieved? A patient: a. sees self as approaching ideals and capable of meeting demands. 7. A nurse encounters an unfamiliar psychiatric disorder on a new patient’s admission form. To determine criteria used to establish this diagnosis, the nurse should consult which resource? a. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders