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Varcarolis Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing
3rd Edition By Pollard All Chapter 1 - 35
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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Varcarolis’s Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing, 3rd Edition
MULTIPL
E CHOICE
A staff nurse completes orientation to a
1.
psychiatric unit. Which of the following would
the nurse expect as an advanced practice
intervention?
a. Conduct mental health assessments
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication
c. Establish therapeutic relationships
d. Individualize nursing care plans
ANSWER:
B
Prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-
prepared nurse practitioners who have taken
special courses on prescribing medication; thus it
is an advanced-practice intervention. The nurse
prepared at the basic level is permitted to
perform mental health assessments, establish
relationships, and provide individualized care
planning.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand
(Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC:
Client Needs: Safe Effective Care Environment
2. When a nursing student expresses concerns
about how mental health nurses “lose all their
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nursing skills,” which of the following is the
best response by the mental health nurse?
a. “Psychiatric nurses practise in safer
environments than other specialties.
Nurse-to-patient ratios must be better
because of the nature of the patients’
probl .
ems.”
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 from medical–surgical
nursing, though there is substantial overlap.
Two domains relate specifically to psychiatric
nursing: behavioural, including communication,
coping, and education; and safety, covering crisis
and risk management. Basic psychosocial nursing
concepts are central to psychiatric nursing
practice and increase your competency as a
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TEST BANK
Varcarolis Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing
3rd Edition By Pollard All Chapter 1 - 35
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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Varcarolis’s Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing, 3rd Edition
MULTIPL
E CHOICE
A staff nurse completes orientation to a
1.
psychiatric unit. Which of the following would
the nurse expect as an advanced practice
intervention?
a. Conduct mental health assessments
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication
c. Establish therapeutic relationships
d. Individualize nursing care plans
ANSWER:
B
Prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-
prepared nurse practitioners who have taken
special courses on prescribing medication; thus it
is an advanced-practice intervention. The nurse
prepared at the basic level is permitted to
perform mental health assessments, establish
relationships, and provide individualized care
planning.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand
(Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC:
Client Needs: Safe Effective Care Environment
2. When a nursing student expresses concerns
about how mental health nurses “lose all their
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nursing skills,” which of the following is the
best response by the mental health nurse?
a. “Psychiatric nurses practise in safer
environments than other specialties.
Nurse-to-patient ratios must be better
because of the nature of the patients’
probl .
ems.”
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 from medical–surgical
nursing, though there is substantial overlap.
Two domains relate specifically to psychiatric
nursing: behavioural, including communication,
coping, and education; and safety, covering crisis
and risk management. Basic psychosocial nursing
concepts are central to psychiatric nursing
practice and increase your competency as a
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