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TEST BANK FOR VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS
OF PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
9TH
EDITION BY MARGARET JORDAN HALTER
Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I: Foundations in Theory
Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness Chapter
2. Theories and Therapies
Chapter 3. Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
UNIT II: Foundations for Practice
Chapter 4. Treatment Settings Chapter
5. Cultural Implications
Chapter 6. Legal and Ethical Considerations
UNIT III: Psychosocial Nursing Tools
Chapter 7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care Chapter 8.
Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 9. Therapeutic Communication
Chapter 10. Stress Responses and Stress Management
UNIT IV: Psychobiological Disorders
Chapter 11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Chapter
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 13. Bipolar and Related Disorders Chapter
14. Depressive Disorders
Chapter 15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Chapter 16.
Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders Chapter 17.
Somatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 18. Eating and Feeding Disorders Chapter
19. Sleep-Wake Disorders
Chapter 20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders
Chapter 21. Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Chapter 23.
Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 24. Personality Disorders
UNIT V: Trauma Interventions
Chapter 25. Suicide and Non-suicidal Self-Injury
Chapter 26. Crisis and Disaster
Chapter 27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence
Chapter 29. Sexual Assault
UNIT VI: Interventions for Special Populations
Chapter 30. Dying, Death, and Grieving Chapter
31. Older Adults
Chapter 32. Serious Mental Illness
Chapter 33. Forensic Nursing
UNIT VII: Other Intervention Modalities
Chapter 34. Therapeutic Groups Chapter
35. Family Interventions Chapter 36.
Integrative Care
Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
,CHAPTER 01: MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS
HALTER
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which
intervention?
a. Conducting a mental health assessment.
b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing care plan.
ANS: 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)
- 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- client ratios must be better because of the
nature of the clients‘ 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.‖
ANS: 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 clients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must have. Nurse–
client ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased, just like
other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just
documentation.
Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain and suffering.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
- Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care
Environment
3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of
persons diagnosed with mental illness, a group of nurses write letters to
their elected representatives in opposition to the legislation. Which role
Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
, have the nurses fulfilled?
a.Recovery
b.Attending
c.Advocacy
d.Evidence-based practice
Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
TEST BANK FOR VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS
OF PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
9TH
EDITION BY MARGARET JORDAN HALTER
Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I: Foundations in Theory
Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness Chapter
2. Theories and Therapies
Chapter 3. Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
UNIT II: Foundations for Practice
Chapter 4. Treatment Settings Chapter
5. Cultural Implications
Chapter 6. Legal and Ethical Considerations
UNIT III: Psychosocial Nursing Tools
Chapter 7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care Chapter 8.
Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 9. Therapeutic Communication
Chapter 10. Stress Responses and Stress Management
UNIT IV: Psychobiological Disorders
Chapter 11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Chapter
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 13. Bipolar and Related Disorders Chapter
14. Depressive Disorders
Chapter 15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Chapter 16.
Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders Chapter 17.
Somatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 18. Eating and Feeding Disorders Chapter
19. Sleep-Wake Disorders
Chapter 20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders
Chapter 21. Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Chapter 23.
Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 24. Personality Disorders
UNIT V: Trauma Interventions
Chapter 25. Suicide and Non-suicidal Self-Injury
Chapter 26. Crisis and Disaster
Chapter 27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence
Chapter 29. Sexual Assault
UNIT VI: Interventions for Special Populations
Chapter 30. Dying, Death, and Grieving Chapter
31. Older Adults
Chapter 32. Serious Mental Illness
Chapter 33. Forensic Nursing
UNIT VII: Other Intervention Modalities
Chapter 34. Therapeutic Groups Chapter
35. Family Interventions Chapter 36.
Integrative Care
Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
,CHAPTER 01: MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS
HALTER
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which
intervention?
a. Conducting a mental health assessment.
b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing care plan.
ANS: 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)
- 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- client ratios must be better because of the
nature of the clients‘ 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.‖
ANS: 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 clients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must have. Nurse–
client ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased, just like
other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just
documentation.
Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain and suffering.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
- Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care
Environment
3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of
persons diagnosed with mental illness, a group of nurses write letters to
their elected representatives in opposition to the legislation. Which role
Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
, have the nurses fulfilled?
a.Recovery
b.Attending
c.Advocacy
d.Evidence-based practice
Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
