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Chapteri01:iMentaliHealthiandiMentaliIllness

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MULTIPLEiCHOICE

1. Aistaffinurseicompletesiorientationitoiaipsychiatriciunit.iThisinurseimayiexpectianiadvancedipra
cticeinurseitoiperformiwhichiadditionaliintervention?ia.
Conductimentalihealthiassessments.
b. Prescribeipsychotropicimedication.
c. Establishitherapeuticirelationships.
d. Individualizeinursingicareiplans.
ANS:iB
Inimostistates,iprescriptiveiprivilegesiareigranteditoimaster‘s-
preparedinurseipractitionersiandiclinicalinurseispecialistsiwhoihaveitakenispecialicoursesioniprescribi
ngimedication.iTheinurseipreparediatitheibasicileveliisipermitteditoiperformimentalihealthiassessment
s,iestablishirelationships,iandiprovideiindividualizedicareiplanning.

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MSC:iClientiNeeds:iSafe,iEffectiveiCareiEnvironment

2. Ainursingistudentiexpressesiconcernsithatimentalihealthinursesi―loseiallitheiriclinicalinursingiskil
ls.‖iSelectitheibestiresponseibyitheimentalihealthinurse.
a. ―Psychiatricinursesipracticeiinisaferienvironmentsithaniotherispecialties.iNurse-to-
patientiratiosimustibeibetteribecauseiofitheinatureiofitheipatients‘iproblems.‖
b. ―Psychiatricinursesiuseicomplexicommunicationiskillsiasiwelliasicriticalithinkingitoisolveimu
ltidimensionaliproblems.iIiamichallengedibyithoseisituations.‖
c. ―That‘siaimisconception.iPsychiatricinursesifrequentlyiuseihighitechnologyimonitoringieq
uipmentiandimanageicomplexiintravenousitherapies.‖
d. ―Psychiatricinursesidoinotihaveitoidealiwithiasimuchipainiandisufferingiasimedical–
isurgicalinursesido.iThatiappealsitoime.‖


ANS:iB
Theipracticeiofipsychiatricinursingirequiresiaidifferentisetiofiskillsithanimedical–
surgicalinursing,ithoughithereiisisubstantialioverlap.iPsychiatricinursesimustibeiableitoihelpipatie
ntsiwithimedicaliasiwelliasimentalihealthiproblems,ireflectingitheiholisticiperspectiveitheseinurse
simustihave.iNurse–
patientiratiosiandiworkloadsiinipsychiatricisettingsihaveiincreased,ijustilikeiotherispecialties.iPsy
chiatricinursingiinvolvesiclinicalipractice,inotijustidocumentation.iPsychosocialipainiandisufferi
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