TEST BANK For Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition by Margaret Jordan Halter, Verified Chapters 1 - 36, Complete Newest Version

TEST BANK For Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-
Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter Chapters 1 - 36 | Complete

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 01 Mental Health and Mental Illness
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Chapter 02 Theories and Therapies Approach
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Chapter 03 Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
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Chapter 04 Treatment Settings
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Chapter 05 Cultural Implications
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Chapter 06 Legal and Ethical Considerations
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Chapter 07 The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
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Chapter 08 Therapeutic Relationships
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Chapter 09 Therapeutic Communication
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Chapter 10 Stress Responses and Stress Management
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Chapter 11 Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Chapter 12 Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
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Chapter 13 Bipolar and Related Disorders
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Chapter 14 Depressive Disorders
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Chapter 15 Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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Chapter 16 Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders
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Chapter 17 Somatic Symptom Disorders
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Chapter 18 Eating and Feeding Disorders
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Chapter 19 Sleep–Wake Disorders
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Chapter 20 Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders
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Chapter 21 Impulse Control Disorders
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Chapter 22 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
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Chapter 23 Neurocognitive Disorders
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Chapter 24 Personality Disorders
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Chapter 25 Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
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Chapter 26 Crisis and Disaster
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Chapter 27 Anger, Aggression, and Violence
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Chapter 28 Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence
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Chapter 29 Sexual Assault
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Chapter 30 Dying, Death, and Grieving
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Chapter 31 Older Adults
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Chapter 32 Serious Mental Illness
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Chapter 33 Forensic Nursing
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Chapter 34 Therapeutic Groups
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Chapter 35 Family Interventions
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Chapter 36 Integrative Care
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, Test Bank - Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 9e
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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
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Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-
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Mental Health Nursing: A ClinicalApproach, 9th Edition
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1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which intervention?
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a. Conducting a mental health assessment. kj kj kj kj




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In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-
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prepared nurse practitioners andclinical nurse specialists who have taken special courses on pre
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scribing medication. The nurseprepared at the basic level is permitted to perform mental health
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses “lose all their clinical nursings
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kills.” Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
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o solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations.”
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c. “That’s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technology
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The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than medical–
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surgical nursing, though there is substantial overlap. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help clie
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nts with medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurs
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client ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased, just like other specialties. Psy
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chiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just documentation.
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Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain and suffering.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons diagnosed with me
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ntal illness, a group of nurses write letters to their elected representatives in opposition to the le
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gislation. Which role have the nurses fulfilled?
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a. Recovery
b. Attending
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