TEST BANK
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Varcarolis Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
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3rd Edition By Pollard All Chapter 1 - 35
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,Chapteroi01:oiMentaloiHealthoiandoiMentaloiIllness
Varcarolis’soiCanadianoiPsychiatricoiMentaloiHealthoiNursing,oi3rdoiEdition
MULTIPLEoiCHOICE
1. Aoistaffoinurseoicompletesoiorientationoitooiaoipsychiatricoiunit.oiWhichoiofoitheoifollowing
oiwouldoitoihenurseoiexpectoiasoianoiadvancedoipracticeoiintervention?
a. Conductoimentaloihealthoiassessments
b. Prescribeoipsychotropicoimedication
c. Establishoitherapeuticoirelationships
d. Individualizeoinursingoicareoiplans
ANSWER:o i B
Prescriptiveoiprivilegesoiareoigrantedoitooimaster’s-
preparedoinurseoipractitionersoiwhooihaveoitakenoispecialoicoursesoionoiprescribingoimedica
tion;oitoihusoiitoiisoianoiadvanced-
practiceoiintervention.oiTheoinurseoipreparedoiatoitheoibasicoileveloiisoipermittedoitooiperfor
moimentao i loihealthoiassessments,oiestablishrelationships,oiandoiprovideoiindividualizedoica
reoiplanning.
DIF: CognitiveoiLevel:oiUnderstandoi(Comprehension)
TOP:o i NursingoiProcess:oiImplementation MSC:o i ClientoiNeeds:oiSafeoiEffectiveoi CareoiEnvironment
2. Whenoiaoinursingoistudentoiexpressesoiconcernsoiaboutoihowoimentaloihealthoinursesoi“lo
seoialloitoiheirnursingoiskills,”oiwhichoiofoitheoifollowingoiisoitheoibestoiresponseoibyoitheoi
mentaloihealthoinuroise?
a. “Psychiatricoinursesoipractiseoiinoisaferoienvironmentsoithanoiotheroispeci
alties.oiNurse-to-
patientoiratiosoimustoibeoibetteroibecauseoiofoitheoinatureoiofoitheoipatients’
problems. .
”
b. “Psychiatricoinursesoiuseoicomplexoicommunicationoiskillsoiasoiwelloiasoicriticaloit
hinkingoitooisolveoimultidimensionaloiproblems.oiIoiamoichallengedoibyoithoseoisit
uations.”
c. “That’soiaoimisconception.oiPsychiatricoinursesoifrequentlyoiuseoihigh-
oitechnologymonitoringoiequipmentoiandoimanageoicomplexoiintravenousoi
theraoipies.”
d. “Psychiatricoinursesoidooinotoihaveoitooidealoiwithoiasoimuchoipainoiandois
ufferingoiasmedical–surgicaloinursesoido.oiThatoiappealsoitooime.”
ANSWER:0oiB
Theoipracticeoiofoipsychiatricoinursingoirequiresoiaoidifferentoisetoiofoiskillsoifromoimedical–
surgicaloinursing,oithoughoithereoiisoisubstantialoioverlap.oiTwooidomainsoirelateoispecificall
yoitooipsoiychiatricoinursing:oibehavioural,oiincludingoicommunication,oicoping,oiandoieducat
ion;oiandoisafetoiy,oicoveringcrisisoiandoiriskoimanagement.oiBasicoipsychosocialoinursingoico
nceptsoiareoicentraloitooipsychiatricoinursingoipracticeoiandoiincreaseoiyouroicompetencyoias
oiaoipractitioneroiinoialloiclinicaloisoiettings.
Whateveroisettingoiyouoichooseoitooiworkoiin,oiyouoiwilloihaveoitheoiopportunityoitooiimproveo
itheoilivesoiofpeopleoiwhooiareoiexperiencingoimentaloiillnessoiasoianoiadditionaloichallengeoito
oitheiroihealth.
, Youroiexperienceoiinoitheoimentaloihealthoinursingoirotationoicanoihelpoiyouoigainoiinsightoiinto
oiyourselo i foiandoigreatlyoiincreaseoiyouroiinsightoiintooitheoiexperiencesoiofoiothers.oiThisoipar
toiofoinursingoieducaoitioncanoiprovideoiguidelinesoiforoiandoitheoiopportunityoitooilearnoinewoi
skillsoiforoidealingoiwithoiaoivari
0
Varcarolis Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
0 0 0 0 0
3rd Edition By Pollard All Chapter 1 - 35
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
,
,Chapteroi01:oiMentaloiHealthoiandoiMentaloiIllness
Varcarolis’soiCanadianoiPsychiatricoiMentaloiHealthoiNursing,oi3rdoiEdition
MULTIPLEoiCHOICE
1. Aoistaffoinurseoicompletesoiorientationoitooiaoipsychiatricoiunit.oiWhichoiofoitheoifollowing
oiwouldoitoihenurseoiexpectoiasoianoiadvancedoipracticeoiintervention?
a. Conductoimentaloihealthoiassessments
b. Prescribeoipsychotropicoimedication
c. Establishoitherapeuticoirelationships
d. Individualizeoinursingoicareoiplans
ANSWER:o i B
Prescriptiveoiprivilegesoiareoigrantedoitooimaster’s-
preparedoinurseoipractitionersoiwhooihaveoitakenoispecialoicoursesoionoiprescribingoimedica
tion;oitoihusoiitoiisoianoiadvanced-
practiceoiintervention.oiTheoinurseoipreparedoiatoitheoibasicoileveloiisoipermittedoitooiperfor
moimentao i loihealthoiassessments,oiestablishrelationships,oiandoiprovideoiindividualizedoica
reoiplanning.
DIF: CognitiveoiLevel:oiUnderstandoi(Comprehension)
TOP:o i NursingoiProcess:oiImplementation MSC:o i ClientoiNeeds:oiSafeoiEffectiveoi CareoiEnvironment
2. Whenoiaoinursingoistudentoiexpressesoiconcernsoiaboutoihowoimentaloihealthoinursesoi“lo
seoialloitoiheirnursingoiskills,”oiwhichoiofoitheoifollowingoiisoitheoibestoiresponseoibyoitheoi
mentaloihealthoinuroise?
a. “Psychiatricoinursesoipractiseoiinoisaferoienvironmentsoithanoiotheroispeci
alties.oiNurse-to-
patientoiratiosoimustoibeoibetteroibecauseoiofoitheoinatureoiofoitheoipatients’
problems. .
”
b. “Psychiatricoinursesoiuseoicomplexoicommunicationoiskillsoiasoiwelloiasoicriticaloit
hinkingoitooisolveoimultidimensionaloiproblems.oiIoiamoichallengedoibyoithoseoisit
uations.”
c. “That’soiaoimisconception.oiPsychiatricoinursesoifrequentlyoiuseoihigh-
oitechnologymonitoringoiequipmentoiandoimanageoicomplexoiintravenousoi
theraoipies.”
d. “Psychiatricoinursesoidooinotoihaveoitooidealoiwithoiasoimuchoipainoiandois
ufferingoiasmedical–surgicaloinursesoido.oiThatoiappealsoitooime.”
ANSWER:0oiB
Theoipracticeoiofoipsychiatricoinursingoirequiresoiaoidifferentoisetoiofoiskillsoifromoimedical–
surgicaloinursing,oithoughoithereoiisoisubstantialoioverlap.oiTwooidomainsoirelateoispecificall
yoitooipsoiychiatricoinursing:oibehavioural,oiincludingoicommunication,oicoping,oiandoieducat
ion;oiandoisafetoiy,oicoveringcrisisoiandoiriskoimanagement.oiBasicoipsychosocialoinursingoico
nceptsoiareoicentraloitooipsychiatricoinursingoipracticeoiandoiincreaseoiyouroicompetencyoias
oiaoipractitioneroiinoialloiclinicaloisoiettings.
Whateveroisettingoiyouoichooseoitooiworkoiin,oiyouoiwilloihaveoitheoiopportunityoitooiimproveo
itheoilivesoiofpeopleoiwhooiareoiexperiencingoimentaloiillnessoiasoianoiadditionaloichallengeoito
oitheiroihealth.
, Youroiexperienceoiinoitheoimentaloihealthoinursingoirotationoicanoihelpoiyouoigainoiinsightoiinto
oiyourselo i foiandoigreatlyoiincreaseoiyouroiinsightoiintooitheoiexperiencesoiofoiothers.oiThisoipar
toiofoinursingoieducaoitioncanoiprovideoiguidelinesoiforoiandoitheoiopportunityoitooilearnoinewoi
skillsoiforoidealingoiwithoiaoivari
