PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
10TH EDITION (ACTUAL 2025) BY VIDEBECK
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Which of the following is defined as an advanced-level
function in the practice area of psychiatric mental health
nursing?
A) Case management
B) Counseling
C) Evaluation
D) Health teaching - <<<Answers>>>Ans: C
Feedback: Advanced-level functions are psychotherapy,
prescriptive authority, consultation and liaison, evaluation,
and program development and management. Case
management, counseling, and health teaching are basic-level
functions in the practice area of psychiatric mental health
nursing.
A new graduate nurse has accepted a staff position at an
inpatient mental health facility. The graduate nurse can expect
to be responsible for basic-level functions, including
A) providing clinical supervision.
B) using effective communication skills.
, C) adjusting client medications.
D) directing program development. - <<<Answers>>>Ans: B
Feedback: Basic-level functions include counseling, milieu
therapy, self-care activities, psychobiologic interventions,
health teaching, case management, and health promotion and
maintenance. Advanced-level functions include
psychotherapy, prescriptive authority for drugs, consultation
and liaison, evaluation, program development and
management, and clinical supervision
. A student appears very nervous on the first day of clinical in
a psychiatric setting. The student reviews the instructor's
guidelines and appropriately takes which of the following
actions? Select all that apply.
A) Tells the client about personal events and interests
B) Discusses the anxious feelings with the instructor
C) Assumes that the client's unwillingness to talk to a student
nurse is a personal insult or failure
D) Builds rapport with the patient before asking personal
questions
E) Consults the instructor if a shocking situation arises
F) Gravitates to clients that the student may know personally -
<<<Answers>>>Ans: B, D, E
Feedback: Listening carefully, showing genuine interest, and
caring about the client are extremely important rather than
speaking about oneself. The student must deal with his or her
own anxiety about approaching a stranger to talk about very
10TH EDITION (ACTUAL 2025) BY VIDEBECK
TEST BANK
Which of the following is defined as an advanced-level
function in the practice area of psychiatric mental health
nursing?
A) Case management
B) Counseling
C) Evaluation
D) Health teaching - <<<Answers>>>Ans: C
Feedback: Advanced-level functions are psychotherapy,
prescriptive authority, consultation and liaison, evaluation,
and program development and management. Case
management, counseling, and health teaching are basic-level
functions in the practice area of psychiatric mental health
nursing.
A new graduate nurse has accepted a staff position at an
inpatient mental health facility. The graduate nurse can expect
to be responsible for basic-level functions, including
A) providing clinical supervision.
B) using effective communication skills.
, C) adjusting client medications.
D) directing program development. - <<<Answers>>>Ans: B
Feedback: Basic-level functions include counseling, milieu
therapy, self-care activities, psychobiologic interventions,
health teaching, case management, and health promotion and
maintenance. Advanced-level functions include
psychotherapy, prescriptive authority for drugs, consultation
and liaison, evaluation, program development and
management, and clinical supervision
. A student appears very nervous on the first day of clinical in
a psychiatric setting. The student reviews the instructor's
guidelines and appropriately takes which of the following
actions? Select all that apply.
A) Tells the client about personal events and interests
B) Discusses the anxious feelings with the instructor
C) Assumes that the client's unwillingness to talk to a student
nurse is a personal insult or failure
D) Builds rapport with the patient before asking personal
questions
E) Consults the instructor if a shocking situation arises
F) Gravitates to clients that the student may know personally -
<<<Answers>>>Ans: B, D, E
Feedback: Listening carefully, showing genuine interest, and
caring about the client are extremely important rather than
speaking about oneself. The student must deal with his or her
own anxiety about approaching a stranger to talk about very
