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, Chapter’01:’Mental’Health’and’Mental’Illness
Halter:’Varcarolis’’Foundations’of’Psychiatric-
Mental’Health’Nursing:’A’Clinical’Approach,’9th’Edition

MULTIPLE’CHOICE

1. The’scope’of’practiced’for’an’advanced’nurse’practitioner’would’includ
e’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’take
n’special’courses’on’prescribing’medication.’The’nurse’prepared’at’the’b
asic’level’is’permitted’to’perform’mental’health’assessments,’establish’r
elationships,’and’provide’individualized’care’planning.
PTS:’ ’ 1 DIF: Cognitive’Level:’Understand’(Comprehension)
TOP:’ Nursing’Process:’Implementation
MSC:’ Client’Needs:’Safe,’Effective’Care’Env
ironment

2. A’nursing’student’expresses’concerns’that’mental’health’nurses’“lose’al
l’their’clinical’nursing’skills.”‘Select’the’best’response’by’the’mental’h
ealth’nurse.
a. “Psychiatric’nurses’practice’in’safer’environments’than’other’s
pecialties.’Nurse-to-
’client’ratios’must’be’better’because’of’the’nature’of’the’clients
’’problems.”
b. “Psychiatric’nurses’use’complex’communication’skills’as’wel
l’as’critical’thinking’to’solve’multidimensional’problems.’I’a
m’challenged’by’those’situations.”
c. “That’s’a’misconception.’Psychiatric’nurses’frequently’u
se’high’technology’monitoring’equipment’and’manage’c
omplex’intravenous’therapies.”
d. “Psychiatric’nurses’do’not’have’to’deal’with’as’much’pai
n’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’proble
ms,’reflecting’the’holistic’perspective’these’nurses’must’have.’Nurse–
client’ratios’and’workloads’in’psychiatric’settings’have’increased,’just’li
ke’other’specialties.’Psychiatric’nursing’involves’clinical’practice,’not’j
ust’documentation.
Psychosocial’pain’and’suffering’are’as’real’as’physical’pain’and’sufferin
g.
PTS:’ ’ 1 DIF: Cognitive’Level:’Apply’(Application)
TOP:’ Nursing’Process:’Implementation
MSC:’ Client’Needs:’Safe,’Effective’Care’Env
ironment

3. When’a’new’bill’introduced’in’Congress’reduces’funding’for’care’of’p
ersons’diagnosed’with’mental’illness,’a’group’of’nurses’write’letters’to
’their’elected’representatives’in’opposition’to’the’legislation.’Which’ro
le’have’the’nurses’fulfilled?
a. Recovery
b. Attending
c. Advocacy
d. Evidence-based’practice

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