Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (9th Edition) Test Bank

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Nursing 9th Edition Test Bank Complete
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, Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
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Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric
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Clinical Approach, 8th Edition
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bwadvanced bwpractice bwnurse bwto bwperform bwwhich bwadditional bwintervention? bwa. Conduct
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b. Prescribe bwpsychotropic bwmedication.
c. Establish bwtherapeutic bwrelationships.
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bwprescribing bwmedication. bwThe bwnurse bwprepared bwat bwthe bwbasic bwlevel bwis bwpermitted bwto

bwperform bwmental bwhealth bwassessments, bwestablish bwrelationships, bwand bwprovide

bwindividualized bwcare bwplanning.



PTS: bw1 bwDIF: bwCognitive bwLevel: bwUnderstand bw(Comprehension) bwREF: bwPage bw1-23
bwTOP: bwNursing bwProcess: bwImplementation

MSC: bwClient bwNeeds: bwSafe, bwEffective bwCare bwEnvironment

2. A bwnursing bwstudent bwexpresses bwconcerns bwthat bwmental bwhealth bwnurses bw―lose bwall bwtheir
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a. ―Psychiatric bwnurses bwpractice bwin bwsafer bwenvironments bwthan bwother bwspecialties. bwNurse-to-
patient bwratios bwmust bwbe bwbetter bwbecause bwof bwthe bwnature bwof bwthe bwpatients‘ bwproblems.‖
b. ―Psychiatric bwnurses bwuse bwcomplex bwcommunication bwskills bwas bwwell bwas bwcritical bwthinking
to bwsolve bwmultidimensional bwproblems. bwI bwam bwchallenged bwby bwthose bwsituations.‖
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c. ―That‘s bwa bwmisconception. bwPsychiatric bwnurses bwfrequentlybwuse bwhigh bwtechnology
bwmonitoring bwequipment bwand bwmanage bwcomplex bwintravenous bwtherapies.‖


d. ―Psychiatric bwnurses bwdo bwnot bwhave bwto bwdeal bwwith bwas bwmuch bwpain bwand bwsuffering bwas
bwmedical– bwsurgical bwnurses bwdo. bwThat bwappeals bwto bwme.‖


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, Test bwBank bwVarcarolis' bwFoundations bwof bwPsychiatric-Mental bwHealth bwNursing bwA bwClinical bw9th bwEdition bw|Test
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