TEST BANK
All Chapters Included
, Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing A Clinical 9th
Edition by Margaret Jordan Halter |Test Bank| Chapter 1-36
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness .......................................................... 4
Chapter 02: Theories and Therapies .......................................................................28
Chapter 03: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology ............................................. 71
Chapter 04: Treatment Settings ............................................................................ 113
Chapter 05: Cultural Implications .........................................................................160
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Considerations .......................................................195
Chapter 07: The Nursing Process and Standards of Care ...................................... 234
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Relationships .................................................................270
Chapter 09: Therapeutic Communication ............................................................. 303
Chapter 10: Stress Responses and Stress Management ......................................... 332
Chapter 11: Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders .................................. 363
Chapter 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders .................................................... 397
Chapter 13: Bipolar and Related Disorders ........................................................... 444
Chapter 14: Depressive Disorders .........................................................................486
Chapter 15: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders .................................... 526
Chapter 16: Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders .......................567
Chapter 17: Somatic Symptom Disorders ..............................................................602
Chapter 18: Eating and Feeding Disorders ............................................................ 635
Chapter 19: Sleep–Wake Disorders ....................................................................... 668
Chapter 20: Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias ................. 698
Chapter 21: Impulse Control Disorders ................................................................. 730
Chapter 22: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders ....................................... 755
Chapter 23: Neurocognitive Disorders .................................................................. 793
Chapter 24: Personality Disorders ........................................................................ 829
,Chapter 25: Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury ...................................................865
Chapter 26: Crisis and Disaster ............................................................................ 895
Chapter 27: Anger, Aggression, and Violence ........................................................928
Chapter 28: Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence ............................. 961
Chapter 29: Sexual Assault ................................................................................... 987
Chapter 30: Dying, Death, and Grieving .............................................................. 1013
Chapter 31: Older Adults ..................................................................................... 1039
Chapter 32: Serious Mental Illness ......................................................................1079
Chapter 33: Forensic Nursing .............................................................................. 1119
Chapter 34: Therapeutic Groups ..........................................................................1148
Chapter 35: Family Interventions ........................................................................ 1183
Chapter 36: Integrative Care ............................................................................... 1215
, Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A
Clinical Approach, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may
expect an advanced practice nurse to perform which additional intervention?
a. Conduct mental health
assessments.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication.
c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
d. Individualize nursing care plans.
ANSWER : B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master‘s-prepared nurse
practitioners and clinical nurse specialists who have taken special courses on
prescribing medication. The nurse prepared at the basic level is permitted to
perform mental health assessments, establish relationships, and provide
individualized care planning.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Page 1-
23 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses ―lose all their
clinical nursing skills.‖ Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
a. ―Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties.
Nurse-to-patient ratios must be better because of the nature of the
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All Chapters Included
, Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing A Clinical 9th
Edition by Margaret Jordan Halter |Test Bank| Chapter 1-36
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness .......................................................... 4
Chapter 02: Theories and Therapies .......................................................................28
Chapter 03: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology ............................................. 71
Chapter 04: Treatment Settings ............................................................................ 113
Chapter 05: Cultural Implications .........................................................................160
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Considerations .......................................................195
Chapter 07: The Nursing Process and Standards of Care ...................................... 234
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Relationships .................................................................270
Chapter 09: Therapeutic Communication ............................................................. 303
Chapter 10: Stress Responses and Stress Management ......................................... 332
Chapter 11: Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders .................................. 363
Chapter 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders .................................................... 397
Chapter 13: Bipolar and Related Disorders ........................................................... 444
Chapter 14: Depressive Disorders .........................................................................486
Chapter 15: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders .................................... 526
Chapter 16: Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders .......................567
Chapter 17: Somatic Symptom Disorders ..............................................................602
Chapter 18: Eating and Feeding Disorders ............................................................ 635
Chapter 19: Sleep–Wake Disorders ....................................................................... 668
Chapter 20: Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias ................. 698
Chapter 21: Impulse Control Disorders ................................................................. 730
Chapter 22: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders ....................................... 755
Chapter 23: Neurocognitive Disorders .................................................................. 793
Chapter 24: Personality Disorders ........................................................................ 829
,Chapter 25: Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury ...................................................865
Chapter 26: Crisis and Disaster ............................................................................ 895
Chapter 27: Anger, Aggression, and Violence ........................................................928
Chapter 28: Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence ............................. 961
Chapter 29: Sexual Assault ................................................................................... 987
Chapter 30: Dying, Death, and Grieving .............................................................. 1013
Chapter 31: Older Adults ..................................................................................... 1039
Chapter 32: Serious Mental Illness ......................................................................1079
Chapter 33: Forensic Nursing .............................................................................. 1119
Chapter 34: Therapeutic Groups ..........................................................................1148
Chapter 35: Family Interventions ........................................................................ 1183
Chapter 36: Integrative Care ............................................................................... 1215
, Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A
Clinical Approach, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may
expect an advanced practice nurse to perform which additional intervention?
a. Conduct mental health
assessments.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication.
c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
d. Individualize nursing care plans.
ANSWER : B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master‘s-prepared nurse
practitioners and clinical nurse specialists who have taken special courses on
prescribing medication. The nurse prepared at the basic level is permitted to
perform mental health assessments, establish relationships, and provide
individualized care planning.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Page 1-
23 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses ―lose all their
clinical nursing skills.‖ Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
a. ―Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties.
Nurse-to-patient ratios must be better because of the nature of the
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