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Test Bank For Psychiatric Nursing:
Contemporary Practice 8th Edition By Boyd And
Luebbert, , All 43 Chapters Covered|
Complete Guide With Rationales|Graded A+




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, Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice 2
Chapter 02:Mental Health and Mental Disorders 6
Chapter 03: Cultural and Spiritual Issues Related to Mental Health Care 10
Chapter 04:Patient Rights and Legal Issues 14
Chapter 05:Mental Health Care in the Community 18
Chapter 06: Ethics, Standards, and Nursing Frameworks 21
Chapter 07: Psychosocial Theoretic Basis of Psychiatric Nursing 25
Chapter 08: Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing 29
Chapter 09: Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship 33
Chapter 10: The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Process 37
Chapter 11: Psychopharmacology, Dietary Supplements, and Biologic Interventions 41
Chapter 12: Cognitive Interventions in Psychiatric Nursing 46
Chapter 13:Group Interventions 50
Chapter 14: Family Assessment and Interventions
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Chapter 15: Mental Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents 58
Chapter 16: Mental Health Promotion for Young and Middle-Aged Adults 61
Chapter 17: Mental Health Promotion for Older Adults 64
Chapter 18:Stress and Mental Health 68
Chapter 19: Management of Anger, Aggression, and Violence 72
Chapter 20: Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response, Bereavement, and Disaster Management 76
Chapter 21: Suicide Prevention: Screening, Assessment, and Intervention 80
Chapter 22: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Nursing Care of Persons with Thought
Disorders 84
Chapter 23: Depression: Management of Depressive Moods and Suicidal BehaviorChap 92
ter 24: Bipolar Disorders: Management of Mood Lability 96
Chapter 25: Anxiety Disorders: Management of Anxiety, Phobia, and Panic Chapter 99
26: Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders 103
Chapter 27: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders 105
Chapter 28: Personality and Borderline Personality Disorder: Management of Emotional
Dysregulation and Self-Harm 106
Chapter 29: Antisocial Personality and Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
109
Chapter 30: Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders 113
Chapter 31: Eating Disorders: Management of Eating and Weight Chapter 117
32: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 121
Chapter 33: Nursing Care of Persons with Insomnia and Sleep Problems 125
Chapter 34: Sexual Disorders: Management of Sexual Dysfunction and Paraphilias
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Chapter 35: Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents 132
Chapter 36: Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Chap 135
ter 37: Mental Health Assessment of Older Adults 139
Chapter 38: Neurocognitive Disorders 142
Chapter 39: Caring for Persons Who Are Homeless and Mentally Ill Cha 146
pter 40: Caring for Persons With Co- 150
occurring Mental Disorders Chapter 41: Caring for Survivors of Violenc 154
e and Abuse 158
Chapter 42: Caring for Persons With Mental Illness and Criminal Behavior Ch 162
apter 43: Caring for Medically Compromised Persons




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, Test Bank - Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice (7th Edition by Mary Ann Boyd) 2



Chapter 01: Psychiatric-
Mental Health Nursing and Evidence-
BasedPractice


1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about th
e evolution of mental health care and arediscussing the recommen
dations of the final report of the Joint Commission on Ment
al Illness and Health. The students demonstrate understanding of t fi


his information when they identify that the reportrecommended a
n increase in which of the following?
A) Numbers of mental health hospitals
B) State funding for mental health care
C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units
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D) Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists

2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association‟s
Statement on Psychiatric Nursing Practice published in 1967,
which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of holistic nurs
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ing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories and views of mentalhealth and illness, the nu fi


rse identifies which of the following as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
A) Sigmund Freud‟s psychoanalytic theory
B) Florence Nightingale‟s Notes on Nursing
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C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers‟ A Mind That Found Itself
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E) Peplau‟s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing

3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influenced the developme
nt of contemporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World WarII, which
of the following would the instructor include?
A) People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable.
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B) The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed.
C) Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health movement.
D) Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.

4. A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of psychiatricmental health nursing and it
s place within nursing history. Which of the following would be most appropriate to include?
A) Certification for the psychiatricmental health nursing specialty was first emphasized by Mar
y Adelaide Nutting.
B) Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized patients got treatment at co
mmunity mental health centers.
C) There is a historical link between the first nursing program to admit male students and the firs
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t training school for psychiatric nursing.
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D) The first graduate program in psychiatric nurses was established in response to the publication o
f psychiatric nursing specialty journals.

5. Two nursing students are discussing psychiatricmental health nursing and the role it has played i
n nursing‟s overall history. Which statement is most accurate?
A) The importance of using therapeutic communication was stressed by Nightingale.
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B) The use of self-care to enhance the immune system was taught by Dorothea Dix.
C) The moral treatment of mental illness was a primary focus of deinstitutionalization.
D) Peplau was the first nurse to stress the importance of therapeutic communication.

6. When reviewing the evolution of mental health and illness care, which event is associated with menta

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, ldisorders beginning to be viewed as illnesses requiring treatment?
A) Establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia
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