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TEST BANK For Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-
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Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition
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by Margaret Jordan Halter Chapters 1 - 36 | Complete
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Chapterm02mTheoriesmandmTherapiesmApproach 12
Chapterm03mPsychobiologymandmPsychopharmacology 25
Chapterm04mTreatmentmSettings 37
Chapterm05mCulturalmImplications 50
Chapterm06mLegalmandmEthicalmConsiderations 61
Chapterm07mThemNursingmProcessmandmStandardsmofmCare 72
Chapterm08mTherapeuticmRelationships 83
Chapterm09mTherapeuticmCommunication 94
Chapterm10mStressmResponsesmandmStressmManagement 103
Chapterm11mChildhoodmandmNeurodevelopmentalmDisorders 113
Chapterm12mSchizophreniamSpectrummDisorders 123
Chapterm13mBipolarmandmRelatedmDisorders 137
Chapterm14mDepressivemDisorders 150
Chapterm15mAnxietymandmObsessive-CompulsivemDisorders 162
Chapterm16mTrauma,mStressor-Related,mandmDissociativemDisorders 175
Chapterm17mSomaticmSymptommDisorders 187
Chapterm18mEatingmandmFeedingmDisorders 197
Chapterm19mSleep–WakemDisorders 207
Chapterm20mSexualmDysfunctions,mGendermDysphoria,mandmParaphilicmDisorders 216
Chapterm21mImpulsemControlmDisorders 226
Chapterm22mSubstance-RelatedmandmAddictivemDisorders 236
Chapterm23mNeurocognitivemDisorders 248
Chapterm24mPersonalitymDisorders 259
Chapterm25mSuicidemandmNonsuicidalmSelf-Injury 270
Chapterm26mCrisismandmDisaster 280
Chapterm27mAnger,mAggression,mandmViolence 290
Chapterm28mChild,mOldermAdult,mandmIntimatemPartnermViolence 300
Chapterm29mSexualmAssault 309
Chapterm30mDying,mDeath,mandmGrieving 318
Chapterm31mOldermAdults 326
Chapterm32mSeriousmMentalmIllness 338
Chapterm33mForensicmNursing 351
Chapterm34mTherapeuticmGroups 360
Chapterm35mFamilymInterventions 371
Chapterm36mIntegrativemCare 382

, Test Bank - Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 9e

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MentalmHealthmNursing:mAmClinicalmApproach,m9thmEdition




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1. Them scopemofmpracticedm formanm advancedm nursem practitionerm wouldmincludem whichmintervention?
a. Conductingmammentalmhealthmassessment.
b. Prescribingm psychotropicmmedication.

c. Establishingmamtherapeuticmrelationship.
d. Individualizingm am nursingm carem plan.

ANSWER:m B
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preparedmnursempractitionersmandmclinicalmnursemspecialistsmwhomhavemtakenmspecialmcourses
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mmmentalmhealthmassessments,mestablishmrelationships,mandmprovidemindividualizedmcarempla
nning.


PTS:mmm 1 DIF: Cognitivem Level:m Understandm (Comprehension)
TOP:mmm Nursingm Process:m Implementation MSC:m Clientm Needs:m Safe,m Effectivem Carem Environment


2. Amnursingmstudentmexpressesmconcernsmthatmmentalmhealthmnursesm“losemallmtheirmclinicalmn

ursingmskills.”mSelectmthembestmresponsembymthemmentalmhealthmnurse.
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ogymmonitoringmequipmentmandmmanagemcomplexmintravenousmtherapies.

d. “Psychiatricmnursesmdomnotmhavemtomdealmwithmasmmuchmpainmandmsufferi

ngmasmmedical–surgicalmnursesmdo.mThatmappealsmtomme.”

ANSWER:m B
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surgicalmnursing,mthoughmtheremismsubstantialmoverlap.mPsychiatricmnursesmmustmbemablemtomh
elpmclientsmwithmmedicalmasmwellmasmmentalmhealthmproblems,mreflectingmthemholisticmperspec
tivemthesemnursesmmustmhave.mNurse–
clientmratiosmandmworkloadsminmpsychiatricmsettingsmhavemincreased,mjustmlikemothermspecialti
es.mPsychiatricmnursingminvolvesmclinicalmpractice,mnotmjustmdocumentation.
Psychosocialmpainmandmsufferingm aremasmrealm asmphysicalm painmandm suffering.


PTS:mmm 1 DIF: Cognitivem Level:mApplym (Application)
TOP:mmm Nursingm Process:m Implementation MSC:m Clientm Needs:m Safe,m Effectivem Carem Environment


3. WhenmamnewmbillmintroducedminmCongressmreducesmfundingmformcaremofmpersonsmdiagnosedm

withmmentalmillness,mamgroupmofmnursesmwritemlettersmtomtheirmelectedmrepresentativesminmop
positionmtomthemlegislation.mWhichmrolemhavemthemnursesmfulfilled?
a. Recovery
b. Attending

c. Advocacy
d. Evidence-basedm practice




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