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Table of Contents
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: Patien Rights and Legal Issues
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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 Assessmen 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: Managemen of Anger, Aggression, and Violence
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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: Managemen of Depressive Moods and Suicidal Behavior
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Chapter 24: Bipolar Disorders: Managemen of Mood Lability
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Chapter 25: Anxiety Disorders: Managemen of Anxiety, Phobia, and Panic
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Chapter 26: Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders 103
Chapter 27: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders 105
Chapter 28: Personality and Borderline Personality Disorder: Managemen of Emotional
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Dysregulation and Self-Harm 106

Chapter 29: Antisocial Personality and Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduc Disorders
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109
Chapter 30: Addiction and Substance-Related Disorders 113
Chapter 31: Eating Disorders: Managemen of Eating and Weigh Chapter
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32: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 121
Chapter 33: Nursing Care of Persons with Insomnia and Sleep Problems 125
Chapter 34: Sexual Disorders: Managemen of Sexual Dysfunction and Paraphilias
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Chapter 35: Mental Health Assessmen of Children and Adolescents
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Chapter 36: Mental Health Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 135
Chapter 37: Mental Health Assessmen of Older Adults
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Chapter 38: Neurocognitive Disorders 142
Chapter 39: Caring for Persons Who Are Homeless and Mentally Ill 146
Chapter 40: Caring for Persons With Co-occurring Mental Disorders 150
Chapter 41: Caring for Survivors of Violence and Abuse 154
Chapter 42: Caring for Persons With Mental Illness and Criminal Behavior 158
Chapter 43: Caring for Medically Compromised Persons 162

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


1. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the
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evolution of mental health care and arediscussing the
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recommendations of the final report of the Joint J J J J J J J J



Commission on Mental Illness and Health. The students J J J J J J J J



demonstrate understanding of this information when they identify J J J J J J J J



that the reportrecommended an increase in which of the
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following?
A) Numbers of mental health hospitals J J J J



B) State funding for mental health care
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C) Clinics supplemented by general hospital units J J J J J



D) Use of psychotherapy by psychiatrists
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2. A nurse is reviewing the American Nurses Association’s
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Statement on Psychiatric Nursing Practice published in 1967,
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which sanctioned the involvement of psychiatricmental health nurses in the provision of holistic
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nursing care. Integrating knowledge of the various theories and views of mentalhealth and illness, the
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nurse identifies which of the following as most strongly linked to this holistic approach?
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A) Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory J J J



B) Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing J J J J



C) Hildegarde
D) Clifford Beers’ A Mind That Found Itself J J J J J J



E) Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing J J J J




3. A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influenced the
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development of contemporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World War II,
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which of the following would the instructor include?
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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.
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C) Deinstitutionalization occurred in response to the community health movement. J J J J J J J J



D) Mental illnesses became categorized as psychoses or neuroses.
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4. A nursing student is presenting a discussion of the history of psychiatricmental health nursing and its
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place within nursing history. Which of the following would be most appropriate to include?
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A) Certification for the psychiatricmental health nursing specialty was first emphasized by Mary J J J J J J J J J J J J



Adelaide Nutting. J



B) Psychiatric nurses played a part in seeing that all deinstitutionalized patients got treatment at
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community mental health centers. J J J



C) There is a historical link between the first nursing program to admit male students and the first
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training school for psychiatric nursing. J J J J



D) The first graduate program in psychiatric nurses was established in response to the publication of
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psychiatric nursing specialty journals. J J J




5. Two nursing students are discussing psychiatricmental health nursing and the role it has played in
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nursing’s overall history. Which statement is most accurate?
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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.
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C) The moral treatment of mental illness was a primary focus of deinstitutionalization.
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D) Peplau was the first nurse to stress the importance of therapeutic communication.
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6. When reviewing the evolution of mental health and illness care, which event is associated with mental
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disorders beginning to be viewed as illnesses requiring treatment?
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A) Establishment of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia J J J J J

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B) Quaker establishment of asylums J J J



C) Creation of the state hospital system J J J J J



D) Freud’s views on the causes of mental illnesses
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7. A psychiatricmental health nurse is working on a committee that is developing programs that integrate the
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objectives for mental health and mental disorders as identified in Healthy People 2020. Which type of
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program would be least appropriate?
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A) Single substance abuse treatment programs J J J J



B) Depression screening programs for primary care providers J J J J J J



C) Mental health programs for the homeless population
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D) Employment programs for those with serious mental illness J J J J J J J




8. A nursing instructor is describing the concept of evidence-based practice in psychiatricmental health
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nursing. Which of the following would the instructor include as being important? Select all that apply.
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A) Research findings J



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C) Clinical experiences J



D) Patient data J



E) Established routines J




9. The following events are important in the development of psychiatricmental health nursing practice.
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Which event occurred first?
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A) Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by the ANA J J J J J J J J J



B) Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice
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C) Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers University J J J J J J J J J J J



D) Publication of the first psychiatric nursing text, Nursing Mental Disease, by Harriet Bailey
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10. A nurse is preparing a presentation about the current status of mental health services in the United
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States. Which statement would the nurse include as the most reflective of this status?
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A) Mental health care in the United States is equally accessible to individuals.
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B) Mental illness ranks second in terms of causing disability in comparison.
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C) Mental health care primarily focuses on the cure of mental illness.
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D) Mental health care services are inadequate and fragmented.
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11. A group of students are reviewing the goals identified by the New Freedom Commission on Mental
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Health. The students demonstrate understanding of this report when they identify which of
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the following as a goal?
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A) Mental health is viewed as one component of overall health.
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B) The consumer and family are the driving forces for mental health care.
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C) Screening is of greater importance than assessment and referral for services.
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D) Disparities in mental health services are decreased. J J J J J J




12. The following are important legislative and policy efforts influencing current mental health care. Which of
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the following is the most recent?
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A) Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General J J J J J J J



B) New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
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C) Action for Mental Health J J J



D) Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act
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13. As part of a career day presentation to a group of nursing students, a psychiatricmental health
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nurse plans to describe how this specialty developed. Which individual would the nurse describe as playing
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a major role in the development of specialty training programs for psychiatric nurses?
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A) Mary Adelaide Nutting J J



B) Hildegarde Peplau J

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C) Harriet Bailey J



D) Linda Richards J




14. A psychiatricmental health nurse is asked to be a guest speaker at a community fund-raising event for
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mental health services. Which of the following would the nurse emphasize as the primary goal
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of mental health services?
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A) Access to affordable mental health care J J J J J



B) Removal of exclusions because of preexisting conditions J J J J J J



C) Recovery from mental illness J J J



D) Effective treatment for mental health care needs J J J J J J




15. A psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing evidence-based practice. The nurse understands that
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this approach is developed by doing which of the following first?
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A) Conducting research J



B) Identifying a clinical question J J J



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D) Collaborating with the patient J J J




16. A group of students are reviewing information about mental health care after World War II.
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The students demonstrate understanding of this information when they identify which of the following as a
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result of the National Mental Health Act?
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A) Discovery of psychopharmacology J J



B) Passage of the Hill-Burton Act J J J J



C) Establishment of the National Institute of Mental Health J J J J J J J



D) Development of community mental health centers J J J J J




17. When providing care to a patient, the psychiatricmental health nurse is implementing the therapeutic use of
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self. The nurse is applying the concepts based on the work of which individual?
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A) Hildegarde Peplau J



B) Florence Nightingale J



C) Dorothea Dix J



D) Sigmund Freud J




18. After teaching a class to a group of nursing students about the historical perspectives of mental health care,
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the instructor determines that the group has understood the information when they identify which of the
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following as a common belief about mental illness during the medieval period?
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A) Mental illness in an individual was the result of being possessed by demons.
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B) A person was removed from a contaminated environment to protect him or her.
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C) Exorcisms were used as primary mode of treatment to cleanse the person of his or her sins. J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J



D) The focus was on moral treatment to promote the individual’s safety and comfort.
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Answer Key
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1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. A, B, C, D J J J



9. D
10. D