Test Bank Varcarolis' Foundations of
Psychiatric-Mental Health by Margaret Jordan Halter
Nursing 9th Edition
All Chapters Fully Covered
Table Of Contents
UNIT I: Foundations in Theory
Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental
Illness Chapter 2. Theories and Therapies
Chapter 3. Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
UNIT II: Foundations for
Practice Chapter 4. Treatment
Settings Chapter 5. Cultural
Implications
Chapter 6. Legal and Ethical Considerations
UNIT III: Psychosocial Nursing Tools
Chapter 7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
Chapter 8. Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 9. Therapeutic Communication
Chapter 10. Stress Responses and Stress Management
UNIT IV: Psychobiological Disorders
Chapter 11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental
Disorders Chapter 12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 13. Bipolar and Related Disorders
Chapter 14. Depressive Disorders
Chapter 15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Chapter 16. Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative
Disorders Chapter 17. Somatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 18. Eating and Feeding
Disorders Chapter 19. Sleep-Wake
Disorders
Chapter 20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic
Disorders Chapter 21. Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 23. Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 24. Personality Disorders
UNIT V: Trauma Interventions
Chapter 25. Suicide and Non-suicidal Self-Injury Chapter
26. Crisis and Disaster
Chapter 27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner
Violence Chapter 29. Sexual Assault
UNIT VI: Interventions for Special Populations
Chapter 30. Dying, Death, and Grieving
Chapter 31. Older Adults
Chapter 32. Serious Mental Illness Chapter
33. Forensic Nursing
UNIT VII: Other Intervention
Modalities Chapter 34.
Therapeutic Groups
,Chapter 35. Family
Interventions Chapter 36.
Integrative Care
,Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A
Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include
which intervention?
a.
Conducting a mental health assessment.
b.
Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c.
Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d.
Individualizing a nursing care plan.
ANS: 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)
TOP: Nursing Process: ImplementationMSC: 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- client ratios must be better because of
the nature of the clients’ problems.”
b.
“Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well
as critical thinking to solve multidimensional problems. I am
challenged by those situations.”
c.
“That’s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technology
monitoring equipment and manage complex
intravenous therapies.”
d.
“Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much
pain and suffering as medical–surgical nurses do. That
appeals to me.”
ANS: B
The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than
medical–surgical nursing, though there is substantial overlap. Psychiatric
nurses must be able to help clients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must have.
Nurse– client ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased,
just like other specialties.
Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just
documentation. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as
real as physical pain and suffering.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: ImplementationMSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care
Environment
, 3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of
persons diagnosed with mental illness, a group of nurses write letters to
their elected representatives in opposition to the legislation. Which role
have the nurses fulfilled?
a.
Recovery
b.
Attending
c.
Advocacy
d.
Evidence-based practice
Psychiatric-Mental Health by Margaret Jordan Halter
Nursing 9th Edition
All Chapters Fully Covered
Table Of Contents
UNIT I: Foundations in Theory
Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental
Illness Chapter 2. Theories and Therapies
Chapter 3. Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
UNIT II: Foundations for
Practice Chapter 4. Treatment
Settings Chapter 5. Cultural
Implications
Chapter 6. Legal and Ethical Considerations
UNIT III: Psychosocial Nursing Tools
Chapter 7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
Chapter 8. Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 9. Therapeutic Communication
Chapter 10. Stress Responses and Stress Management
UNIT IV: Psychobiological Disorders
Chapter 11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental
Disorders Chapter 12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 13. Bipolar and Related Disorders
Chapter 14. Depressive Disorders
Chapter 15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Chapter 16. Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative
Disorders Chapter 17. Somatic Symptom Disorders
Chapter 18. Eating and Feeding
Disorders Chapter 19. Sleep-Wake
Disorders
Chapter 20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic
Disorders Chapter 21. Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 23. Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 24. Personality Disorders
UNIT V: Trauma Interventions
Chapter 25. Suicide and Non-suicidal Self-Injury Chapter
26. Crisis and Disaster
Chapter 27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner
Violence Chapter 29. Sexual Assault
UNIT VI: Interventions for Special Populations
Chapter 30. Dying, Death, and Grieving
Chapter 31. Older Adults
Chapter 32. Serious Mental Illness Chapter
33. Forensic Nursing
UNIT VII: Other Intervention
Modalities Chapter 34.
Therapeutic Groups
,Chapter 35. Family
Interventions Chapter 36.
Integrative Care
,Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A
Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include
which intervention?
a.
Conducting a mental health assessment.
b.
Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c.
Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d.
Individualizing a nursing care plan.
ANS: 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)
TOP: Nursing Process: ImplementationMSC: 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- client ratios must be better because of
the nature of the clients’ problems.”
b.
“Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well
as critical thinking to solve multidimensional problems. I am
challenged by those situations.”
c.
“That’s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technology
monitoring equipment and manage complex
intravenous therapies.”
d.
“Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much
pain and suffering as medical–surgical nurses do. That
appeals to me.”
ANS: B
The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than
medical–surgical nursing, though there is substantial overlap. Psychiatric
nurses must be able to help clients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must have.
Nurse– client ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased,
just like other specialties.
Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just
documentation. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as
real as physical pain and suffering.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: ImplementationMSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care
Environment
, 3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of
persons diagnosed with mental illness, a group of nurses write letters to
their elected representatives in opposition to the legislation. Which role
have the nurses fulfilled?
a.
Recovery
b.
Attending
c.
Advocacy
d.
Evidence-based practice
