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TESTBANK FOR VARCAROLIS” FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING [9TH EDITION] 1 TEST BANK FOR VARCAROLIS’ FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING [9TH EDITION] ACTUAL 100% TESTBANK FOR VARCAROLIS” FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING [9TH EDITION] 2 TESTBANK FOR VARCAROLIS” FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING [9TH EDITION] 3 Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advancedpractice nurse to perform which additional intervention? a. Conduct mental health assessments. b. Prescribe psychotropic medication. c. Establish therapeutic relationships. d. Individualize nursing care plans. 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. TESTBANK FOR VARCAROLIS” FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING [9TH EDITION] 4 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 nursingskills.‖ Select the best response by the mental health nurse. a. ―Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-topatient ratios must be better because of the nature of the patients‘ 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 TESTBANK FOR VARCAROLIS” FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING [9TH EDITION] 5 different set of skills than medical–surgical nursing, though there is substantial overlap. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help patients with medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these TESTBANK FOR VARCAROLIS” FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING [9TH EDITION] 6 nurses must have. Nurse–patient 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 sufferin