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For Varcaroli’s Foundations Of Psychiatric
Mental Health Nursing A Clinical 8th Edition By
Margaret Jordan Halter
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 02: Theories and Therapies
Chapter 03: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
Chapter 04: Treatment Settings
Chapter 05: Cultural Implications
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Considerations
Chapter 07: The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 09: Therapeutic Communication
Chapter 10: Stress Responses and Stress Management
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 Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias
Chapter 21: Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 22: Substance Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 23: Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 24: Personality Disorders
Chapter 25: Suicide and Nonsuicidal 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
Chapter 30: Dying, Death, and Grieving
Chapter 31: Older Adults
Chapter 32: Serious Mental Illness
Chapter 33: Forensic Nursing
Chapter 34: Therapeutic Groups
Chapter 35: Family Interventions
Chapter 36: Integrative Care
,Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice nurse
to perform which additional intervention?
a. Conduct mental health assessments. c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication. d. Individualize nursing care plAnswer.
ANSWER: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to masters-prepared nurse practitioners 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)
REF: 15 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. When a nursing student expresses concerns about how mental health nurses lose all their nursing skills, the
best response by the mental health nurse is:
a. Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to-patient 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. Thats 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.
, ANSWER: 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 patients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these 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 suffering.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: 10 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons with mental illness, a group of
nurses writes letters to their elected representatives in opposition to the legislation. Which role have the nurses
fulfilled?
a. Recovery c. Advocacy
b. Attending d. Evidence-based practice
For Varcaroli’s Foundations Of Psychiatric
Mental Health Nursing A Clinical 8th Edition By
Margaret Jordan Halter
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 02: Theories and Therapies
Chapter 03: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
Chapter 04: Treatment Settings
Chapter 05: Cultural Implications
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Considerations
Chapter 07: The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 09: Therapeutic Communication
Chapter 10: Stress Responses and Stress Management
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 Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias
Chapter 21: Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 22: Substance Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 23: Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 24: Personality Disorders
Chapter 25: Suicide and Nonsuicidal 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
Chapter 30: Dying, Death, and Grieving
Chapter 31: Older Adults
Chapter 32: Serious Mental Illness
Chapter 33: Forensic Nursing
Chapter 34: Therapeutic Groups
Chapter 35: Family Interventions
Chapter 36: Integrative Care
,Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice nurse
to perform which additional intervention?
a. Conduct mental health assessments. c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication. d. Individualize nursing care plAnswer.
ANSWER: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to masters-prepared nurse practitioners 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)
REF: 15 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. When a nursing student expresses concerns about how mental health nurses lose all their nursing skills, the
best response by the mental health nurse is:
a. Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to-patient 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. Thats 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.
, ANSWER: 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 patients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these 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 suffering.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: 10 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons with mental illness, a group of
nurses writes letters to their elected representatives in opposition to the legislation. Which role have the nurses
fulfilled?
a. Recovery c. Advocacy
b. Attending d. Evidence-based practice
