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TEST BANK For Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-
Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter Chapters 1 - 36 | Complete

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ChapterDB 01DB Mental Health and Mental Illness
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ChapterDB 02DB Theories and Therapies Approach
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ChapterDB 03DB Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology DB DB 25
ChapterDB 04DB Treatment Settings DB 37
ChapterDB 05DB Cultural Implications
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ChapterDB 06DB Legal and Ethical Considerations
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ChapterDB 07DB The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
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ChapterDB 08DB Therapeutic Relationships DB 83
ChapterDB 09DB Therapeutic Communication DB 94
Chapter 10 Stress Responses and Stress Management
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Chapter 11 Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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ChapterDB 12DB Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders DB DB 123
ChapterDB 13DB Bipolar and Related Disorders
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ChapterDB 14DB Depressive Disorders DB 150
ChapterDB 15DB Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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ChapterDB 16DB Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders
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ChapterDB 17DB Somatic Symptom Disorders
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ChapterDB 18DB Eating and Feeding Disorders
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ChapterDB 19DB Sleep–Wake Disorders DB 207
ChapterDB 20DB Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders
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ChapterDB 21DB Impulse Control Disorders
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ChapterDB 22DB Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders DB DB DB 236
ChapterDB 23DB Neurocognitive Disorders DB 248
ChapterDB 24DB Personality Disorders DB 259
ChapterDB 25DB Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
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ChapterDB 26DB Crisis and Disaster
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ChapterDB 27DB Anger, Aggression, and Violence
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ChapterDB 28DB Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence
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ChapterDB 29DB Sexual AssaultDB 309
ChapterDB 30DB Dying, Death, and Grieving
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ChapterDB 31DB Older Adults
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ChapterDB 32DB Serious Mental Illness
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ChapterDB 33DB Forensic Nursing DB 351
ChapterDB 34DB Therapeutic Groups DB 360
ChapterDB 35DB Family Interventions
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ChapterDB 36DB Integrative Care DB 382

, Test Bank - Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 9e
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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
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Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-
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Mental Health Nursing: A ClinicalApproach, 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE DB




1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which intervention?
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a. Conducting a mental health assessment. DB DB DB DB




b. Prescribing psychotropic medication. DB DB




c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship. DB DB DB




d. Individualizing a nursing care plan. DB DB DB DB




ANSWER: B D B




In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-
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prepared nurse practitioners andclinical nurse specialists who have taken special courses o
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n prescribing medication. The nurseprepared at the basic level is permitted to perform me
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ntal health assessments, establish relationships, and provide individualized care planning.
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PTS: DBDBD B 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
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TOP: DBDBD B Nursing Process: Implementation
DB DB MSC: D B Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
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2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses “lose all their clinical nur
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singskills.” Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
B
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a. “Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse
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-to-client ratios must be better because of the nature of the clients’ problems.”
B
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b. “Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical think
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ingto solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations.”
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c. “That’s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technol
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ogymonitoring equipment and manage complex intravenous therapies.”
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d. “Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and sufferin
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g asmedical–surgical nurses do. That appeals to me.”
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ANSWER: D B B
The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than medical–
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surgical nursing, though there is substantial overlap. Psychiatric nurses must be able to hel
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p clients with medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspectiv
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e these nursesmust have. Nurse–
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client ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased, just like other specialties
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. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just documentation.
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Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain and suffering.
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PTS: DBDBD B 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
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TOP: DBDBD B Nursing Process: Implementation
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3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons diagnosed wi
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th mental illness, a group of nurses write letters to their elected representatives in oppositi
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on to the legislation. Which role have the nurses fulfilled?
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a. Recovery
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