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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

Chapter 01 Mental Health and Mental Illness 2
Chapter 02 Theories and Therapies Approach 12
Chapter 03 Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology 25
Chapter 04 Treatment Settings 37
Chapter 05 Cultural Implications 50
Chapter 06 Legal and Ethical Considerations 61
Chapter 07 The Nursing Process and Standards of Care 72
Chapter 08 Therapeutic Relationships 83
Chapter 09 Therapeutic Communication 94
Chapter 10 Stress Responses and Stress Management 103
Chapter 11 Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 113
Chapter 12 Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders 123
Chapter 13 Bipolar and Related Disorders 137
Chapter 14 Depressive Disorders 150
Chapter 15 Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders 162
Chapter 16 Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders 175
Chapter 17 Somatic Symptom Disorders 187
Chapter 18 Eating and Feeding Disorders 197
Chapter 19 Sleep–Wake Disorders 207
Chapter 20 Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders 216
Chapter 21 Impulse Control Disorders 226
Chapter 22 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 236
Chapter 23 Neurocognitive Disorders 248
Chapter 24 Personality Disorders 259
Chapter 25 Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury 270
Chapter 26 Crisis and Disaster 280
Chapter 27 Anger, Aggression, and Violence 290
Chapter 28 Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence 300
Chapter 29 Sexual Assault 309
Chapter 30 Dying, Death, and Grieving 318
Chapter 31 Older Adults 326
Chapter 32 Serious Mental Illness 338
Chapter 33 Forensic Nursing 351
Chapter 34 Therapeutic Groups 360
Chapter 35 Family Interventions 371
Chapter 36 Integrative Care 382

, Test Bank - Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 9e

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.

ANSWER: 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: Implementation MSC: 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.”

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 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.
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, Test Bank - Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 9e

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
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 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

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