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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness Halter:
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an
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advanced practice nurse to perform which additional intervention? a. Conduct mental health
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b. Prescribe psychotropic medication.
c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
d. Individualize nursing care plans.
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) 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
nursing skills. Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
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. ―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
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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
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medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these
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nurses must have. Nurse–patient ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased, just
like other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just
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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 A Clinical 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter |Test Bank|Chapter 1-36 UPDATED 2022
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: Pages 1-2, 21 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
Answer: C
An advocate defends or asserts another‘s cause, particularly when the other person lacks the
ability to do that for self. Examples of individual advocacy include helping patients understand
their rights or make decisions. On a community scale, advocacy includes political activity,
public speaking, and publication in the interest of improving the human condition. Since funding
is necessary to deliver quality programming for persons with mental illness, the letter- writing
campaign advocates for that cause on behalf of patients who are unable to articulate their own
needs.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Page 1-26 TOP: Nursing
Process: Evaluation
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
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4. A family has a long history of conflicted relationships among the members. Which family
member‘s comment best reflects a mentally healthy perspective?
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a. ―I‘ve made mistakes but everyone else in this family has also.
b. ―I remember joy and mutual respect from our early years together.
c. ―I will make some changes in my behavior for the good of the family.
d. ―It‘s best for me to move away from my family. Things will never change.
Answer: C
The correct response demonstrates the best evidence of a healthy recognition of the importance
of relationships. Mental health includes rational thinking, communication skills, learning,
emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem. Recalling joy from earlier in life may be
healthy, but the correct response shows a higher level of mental health. The other incorrect
responses show blaming and avoidance.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis)
REF: Pages 1-2, 3, 32 (Figure 1-1) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs:
Psychosocial Integrity
5. Which assessment finding most clearly indicates that a patient may be experiencing a
mental illness? The patient
a. reports occasional sleeplessness and anxiety.
b. reports a consistently sad, discouraged, and hopeless mood.
c. is able to describe the difference between ―as if and ―for real.
d. perceives difficulty making a decision about whether to change jobs.
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Complete – Test Bank
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Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing:
cy
A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition.
er
By Margaret Jordan Halter
M
@
(All Chapters)
@Mercy Expert
, rt
@Mercy Expert
pe
Ex
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness Halter:
MULTIPLE CHOICE
cy
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an
er
advanced practice nurse to perform which additional intervention? a. Conduct mental health
M
assessments.
@
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication.
c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
d. Individualize nursing care plans.
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) 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
nursing skills. Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
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. ―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
@Mercy Expert
, rt
@Mercy Expert
pe
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
Ex
medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these
cy
nurses must have. Nurse–patient ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased, just
like other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just
er
documentation. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain and suffering.
M
@
Test Bank Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing A Clinical 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter |Test Bank|Chapter 1-36 UPDATED 2022
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: Pages 1-2, 21 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
Answer: C
An advocate defends or asserts another‘s cause, particularly when the other person lacks the
ability to do that for self. Examples of individual advocacy include helping patients understand
their rights or make decisions. On a community scale, advocacy includes political activity,
public speaking, and publication in the interest of improving the human condition. Since funding
is necessary to deliver quality programming for persons with mental illness, the letter- writing
campaign advocates for that cause on behalf of patients who are unable to articulate their own
needs.
@Mercy Expert
, rt
@Mercy Expert
pe
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Page 1-26 TOP: Nursing
Process: Evaluation
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
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4. A family has a long history of conflicted relationships among the members. Which family
member‘s comment best reflects a mentally healthy perspective?
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a. ―I‘ve made mistakes but everyone else in this family has also.
b. ―I remember joy and mutual respect from our early years together.
c. ―I will make some changes in my behavior for the good of the family.
d. ―It‘s best for me to move away from my family. Things will never change.
Answer: C
The correct response demonstrates the best evidence of a healthy recognition of the importance
of relationships. Mental health includes rational thinking, communication skills, learning,
emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem. Recalling joy from earlier in life may be
healthy, but the correct response shows a higher level of mental health. The other incorrect
responses show blaming and avoidance.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis)
REF: Pages 1-2, 3, 32 (Figure 1-1) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs:
Psychosocial Integrity
5. Which assessment finding most clearly indicates that a patient may be experiencing a
mental illness? The patient
a. reports occasional sleeplessness and anxiety.
b. reports a consistently sad, discouraged, and hopeless mood.
c. is able to describe the difference between ―as if and ―for real.
d. perceives difficulty making a decision about whether to change jobs.
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