VARCAROLIS’ ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
CHYLLIA D FOSBRE
5th Edition
TEST BANK
,Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter 01: Practicing the Science and the Art of Psychiatric Nursing
Chapter 02: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Chapter 03: Theories and Therapies
Chapter 04: Biological Basis for Understanding Psychopharmacology
Chapter 05: Settings for Psychiatric Care
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice
Chapter 07: Nursing Process and QSEN: The Foundation for Safe and Effective Care
Chapter 08: Communication Skills: Medium for All Nursing Practice
Chapter 09: Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview
Chapter 10: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders
Chapter 11: Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Chapter 12: Somatic System Disorders and Dissociative Disorders
Chapter 13: Personality Disorders
Chapter 14: Eating Disorders
Chapter 15: Mood Disorders: Depression
Chapter 16: Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 17: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chapter 18: Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 19: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 20: Crisis and Mass Disaster
Chapter 21: Child, Partner, and Elder Violence
,Chapter 22: Sexual Violence
Chapter 23: Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior
Chapter 24: Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Chapter 25: Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve
Chapter 26: Children and Adolescents
Chapter 27: Adults
Chapter 28: Older Adults
, Test Bank: Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (5th Edition by Varcarolis) 2
Chapter f01: fPracticing fthe fScience fand fthe fArt fof fPsychiatric fNursing fMULTIPLE
fCHOICE
1. Which foutcome, ffocused fon frecovery, fwould fbe fexpected fin fthe fplan fof fcare ffor fa
fpatient fliving fin fthe fcommunity fand fdiagnosed fwith fserious fand fpersistent fmental
fillness? fWithin f3 fmonths, fthe fpatient fwill: fa. fdeny fsuicidal fideation.
b. report fa fsense fof fwell-being.
c. take fmedications fas fprescribed.
d. attend fclinic fappointments fon
ftime. fANS: fB
Recovery femphasizes fmanaging fsymptoms, freducing fpsychosocial fdisability, fand
fimproving frole fperformance.
The fgoal fof frecovery fis fto fempower fthe findividual fwith fmental fillness fto fachieve fa
fsense fof fmeaning fand fsatisfaction fin flife fand fto ffunction fat fthe fhighest fpossible flevel fof
fwellness. fThe fincorrect foptions ffocus fon fthe fclassic fmedical fmodel frather fthan
frecovery.
DIF: fCognitive fLevel: fApplication f(Applying) fREF:
f2 fTOP: fNursing fProcess: fOutcomes fIdentification
fMSC: fNCLEX: fHealth fPromotion fand
fMaintenance
2. In fthe fshift-change freport, fan foff-going fnurse fcriticizes fa fpatient fwho fwears
fheavy fmakeup. fWhich fcomment fby fthe fnurse fwho freceives fthe freport fbest
fdemonstrates fadvocacy?
a. This fis fa fpsychiatric fhospital. fCraziness fis fwhat fwe fare fall fabout.
b. Lets fall fshow facceptance fof fthis fpatient fby fwearing flots fof fmakeup ftoo.
c. Your fcomments fare finconsiderate fand finappropriate. fKeep fthe freport fobjective.
d. Our fpatients fneed four fhelp fto flearn fbehaviors fthat fwill fhelp fthem fget falong fin
fsociety. fANS: fD
Accepting fpatients fneeds ffor fself-expression fand fseeking fto fteach fskills fthat fwill
fcontribute fto ftheir fwell-being fdemonstrate frespect fand fare fimportant fparts fof
fadvocacy. fThe fon-