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,Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Varcarolis’s Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 3rd Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. Which of the following
would the nurse expect as an advanced practice intervention?
a. Conduct mental health assessments
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication
c. Establish therapeutic relationships
d. Individualize nursing care plans
Answer: B
Prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-prepared nurse practitioners who have
taken special courses on prescribing medication; thus it is an advanced-practice
intervention. The nurse prepared at the basic level is permitted to perform mental
health assessments, establish relationships, and provide individualized care planning.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
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,” which of the following is the best response by the mental
health nurse?
a. “Psychiatric nurses practise 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 thinkingto
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 from medical–
surgical nursing, though there is substantial overlap. Two domains relate
specifically to psychiatric nursing: behavioural, including communication, coping,
and education; and safety, covering crisis and risk management. Basic
psychosocial nursing concepts are central to psychiatric nursing practice and
increase your competency as a practitioner in all clinical settings.
Whatever setting you choose to work in, you will have the opportunity to improve the
lives of people who are experiencing mental illness as an additional challenge to their
health.
Your experience in the mental health nursing rotation can help you gain insight into
yourself and greatly increase your insight into the experiences of others. This part of
nursing educationcan provide guidelines for and the opportunity to learn new skills for
dealing with a variety of challenging behaviours. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as
real as physical pain and suffering.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe Effective Care
Environment
All Chapters Included
,Varcarolis Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 3rd Edition By Pollard All Chapter
1 - 35
,Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Varcarolis’s Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 3rd Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. Which of the following
would the nurse expect as an advanced practice intervention?
a. Conduct mental health assessments
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication
c. Establish therapeutic relationships
d. Individualize nursing care plans
Answer: B
Prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-prepared nurse practitioners who have
taken special courses on prescribing medication; thus it is an advanced-practice
intervention. The nurse prepared at the basic level is permitted to perform mental
health assessments, establish relationships, and provide individualized care planning.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
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,” which of the following is the best response by the mental
health nurse?
a. “Psychiatric nurses practise 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 thinkingto
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 from medical–
surgical nursing, though there is substantial overlap. Two domains relate
specifically to psychiatric nursing: behavioural, including communication, coping,
and education; and safety, covering crisis and risk management. Basic
psychosocial nursing concepts are central to psychiatric nursing practice and
increase your competency as a practitioner in all clinical settings.
Whatever setting you choose to work in, you will have the opportunity to improve the
lives of people who are experiencing mental illness as an additional challenge to their
health.
Your experience in the mental health nursing rotation can help you gain insight into
yourself and greatly increase your insight into the experiences of others. This part of
nursing educationcan provide guidelines for and the opportunity to learn new skills for
dealing with a variety of challenging behaviours. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as
real as physical pain and suffering.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe Effective Care
Environment
