VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
06/30/2025
HEALTH NURSING (8TH EDITION)
Complete test bank_
Varcarolis foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing
8th edition
(Margaret Jordan Halter) unit 1-6 chapter 1-36 (Q&A) A+ Graded latest 2025
T T
E E
S S
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A A
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,VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
06/30/2025
HEALTH NURSING (8TH EDITION)
Table of Contents
Unit 1 :foundations in theory
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness ...................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 02: Theories and Therapies..................................................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 03: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology ........................................................................................................ 32
Chapter 04: Treatment Settings............................................................................................................................................ 47
unit 2 :foundations in practice
Chapter 05: Cultural Implications ....................................................................................................................................... 64
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Considerations ................................................................................................................... 80
unit 3 :psychosocial nursing tools
Chapter 07: The Nursing Process and Standards of Care ................................................................................................. 94
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Relationships ............................................................................................................................. 108
Chapter 09: Therapeutic Communication ......................................................................................................................... 122
Chapter 10: Stress Responses and Stress Management.................................................................................................... 134
unit 4: psychobiologocal disorders
Chapter 11: Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders ........................................................................................... 146
Chapter 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders ............................................................................................................... 159
Chapter 13: Bipolar and Related Disorders ...................................................................................................................... 177
Chapter 14: Depressive Disorders ...................................................................................................................................... 194
Chapter 15: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders ............................................................................................. 209
Chapter 16: Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders ............................................................................... 225
Chapter 17: Somatic Symptom Disorders .......................................................................................................................... 239
Chapter 18: Eating and Feeding Disorders....................................................................................................................... 252
Chapter 19: Sleep-Wake Disorders .................................................................................................................................... 266
Chapter 20: Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias ......................................................................... 278
Chapter 21: Impulse Control Disorders............................................................................................................................. 290
Chapter 22: Substance Related and Addictive Disorders ................................................................................................. 301
Chapter 23: Neurocognitive Disorders .............................................................................................................................. 317
Chapter 24: Personality Disorders ..................................................................................................................................... 331
unit 5: trauma interventions
Chapter 25: Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury ............................................................................................................ 346
Chapter 26: Crisis and Disaster ......................................................................................................................................... 359
Chapter 27: Anger, Aggression, and Violence .................................................................................................................. 372
Chapter 28: Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence ..................................................................................... 385
Chapter 29: Sexual Assault ................................................................................................................................................ 396
unit 6: interventions for special populations
Chapter 30: Dying, Death, and Grieving ........................................................................................................................... 407
Chapter 31: Older Adults .................................................................................................................................................... 417
Chapter 32: Serious Mental Illness ................................................................................................................................... 433
Chapter 33: Forensic Nursing............................................................................................................................................ 449
Chapter 34: Therapeutic Groups ....................................................................................................................................... 460
Chapter 35: Family Interventions ...................................................................................................................................... 474
Chapter 36: Integrative Care .............................................................................................................................................. 487
,VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
06/30/2025
HEALTH NURSING (8TH EDITION)
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice nurse
to perform which additional intervention?
a. Conduct mental health assessments. c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication. d. Individualize nursing care plans.
ANS: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to masters-prepared nurse practitioners 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: 15 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, the
best response by the mental health nurse is:
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. Thats 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.
ANS: 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 patients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must have. Nurse-patient 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.
, VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
06/30/2025
HEALTH NURSING (8TH EDITION)
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: 10 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 with mental illness, a group of
06/30/2025
HEALTH NURSING (8TH EDITION)
Complete test bank_
Varcarolis foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing
8th edition
(Margaret Jordan Halter) unit 1-6 chapter 1-36 (Q&A) A+ Graded latest 2025
T T
E E
S S
T T
B B
A A
N N
K K
,VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
06/30/2025
HEALTH NURSING (8TH EDITION)
Table of Contents
Unit 1 :foundations in theory
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness ...................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 02: Theories and Therapies..................................................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 03: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology ........................................................................................................ 32
Chapter 04: Treatment Settings............................................................................................................................................ 47
unit 2 :foundations in practice
Chapter 05: Cultural Implications ....................................................................................................................................... 64
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Considerations ................................................................................................................... 80
unit 3 :psychosocial nursing tools
Chapter 07: The Nursing Process and Standards of Care ................................................................................................. 94
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Relationships ............................................................................................................................. 108
Chapter 09: Therapeutic Communication ......................................................................................................................... 122
Chapter 10: Stress Responses and Stress Management.................................................................................................... 134
unit 4: psychobiologocal disorders
Chapter 11: Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders ........................................................................................... 146
Chapter 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders ............................................................................................................... 159
Chapter 13: Bipolar and Related Disorders ...................................................................................................................... 177
Chapter 14: Depressive Disorders ...................................................................................................................................... 194
Chapter 15: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders ............................................................................................. 209
Chapter 16: Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders ............................................................................... 225
Chapter 17: Somatic Symptom Disorders .......................................................................................................................... 239
Chapter 18: Eating and Feeding Disorders....................................................................................................................... 252
Chapter 19: Sleep-Wake Disorders .................................................................................................................................... 266
Chapter 20: Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias ......................................................................... 278
Chapter 21: Impulse Control Disorders............................................................................................................................. 290
Chapter 22: Substance Related and Addictive Disorders ................................................................................................. 301
Chapter 23: Neurocognitive Disorders .............................................................................................................................. 317
Chapter 24: Personality Disorders ..................................................................................................................................... 331
unit 5: trauma interventions
Chapter 25: Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury ............................................................................................................ 346
Chapter 26: Crisis and Disaster ......................................................................................................................................... 359
Chapter 27: Anger, Aggression, and Violence .................................................................................................................. 372
Chapter 28: Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence ..................................................................................... 385
Chapter 29: Sexual Assault ................................................................................................................................................ 396
unit 6: interventions for special populations
Chapter 30: Dying, Death, and Grieving ........................................................................................................................... 407
Chapter 31: Older Adults .................................................................................................................................................... 417
Chapter 32: Serious Mental Illness ................................................................................................................................... 433
Chapter 33: Forensic Nursing............................................................................................................................................ 449
Chapter 34: Therapeutic Groups ....................................................................................................................................... 460
Chapter 35: Family Interventions ...................................................................................................................................... 474
Chapter 36: Integrative Care .............................................................................................................................................. 487
,VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
06/30/2025
HEALTH NURSING (8TH EDITION)
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice nurse
to perform which additional intervention?
a. Conduct mental health assessments. c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication. d. Individualize nursing care plans.
ANS: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to masters-prepared nurse practitioners 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: 15 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, the
best response by the mental health nurse is:
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. Thats 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.
ANS: 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 patients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must have. Nurse-patient 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.
, VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
06/30/2025
HEALTH NURSING (8TH EDITION)
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: 10 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 with mental illness, a group of
