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VARCAROLIS’
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FOUNDATIONS OF
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UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS IN THEORY
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1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
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2. Theories and Therapies t t
3. Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology t t
UNIT II: FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE
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4. Treatment Settings t
5. Cultural Implications t
6. Legal and Ethical Considerations
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UNIT III: PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING TOOLS
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7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
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8. Therapeutic Relationships t
9. Therapeutic Communication t
10. Stress Responses and Stress Management
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UNIT IV: PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders t t t
12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders t t
13. Bipolar and Related Disorders t t t
14. Depressive Disorders t
15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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16 Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders
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17. Somatic Symptom Disorders t t
18. Eating and Feeding Disorders
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19. Sleep-Wake Disorders t
20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias
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21. Impulse Control Disorders t t
22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders t t t
23. Neurocognitive Disorders t
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UNIT V: TRAUMA INTERVENTIONS
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25. Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
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26. Crisis and Disaster
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27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
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28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence
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29. Sexual Assault t
UNIT VI: INTERVENTIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
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30. Dying, Death, and Grieving
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31. Older Adults
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32. Serious Mental Illnesst t
33. Forensic Nursing t
UNIT VII: OTHER INTERVENTION MODALITIES
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34. Therapeutic Groups t
35. Family Interventions
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36. Integrative Care t
, Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
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Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical
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Approach, 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE tCHOICE
1. Atstaff tnurse tcompletes torientation tto ta tpsychiatric tunit. tThis tnurse tmaytexpect tan tadvanced
tpractice tnurse tto tperform twhich tadditional tintervention? ta. Conduct tmental thealth
assessments.
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b. Prescribe tpsychotropic tmedication.
c. Establish ttherapeutic trelationships.
d. Individualize tnursing tcare tplans.
ANS: tB
In tmost tstates, tprescriptive tprivileges tare tgranted tto tmaster’s-prepared tnurse tpractitioners tand
tc linical tnurse tspecialists twho thave ttaken tspecial tcourses ton tprescribing tmedication. tThe tnurse
tprepared tat tthe tbasic t level t is tpermitted tto tperform t mental t health tassessments, testablish
trelationships, tand tprovide t individualized tcare tplanning.
PTS: t1 tDIF: tCognitive tLevel: tUnderstand t(Comprehension) tREF: tPage t1-23 tTOP:
tNursing tProcess: t Implementation
MSC: tClient tNeeds: tSafe, tEffective tCaretEnvironment
2. Atnursing tstudent texpresses tconcerns tthat tmental thealth tnurses t“lose tall ttheir tclinical tnursing
skills.” tSelect tthe tbest tresponse tby tthe tmental thealth tnurse.
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a. “Psychiatric tnurses tpractice tin tsafer tenvironments tthan tother tspecialties. tNurse-to-patient
tratios tmust tbe tbetter tbecause tof tthe t nature tof tthe tpatients’ tproblems.”
b. “Psychiatric tnurses tuse tcomplex tcommunication tskills tas twell tas tcritical tthinking tto tsolve
tmultidimensional tproblems. tI tam tchallenged t by tthose tsituations.”
c. “That’s ta tmisconception. tPsychiatric tnurses tfrequentlytuse thigh ttechnologytmonitoring
tequipment tand t manage t complex tintravenous ttherapies.”
d. “Psychiatric tnurses tdo tnot thave tto tdeal twith tas tmuch tpain tand tsuffering tas tmedical–
tsurgical t nurses tdo. tThat tappeals tto tme.”
ANS: tB
The tpractice tof tpsychiatric tnursing trequires ta tdifferent tset tof tskills tthan tmedical–surgical
tnursing, tthough tthere t is tsubstantial toverlap. tPsychiatric t nurses t must tbe table tto thelp tpatients
tw ith t medical tas twell tas t mental thealth tproblems, treflecting tthe t holistic tperspective tthese
tnurses tmust thave. tNurse–patient tratios tand tworkloads tin tpsychiatric tsettings thave tincreased,
tjust t like tother tspecialties. tPsychiatric t nursing t involves tclinical tpractice, tnot tjust
tdocumentation. tPsychosocial tpain tand tsuffering tare tas treal tas tphysical tpain tand tsuffering.
PTS: t1 DIF: tCognitive tLevel: tApply t(Application)
REF: tPages t1-2, t21 TOP: tNursing tProcess: tImplementation
tMSC: tClient tNeeds: t Safe, tEffective tCare tEnvironment
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