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Chapterv01:vMentalvHealthvandvMentalvIllness

Halter:vVarcarolis’vFoundationsv ofvPsychiatricv Mentalv Healthv Nursing:vAv ClinicalApproach,v8thv Edition


MULTIPLEvCHOICE

1. Avstaffvnursevcompletesvorientationvtovavpsychiatricvunit.vThisvnursevmayvexpectvanvadvanc
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Conductvmentalvhealthvassessments.
b. Prescribevpsychotropicvmedication.
c. Establishvtherapeuticvrelationships.
d. Individualizevnursingvcarevplans.
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Invmostvstates,vprescriptivevprivilegesvarevgrantedvtovmaster‘s-
preparedvnursevpractitionersvandclinicalvnursevspecialistsvwhovhavevtakenvspecialvcoursesvonv
prescribingvmedication.vThevnursepreparedvatvthevbasicvlevelvisvpermittedvtovperformvmental
vhealthvassessments,vestablishvrelationships,vandvprovidevindividualizedvcarevplanning.




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23vTOP:NursingvProcess:vImplementation
MSC:vClientvNeeds:vSafe,vEffectivevCarevEnvironment

2. Avnursingvstudentvexpressesvconcernsvthatvmentalvhealthvnursesv―losevallvtheirvclinicalvn
ursingskills.‖vSelectvthevbestvresponsevbyvthevmentalvhealthvnurse.
a. ―Psychiatricvnursesvpracticevinvsafervenvironmentsvthanvothervspecialties.vNurse-to-
vpatientvratiosvmustvbevbettervbecausevofvthevnaturevofvthevpatients‘vproblems.‖


b. ―Psychiatricvnursesvusevcomplexvcommunicationvskillsvasvwellvasvcriticalvthinkingvtovsolvev
multidimensionalvproblems.vIvamvchallengedvbyvthosevsituations.‖
c. ―That‘svavmisconception.vPsychiatricvnursesvfrequentlyvusevhighvtechnologyv
monitoringvequipmentvandvmanagevcomplexvintravenousvtherapies.‖
d. ―Psychiatricvnursesvdovnotvhavevtovdealvwithvasvmuchvpainvandvsufferingvasv
medical–vsurgicalvnursesvdo.vThatvappealsvtovme.‖
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Thevpracticevofvpsychiatricvnursingvrequiresvavdifferentvsetvofvskillsvthanvmedical–
surgicalvnursing,vthoughvtherevisvsubstantialvoverlap.vPsychiatricvnursesvmustvbevablevtovhelp
vpatientswithvmedicalvasvwellvasvmentalvhealthvproblems,vreflectingvthevholisticvperspectivevt

hesevnursesvmustvhave.vNurse–
patientvratiosvandvworkloadsvinvpsychiatricvsettingsvhavevincreased,justvlikevothervspecialties
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