Test bank For Varcarolis\\\' Foundations
of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 9th
Edition
written by
NursingInstructor
,Test Bank Complete Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing A
Clinical 9th Edition
,1
, Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which intervention?
a. Conducting a mental health assessment.
b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing care plan.
ANS: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-prepared nurse practitioners
and clinical nurse specialists 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) TOP: Nursing Process:
Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses “lose all their clinical
nursing skills.” Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
a. “Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-toclient
ratios must be better because of the nature of the clients’ problems.”
b. “Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to 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.”
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 clients
with medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these
nurses must have. Nurse–client 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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process:
Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 9th
Edition
written by
NursingInstructor
,Test Bank Complete Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing A
Clinical 9th Edition
,1
, Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which intervention?
a. Conducting a mental health assessment.
b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing care plan.
ANS: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-prepared nurse practitioners
and clinical nurse specialists 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) TOP: Nursing Process:
Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses “lose all their clinical
nursing skills.” Select the best response by the mental health nurse.
a. “Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-toclient
ratios must be better because of the nature of the clients’ problems.”
b. “Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to 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.”
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 clients
with medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these
nurses must have. Nurse–client 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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process:
Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
