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VARCAROLIS'S CANADIAN PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING - E-BOOK KINDLE EDITION
BY CHERYL L. POLLARD, SONYA L. JAKUBEC
ALL CHAPTER 1-35 | VERIFIED ANSWERS
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 01: MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS ............................................................... 4
CHAPTER 02: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING ................ 20
CHAPTER 03: OVERVIEW OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING CARE WITHIN VARIOUS
SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................... 26
CHAPTER 04: RELEVANT THEORIES AND THERAPIES FOR NURSING PRACTICE ........................ 48
CHAPTER 05: UNDERSTANDING RESPONSES TO STRESS .......................................................... 70
CHAPTER 06: THE NURSING PROCESS AND STANDARDS OF CARE FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING ...................................................................................................................... 86
CHAPTER 07: ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE ................................................................................................... 104
CHAPTER 08: CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING ... 123
CHAPTER 09: THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS .......................................................................... 143
CHAPTER 10: COMMUNICATION AND THE CLINICAL INTERVIEW .......................................... 162
CHAPTER 11: PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS ..................................................................................... 177
CHAPTER 12: ANXIETY AND RELATED DISORDERS .................................................................. 199
CHAPTER 13: DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS .................................................................................... 237
CHAPTER 14: BIPOLAR DISORDERS ......................................................................................... 257
CHAPTER 15: SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS .................. 279
CHAPTER 16: EATING AND FEEDING DISORDERS .................................................................... 303
CHAPTER 17: NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS ......................................................................... 320
CHAPTER 18: PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE AND TREATMENT .......................................... 339
CHAPTER 19: PERSONALITY DISORDERS ................................................................................. 359
CHAPTER 20: SLEEP–WAKE DISORDERS .................................................................................. 377
CHAPTER 21: CRISIS AND DISASTER ........................................................................................ 394
CHAPTER 22: SUICIDE AND NONSUICIDAL SELF-INJURY ......................................................... 411
CHAPTER 23: ANGER, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE ............................................................. 427
CHAPTER 24: INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE: CHILD, OLDER ADULT, AND INTIMATE PARTNER
ABUSE ...................................................................................................................................... 445
CHAPTER 25: SEXUAL ASSAULT ............................................................................................... 460
,CHAPTER 26: SEXUALITY AND GENDER .................................................................................. 474
CHAPTER 27: DISORDERS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ................................................. 490
CHAPTER 28: PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS OF THE OLDER ADULT .................................................. 506
CHAPTER 29: LIVING WITH RECURRENT AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS ......................... 526
CHAPTER 30: PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS ............... 548
CHAPTER 31: CARE FOR THE DYING AND FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE ...................................... 563
CHAPTER 32: FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC NURSING ..................................................................... 583
CHAPTER 33: THERAPEUTIC GROUPS ..................................................................................... 599
CHAPTER 34: FAMILY INTERVENTIONS ................................................................................... 617
CHAPTER 35: INTEGRATIVE AND COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES............................................. 635
, 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 THENURSE 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, ESTABLISHRELATIONSHIPS, 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 THEIRNURSING 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. .
”
VARCAROLIS'S CANADIAN PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING - E-BOOK KINDLE EDITION
BY CHERYL L. POLLARD, SONYA L. JAKUBEC
ALL CHAPTER 1-35 | VERIFIED ANSWERS
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 01: MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS ............................................................... 4
CHAPTER 02: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING ................ 20
CHAPTER 03: OVERVIEW OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING CARE WITHIN VARIOUS
SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................... 26
CHAPTER 04: RELEVANT THEORIES AND THERAPIES FOR NURSING PRACTICE ........................ 48
CHAPTER 05: UNDERSTANDING RESPONSES TO STRESS .......................................................... 70
CHAPTER 06: THE NURSING PROCESS AND STANDARDS OF CARE FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING ...................................................................................................................... 86
CHAPTER 07: ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE ................................................................................................... 104
CHAPTER 08: CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING ... 123
CHAPTER 09: THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS .......................................................................... 143
CHAPTER 10: COMMUNICATION AND THE CLINICAL INTERVIEW .......................................... 162
CHAPTER 11: PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS ..................................................................................... 177
CHAPTER 12: ANXIETY AND RELATED DISORDERS .................................................................. 199
CHAPTER 13: DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS .................................................................................... 237
CHAPTER 14: BIPOLAR DISORDERS ......................................................................................... 257
CHAPTER 15: SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS .................. 279
CHAPTER 16: EATING AND FEEDING DISORDERS .................................................................... 303
CHAPTER 17: NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS ......................................................................... 320
CHAPTER 18: PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE AND TREATMENT .......................................... 339
CHAPTER 19: PERSONALITY DISORDERS ................................................................................. 359
CHAPTER 20: SLEEP–WAKE DISORDERS .................................................................................. 377
CHAPTER 21: CRISIS AND DISASTER ........................................................................................ 394
CHAPTER 22: SUICIDE AND NONSUICIDAL SELF-INJURY ......................................................... 411
CHAPTER 23: ANGER, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE ............................................................. 427
CHAPTER 24: INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE: CHILD, OLDER ADULT, AND INTIMATE PARTNER
ABUSE ...................................................................................................................................... 445
CHAPTER 25: SEXUAL ASSAULT ............................................................................................... 460
,CHAPTER 26: SEXUALITY AND GENDER .................................................................................. 474
CHAPTER 27: DISORDERS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ................................................. 490
CHAPTER 28: PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS OF THE OLDER ADULT .................................................. 506
CHAPTER 29: LIVING WITH RECURRENT AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS ......................... 526
CHAPTER 30: PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS ............... 548
CHAPTER 31: CARE FOR THE DYING AND FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE ...................................... 563
CHAPTER 32: FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC NURSING ..................................................................... 583
CHAPTER 33: THERAPEUTIC GROUPS ..................................................................................... 599
CHAPTER 34: FAMILY INTERVENTIONS ................................................................................... 617
CHAPTER 35: INTEGRATIVE AND COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES............................................. 635
, 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 THENURSE 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, ESTABLISHRELATIONSHIPS, 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 THEIRNURSING 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. .
”
