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Test Bank Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-
Mental Health Nursing..
A Clinical 9th Edition by
Margaret Jordan
Halter |Test Bank|Chapter 1-36 UPDATED 2022.

, TEST BANK VARCAROLIS' FOUNDATIONS OF
PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING A CLINICAL
9TH EDITION BY MARGARET JORDANHALTER |TEST
BANK|CHAPTER 1-36 UPDATE




Chapter r01: rMental rHealth rand rMental rIllness

Halter: rVarcarolis’ rFoundations rof rPsychiatric rMental rHealth rNursing: rA rClinical
rApproach, r9th rEdition




MULTIPLE r CHOICE

1. A rstaff rnurse rcompletes rorientation rto ra rpsychiatric runit. rThis rnurse rmay rexpect ran
radvanced rpractice rnurse rto rperform rwhich radditional rintervention? ra. Conduct rmental
rhealth rassessments.
b. Prescribe rpsychotropic rmedication.
c. Establish rtherapeutic rrelationships.
d. Individualize rnursing rcare rplans.
ANS: r B
In rmost rstates, rprescriptive rprivileges rare rgranted rto rmaster‘s-prepared rnurse rpractitioners rand
rclinical rnurse rspecialists rwho rhave rtaken rspecial rcourses ron rprescribing rmedication. rThe rnurse

rprepared rat rthe rbasic rlevel ris rpermitted rto rperform rmental rhealth rassessments, restablish
rrelationships, rand rprovide rindividualized rcare rplanning.


PTS: r1 rDIF: rCognitive rLevel: rUnderstand r(Comprehension) rREF: rPage r1-
23 rTOP:Nursing rProcess: rImplementation
MSC: r Client r Needs: r Safe, r Effective r Care r Environment

2. A rnursing rstudent rexpresses rconcerns rthat rmental rhealth rnurses r―lose rall rtheir
rclinical rnursingskills.‖ rSelect rthe rbest rresponse rby rthe rmental rhealth rnurse.
a. ―Psychiatric rnurses rpractice rin rsafer renvironments rthan rother rspecialties. rNurse-
to- rpatientratios rmust rbe rbetter rbecause rof rthe rnature rof rthe rpatients‘ rproblems.‖
b. ―Psychiatric rnurses r use rcomplex r communication r skills r as rwell r as r critical r thinking rto
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, solvemultidimensional r problems. r I ram r challenged r by rthose r situations.‖
c. ―That‘s ra rmisconception. rPsychiatric rnurses rfrequently ruse rhigh
rtechnology rmonitoringequipment rand rmanage rcomplex rintravenous
rtherapies.‖

d. ―Psychiatric rnurses rdo rnot rhave rto rdeal rwith ras rmuch rpain rand rsuffering
ras rmedical–surgical rnurses rdo. rThat rappeals rto rme.‖

ANS: r B
The rpractice rof rpsychiatric rnursing rrequires ra rdifferent rset rof rskills rthan rmedical–surgical
rnursing, r though r there r is r substantial r overlap. r Psychiatric r nurses r must r be r able r to

r help rpatients rwith rmedical ras rwell ras rmental rhealth rproblems, rreflecting rthe rholistic

rperspective rthese rnurses rmust rhave. rNurse–patient rratios rand rworkloads rin rpsychiatric

rsettings rhave rincreased,just rlike rother rspecialties. rPsychiatric rnursing rinvolves rclinical

rpractice, rnot rjust rdocumentation. rPsychosocial rpain rand rsuffering rare ras rreal ras rphysical

rpain rand rsuffering.




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, PTS: r1 DIF: rCognitive rLevel: rApply r(Application)
r REF: rPages r1-2, r21 TOP: rNursing rProcess:
rImplementationMSC: rClient rNeeds: rSafe, rEffective rCare
rEnvironment




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