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Test Bank: Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (3rd Edition by Varcarolis) 2

Chapter 01: Practicing the Science and the Art of Psychiatric Nursing

MULTIPLECHOICE

1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in the plan of care for a patient
living in the community and diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness? Within 3
months, the patient will: a. deny suicidal ideation.

b. report a sense of well-being.

c. take medications as prescribed.

d. attend clinic appointments on time.

ANS: B

Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improving
role performance.

The goal of recovery is to empower the individual with mental illness to achieve a sense of
meaning and satisfaction in life and to function at the highest possible level of wellness. The
incorrect options focus on the classic medical model rather than recovery.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying) REF: 2

TOP: Nursing Process: Outcomes Identification

MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

2. In the shift-change report, an off-going nurse criticizes a patient who wears heavy
makeup. Which comment by the nurse who receives the report best demonstrates
advocacy?

a. This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is what we are all about.

b. Lets all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of makeup too.

c. Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the report objective.

d. Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along in society.

ANS: D

Accepting patients needs for self-expression and seeking to teach skills that will contribute
to their well-being demonstrate respect and are important parts of advocacy. The on-


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coming nurse needs to take action to ensure that others are not prejudiced against the
patient. Humor can be appropriate within the privacy of a shift report but not at the
expense of respect for patients. Judging the off-going nurse in a critical way will create
conflict.

Nurses must show compassion for each other.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying) REF: 8

TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment 3. A
nurse assesses a newly admitted patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Which
statement is an example of attending?

a. We all have stress in life. Being in a psychiatric hospital isnt the end of the world.

b. Tell me why you felt you had to be hospitalized to receive treatment for your depression.

c. You will feel better after we get some antidepressant medication started for you.

d. Id like to sit with you a while so you may feel more comfortable talking with me.

ANS: D

Attending is a technique that demonstrates the nurses commitment to the relationship and
reduces feelings of isolation. This technique shows respect for the patient and
demonstrates caring. Generalizations, probing, and false reassurances are non-therapeutic.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying) REF: 8

TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity 4. A patient is
hospitalized for depression and suicidal ideation after their spouse asks for a divorce. Select
the nurses most caring comment.

a. Lets discuss some means of coping other than suicide when you have these feelings.

b. I understand why youre so depressed. When I got divorced, I was devastated too.

c. You should forget about your marriage and move on with your life.

d. How did you get so depressed that hospitalization was necessary?

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ANS: A

The nurses communication should evidence caring and a commitment to work with the
patient. This commitment lets the patient know the nurse will help. Probing and advice are
not helpful or therapeutic interventions.


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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying) REF: 6

TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity 5. A patient
shows the nurse an article from the Internet about a health problem. Which characteristic
of the web sites address most alerts the nurse that the site may have biased and prejudiced
information?

a. Address ends in .org.

b. Address ends in .com.

c. Address ends in .gov.

d. Address ends in .net.

ANS: B

Financial influences on a site are a clue that the information may be biased. .com at the end
of the address indicates that the site is a commercial one. .gov indicates that the site is
maintained by a government entity.

.org indicates that the site is nonproprietary; the site may or may not have reliable
information, but it does not profit from its activities. .net can have multiple meanings.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension (Understanding) REF: 5

TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance 6. A
nurse says, When I was in school, I learned to call upset patients by name to get their
attention; however, I read a descriptive research study that says that this approach does not
work. I plan to stop calling patients by name. Which statement is the best appraisal of this
nurses comment?

a. One descriptive research study rarely provides enough evidence to change practice.

b. Staff nurses apply new research findings only with the help from clinical nurse
specialists.

c. New research findings should be incorporated into clinical algorithms before using them
in practice.

d. The nurse misinterpreted the results of the study. Classic tenets of practice do not
change.

ANS: A




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Descriptive research findings provide evidence for practice but must be viewed in relation
to other studies before practice changes. One study is not enough. Descriptive studies are
low on the hierarchy of evidence.

Clinical algorithms use flow charts to manage problems and do not specify one response to
a clinical problem.

Classic tenets of practice should change as research findings provide evidence for change.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis (Analyzing) REF: 3

TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance 7. Two
nursing students discuss career plans after graduation. One student wants to enter
psychiatric nursing.

The other student asks, Why would you want to be a psychiatric nurse? All they do is talk.
You will lose your skills. Select the best response by the student interested in psychiatric
nursing.

a. Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to-patient
ratios must be better because of the nature of patients problems.

b. Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills, as well as critical thinking, to solve
multidimensional problems. Im challenged by those situations.

c. I think I will be good in the mental health field. I do not like clinical rotations in school, so
I do not want to continue them after I graduate.

d. Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering as medical
surgical nurses. That appeals to me.

ANS: B

The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than medical surgical
nursing, although substantial overlap does exist. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help
patients with medical and mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these
nurses must have. Nurse-patient ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have
increased, similar to other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice,

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not simply documentation. Psychosocial pain is real and can cause as much suffering as
physical pain.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying) REF: 3




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