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TEST BANK For Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-
Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter Chapters 1 - 36 | Complete
,Chaptera01aMentalaHealthaandaMentalaIllness 2
Chaptera02aTheoriesaandaTherapiesaApproach 12
Chaptera03aPsychobiologyaandaPsychopharmacology 25
Chaptera04aTreatmentaSettings 37
Chaptera05aCulturalaImplications 50
Chaptera06aLegalaandaEthicalaConsiderations 61
Chaptera07aTheaNursingaProcessaandaStandardsaofaCare 72
Chaptera08aTherapeuticaRelationships 83
Chaptera09aTherapeuticaCommunication 94
Chaptera10aStressaResponsesaandaStressaManagement 103
Chaptera11aChildhoodaandaNeurodevelopmentalaDisorders 113
Chaptera12aSchizophreniaaSpectrumaDisorders 123
Chaptera13aBipolaraandaRelatedaDisorders 137
Chaptera14aDepressiveaDisorders 150
Chaptera15aAnxietyaandaObsessive-CompulsiveaDisorders 162
Chaptera16aTrauma,aStressor-Related,aandaDissociativeaDisorders 175
Chaptera17aSomaticaSymptomaDisorders 187
Chaptera18aEatingaandaFeedingaDisorders 197
Chaptera19aSleep–WakeaDisorders 207
Chaptera20aSexualaDysfunctions,aGenderaDysphoria,aandaParaphilicaDisorders 216
Chaptera21aImpulseaControlaDisorders 226
Chaptera22aSubstance-RelatedaandaAddictiveaDisorders 236
Chaptera23aNeurocognitiveaDisorders 248
Chaptera24aPersonalityaDisorders 259
Chaptera25aSuicideaandaNonsuicidalaSelf-Injury 270
Chaptera26aCrisisaandaDisaster 280
Chaptera27aAnger,aAggression,aandaViolence 290
Chaptera28aChild,aOlderaAdult,aandaIntimateaPartneraViolence 300
Chaptera29aSexualaAssault 309
Chaptera30aDying,aDeath,aandaGrieving 318
Chaptera31aOlderaAdults 326
Chaptera32aSeriousaMentalaIllness 338
Chaptera33aForensicaNursing 351
Chaptera34aTherapeuticaGroups 360
Chaptera35aFamilyaInterventions 371
Chaptera36aIntegrativeaCare 382
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Chaptera01:aMentala HealthaandaMentalaIllness
Halter:aVarcarolis’aFoundationsaofaPsychiatric-
MentalaHealthaNursing:aAaClinicalaApproach,a9thaEdition
MULTIPLEaCHOICE
1. Thea scopea ofa practiceda foraanaadvanceda nursea practitionera wouldaincludea whichaintervention?
a. Conductingaaamentalahealthaassessment.
b. Prescribingapsychotropica medication.
c. Establishingaaatherapeuticarelationship.
d. Individualizingaaanursingacareaplan.
ANSWER:aB
Inamostastates,aprescriptiveaprivilegesaareagrantedatoamaster’s-
preparedanurseapractitionersaandaclinicalanurseaspecialistsawhoahaveatakenaspecialacoursesaonaprescri
bingamedication.aTheanurseapreparedaatatheabasicalevela isapermittedatoaperformamentalahealthaassess
ments,a establisharelationships,a anda provideaindividualizedacareaplanning.
PTS:aaa 1 DIF: Cognitivea Level:a Understanda(Comprehension)
TOP:a NursingaProcess:aImplementation MSC:a Clienta Needs:aSafe,aEffectiveaCareaEnvironment
2. Aanursingastudentaexpressesaconcernsathatamentalahealthanursesa“loseaallatheiraclinicalanursinga
skills.”aSelectatheabestaresponseabyatheamentalahealthanurse.
a. “Psychiatricanursesapracticeainasaferaenvironmentsathanaotheraspecialties.aNurse-to-
clientaratiosamustabeabetterabecauseaofatheanatureaofatheaclients’aproblems.”
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b. “Psychiatricanursesauseacomplexacommunicationaskillsaasawellaasacriticalathinkinga
toasolveamultidimensionala problems.a Iaamachallengedabyathoseasituations.”
c. “That’saaamisconception.aPsychiatricanursesafrequentlyauseahighatechnologya
monitoringaequipmentaandamanageacomplexaintravenousatherapies.”
d. “Psychiatricanursesadoanotahaveatoadealawithaasamuchapainaandasufferingaasa
medical–surgicalanursesado.a Thataappealsatoame.”
ANSWER:a B
Theapracticeaofapsychiatricanursingarequiresaaadifferentasetaofaskillsathanamedical–
surgicala nursing,athoughatherea isasubstantiala overlap.aPsychiatrica nursesamustabeaablea toahelpaclient
sa withamedicalaasawellaasamentalahealthaproblems,areflectingatheaholisticaperspectiveatheseanursesa
mustahave.
Nurse–
clientaratiosaandaworkloadsainapsychiatricasettingsahaveaincreased,ajustalikea otheraspecialties.aPsychia
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