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For Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing 5th Edition
By Katherine M. Fortinash,
Patricia A. Holoday Worret

,Table of Contents


PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
1. Psychiatric Nursing: Theory, Principles, and Trends
2. Nursing Practice in the Clinical Setting
3. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
4. Therapeutic Communication: Interviews and Interventions

PART II: BIOLOGIC AND PSYCHOSOCIAL PRINCIPLES FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
5. Adaptation to Stress
6. Neurobiology in Mental Health and Mental Disorder
7. Human Development Across the Life Span
8. Culture, Ethnicity, and Spirituality: A Global Perspective
9. Legal and Ethical Aspects in Clinical Practice

PART III: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
10. Anxiety and Related Disorders
11. Somatoform, Factitious, and Dissociative Disorders
12. Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar, and Adjustment Disorders
13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
14. Personality Disorders
15. Substance Related Disorders and Addictive Behaviors
16. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders
17. Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence
18. Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
19. Sleep Disorders: Dyssomnias and Parasomnias
20. Sexual Disorders: Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilias

PART IV: CRISIS AND PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES
21. Crisis: Theory and Intervention
22. Suicide: Prevention and Intervention
23. Violence: Anger, Abuse, and Aggression
24. Forensic Nursing in Clinical Practice

PART V: THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS
25. Psychopharmacology
26. Therapies: Theory and Clinical Practice
27. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

PART VI: NURSING INTERVENTIONS WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS
28. Grief in Loss and Death
29. Emotional and Mental Responses to Medical Illness

PART VII: NURSING INTERVENTIONS IN THE HOME AND COMMUNITY
30. Community Mental Health Nursing for Patients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

,Fo r t in a s h : Ps yc h i a t r ic Mental He a l t h N u r s i n g , 5 t h Ed itio n


C h a p t e r 0 1 : P s y c h i a t r i c N u r s i n g : T h e o r y, P r i n c i p l e s , a n d Tr e n d s

1. Which u n d er stan d in g is the b a s i s for the n u r si n g actions focu sed on min i mi z i n g
men tal health promotion of families with ch ronically men tally ill me mb e r s?
a. Fa m i l y m e m b e r s a re at a n in crea se d risk for men ta l illness.
b. T h e men tal health c are s y s t e m is not p rep a red to d eal with family crises.
c. Fa m i l y m e m b e r s are seld o m p repa red to cop e with a chronically ill individ u al.
d. T h e chronically men ta lly ill recei ve ca re bes t when delive red in a formal setting.
ANS: A
When families live with a dominant m e m b e r who h a s a persistent a n d se v er e m en tal
disorder the outcomes are often ex p r e s s e d a s f amily m e m b e r s who are at in c rease d risk
for p h y s i c a l a n d men tal illn esses. T h e re m ain i n g options are not n e ce s sa r i ly true.
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2. Which nu r sin g activity shows the n u rse activ ely e n g a g e d in the p rimary prevention of
men tal disorders?
a. Providing a patient, whose depres sion is well m a n a g e d , with medication on time
b. Makin g regular follow-up visits to a new mother at risk for post-partum
depression
c. Providing the family of a patient, d ia g n o s ed with depression, information on
su icid e prevention
d. Assisting a patient who h a s ob s es s i v e c o m p u ls i v e ten d e n cie s p repare a n d
practice for a job interview
ANS: B
Primary prevention h el p s to red u ce the occu rrence of m en ta l disorders b y sta y i n g
involved with a patient. Providing medicati on a n d information on existin g illn es se s are
e x a m p l e s of se c on d a ry prevention which h e l p s to red u ce the p re v al e n c e of m en tal
disorders. Assistin g a men tally ill patient with preparation for a job interview is tertiary
prevention si n c e it in volves rehabilitation.
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3. Which intervention reflects attention b e i n g f ocu sed on the patien t’s intentions
rega rd in g h is d ia gn osis of se v e re depression?
a. B e i n g p l a c e d on su ic id e precautions
b. En c ou ra gin g visits b y h is family m e m b e r s
c. Re c e i v i n g a combination of med ication s to a d d re s s h is emotional n e e d s
d. B e i n g a s ke d to d e c i d e where h e will attend his prescrib ed the rapy s e s si on s
ANS: D
A pri mary factor in patient treatment in cl u d es consideration of the patient’s intentions
re ga rd in g h is or her own care. Patients are central to the p roce ss that d ete rmin es their
care a s their abilities allow. Under the g u i d a n c e of PMH n u rs e s a n d other men ta l health
personnel, patients a re en c ou r age d to m a k e d eci sion s a n d to actively e n g a g e in their
own treatment p lan s to m ee t their n e e d s . T h e re mai n i n g options are focused on sp e cif i cs
of the dete rmin ed p lan of care.
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, 4. When a patient’s family a s k s why their chro nically men tally ill adult child is b e i n g
d i s c h a rg e d to a co m mu n ity- b a s ed livin g facility, the n u rse resp onds:
a. “It is a way to me e t the n e e d for social support.”
b. “It is too ex p e n s i v e to ke e p stabiliz ed patients in acu te care se ttin gs.”
c. “Th i s ty p e of facility will provide the sp e ci al i zed care that is n ee d e d . ”
d. “B e i n g out in the c o m mu n ity will h elp provide hope a n d purpose for living.”
ANS: D
Hospitalization m a y b e n e c e s s a r y for acu te care, but, when patients are stabilized, th ey
m o v e into c om mu n ity -b ased , patient-centered settin gs or are d i s ch a rg e d h o me with
continued outpatient treatment in the co mmu n i ty. Concentrated efforts are m a d e to
red u ce the patien t’s s i c k role b y providing opportunities for the d evelop men t of a
purposeful life a n d instilling hop e for e a c h patient’s future. Although social support is
important, s u c h a livin g arran ge m en t is not the only way to a c h i e v e it. Although acu t e
care is e x p e n s i v e , it is not the major concern when dete rmin in g long-term care options.
C o m mu n it y -b a s e d facilities are not the only option for sp e ci al iz ed care.
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5. What is the be st exp lan ation to offer when the mother of a chronically ill te e n a g e
patient a s k s , “Under what ci rcu m s t an ce s would h e b e considered incompetent?”
a. “ Wh en you c a n provide the court with e n ou g h e v i d e n c e to show that h e is not
ab l e to care for himself safely.”
b. “It is not likely that s ome on e h is a g e would b e dete rmin ed to b e incompeten t
re ga rd les s of h i s men tal condition.”
c. “H e would h a v e to e n g a g e in behavior that would result in h arm to himself or to
some on e else; like you or h is sib lin gs.”
d. “If the illn ess b e c o m e s so s e ve re that h is j u d gm en t is imp aired to the point where
the d ecision s h e m a ke s are harmful to himself or to others.”
ANS: D
When a person is u n a b le to cognitively proce ss information or to m a ke decision s about
h is or her own welfare, the person m a y b e dete rmined to b e men tal ly incompetent.
Providing self-care is not the only criteria considered. Age is not a factor considered. T h e
decision is often b a s e d on the potential for s u c h behavior.
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6. Which psychiat ric n ur sin g intervention shows a n un d ers tan d i n g of integrated care?
a. A chronically a b u s e d woman is a s s e s s e d for an xiety.
b. A m a n i c patient is ta ken to the g y m to u s e the exe rcis e eq u ip men t.
c. T h e older adult d i a g n o s e d with depressi on is monitored for su icid al ideations.
d. A teen ager who refu ses to obey the unit’s ru les is not allow to p l a y video g a m e s .
ANS: A
T h e majority of h ealth discip lin es now rec ogn ize that men tal disorders a n d p h y s i c a l
illn e ss es are closely linked . T h e p re s e n c e of a men tal disorder in c rea se s the risk for the
dev el op men t of p h y s i c a l illn ess e s a n d v i ce v e r sa . A s s e s s i n g a chronically a b u s e d
individ u al for a n xi e ty call should attention to the psych ia tric disorder that could d evelop
from the a b u s e . T h e re ma in i n g options show interventions that are appropriate for the
men t al disorder.
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7. What reason d oes the n u rse g i v e the patient for the e m p h a s i s a n d attention b e i n g


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