TEST BANK For Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-
Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter Chapters 1 - 36 | Complete
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Mental Health and Mental Illness 2
Chapter 02 Theories and Therapies Approach 12
Chapter 03 Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology 25
Chapter 04 Treatment Settings 37
Chapter 05 Cultural Implications 50
Chapter 06 Legal and Ethical Considerations 61
Chapter 07 The Nursing Process and Standards of Care 72
Chapter 08 Therapeutic Relationships 83
Chapter 09 Therapeutic Communication 94
Chapter 10 Stress Responses and Stress Management 103
Chapter 11 Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 113
Chapter 12 Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders 123
Chapter 13 Bipolar and Related Disorders 137
Chapter 14 Depressive Disorders 150
Chapter 15 Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders 162
Chapter 16 Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders 175
Chapter 17 Somatic Symptom Disorders 187
Chapter 18 Eating and Feeding Disorders 197
Chapter 19 Sleep–Wake Disorders 207
Chapter 20 Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders 216
Chapter 21 Impulse Control Disorders 226
Chapter 22 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 236
Chapter 23 Neurocognitive Disorders 248
Chapter 24 Personality Disorders 259
Chapter 25 Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury 270
Chapter 26 Crisis and Disaster 280
Chapter 27 Anger, Aggression, and Violence 290
Chapter 28 Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence 300
Chapter 29 Sexual Assault 309
Chapter 30 Dying, Death, and Grieving 318
Chapter 31 Older Adults 326
Chapter 32 Serious Mental Illness 338
Chapter 33 Forensic Nursing 351
Chapter 34 Therapeutic Groups 360
Chapter 35 Family Interventions 371
Chapter 36 Integrative Care 382
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Chapter
v6- 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations
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Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE v6 v6 CHOICE
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v6 rvention?
a. Conducting a mental health assessment.
b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing care plan.
ANSWER: B
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
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Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter Chapters 1 - 36 | Complete
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Mental Health and Mental Illness 2
Chapter 02 Theories and Therapies Approach 12
Chapter 03 Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology 25
Chapter 04 Treatment Settings 37
Chapter 05 Cultural Implications 50
Chapter 06 Legal and Ethical Considerations 61
Chapter 07 The Nursing Process and Standards of Care 72
Chapter 08 Therapeutic Relationships 83
Chapter 09 Therapeutic Communication 94
Chapter 10 Stress Responses and Stress Management 103
Chapter 11 Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 113
Chapter 12 Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders 123
Chapter 13 Bipolar and Related Disorders 137
Chapter 14 Depressive Disorders 150
Chapter 15 Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders 162
Chapter 16 Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders 175
Chapter 17 Somatic Symptom Disorders 187
Chapter 18 Eating and Feeding Disorders 197
Chapter 19 Sleep–Wake Disorders 207
Chapter 20 Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders 216
Chapter 21 Impulse Control Disorders 226
Chapter 22 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 236
Chapter 23 Neurocognitive Disorders 248
Chapter 24 Personality Disorders 259
Chapter 25 Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury 270
Chapter 26 Crisis and Disaster 280
Chapter 27 Anger, Aggression, and Violence 290
Chapter 28 Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence 300
Chapter 29 Sexual Assault 309
Chapter 30 Dying, Death, and Grieving 318
Chapter 31 Older Adults 326
Chapter 32 Serious Mental Illness 338
Chapter 33 Forensic Nursing 351
Chapter 34 Therapeutic Groups 360
Chapter 35 Family Interventions 371
Chapter 36 Integrative Care 382
, Test v 6
v 6 Bank v6
Chapter
v6- 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations
v6 of Psychiatric-
Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE v6 v6 CHOICE
1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which inte
v6 rvention?
a. Conducting a mental health assessment.
b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing care plan.
ANSWER: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-
prepared v6 v6 nurse v6 v6 practitioners v6 v6 and v6 v6 clinical v6 v6 nurse v6 v6 specialists v6
v6 who v6 v6 have v 6 taken v6 v6 sp v6 ecial v6 v6 courses v6 v6 on v6 v6 prescribing v6
v6 medication. v6 v6 The v6 v6 nurse v6 v6 prepared v6 v6 at v6 v6 the v6 v6 basic v6 v6 le v6 vel
v 6 v 6 is v 6 v 6 permitted v 6 v 6 to v 6 v 6 perform v 6 v 6 mental v 6 v 6 health v 6
v 6 assessments, v 6 v 6 establish v 6 v 6 relationships,
and v 6 v 6 provide v 6 v 6 individualized v 6 v 6 care v 6 v 6 planning.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that
v6 mental health nurses “lose all t
v6 heir clinical nursing skills.” Select the best response by
the mental healt v6h nurse.
a. “Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other special
v6 ties. Nurse-to-
client ratios must be better because of the nature of the clie
nts’ problems.”
b. “Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as
critical
v6 thinking to
v6 solve multidimensional problems. I am
challe v6nged by those situations.”
c. “That’s v 6 a v 6 misconception.04Psychiatric04 nurses v 6 frequently
v 6 use v 6 hig v 6 h v 6 technology v 6 monitoring v 6 equipment
v 6 and v 6 manage v 6 complex v 6 intr v6avenous v 6 therapies.”
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