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Test Bank Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (8th Edition)

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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

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Test Bank - Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (8th Edition) 1



Table of Contents



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Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness 2
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Chapter 02: Theories and Therapies 14




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Chapter 03: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology 30
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Chapter 04: Treatment Settings 45




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Chapter 05: Cultural Implications 62
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Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Considerations 78




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Chapter 07: The Nursing Process and Standards of Care 92
Chapter 08: Therapeutic Relationships 106
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Chapter 09: Therapeutic Communication 120
Chapter 10: Stress Responses and Stress Management 132




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Chapter 11: Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 144
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Chapter 12: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders 157
Chapter 13: Bipolar and Related Disorders 175
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Chapter 14: Depressive Disorders 192
Chapter 15: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders 207




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Chapter 16: Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders 223




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Chapter 17: Somatic Symptom Disorders 237
Chapter 18: Eating and Feeding Disorders 250
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Chapter 19: Sleep-Wake Disorders 264
Chapter 20: Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilias 276




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Chapter 21: Impulse Control Disorders 288
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Chapter 22: Substance Related and Addictive Disorders




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Chapter 23: Neurocognitive Disorders 315
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Chapter 24: Personality Disorders 329
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Chapter 25: Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury 344



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Chapter 26: Crisis and Disaster 357
Chapter 27: Anger, Aggression, and Violence 370
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Chapter 28: Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence l 383
Chapter 29: Sexual Assault
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Chapter 30: Dying, Death, and Grieving 405
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Chapter 31: Older Adults 415
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Chapter 32: Serious Mental Illness hn 431
Chapter 33: Forensic Nursing 447
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Chapter 34: Therapeutic Groups 458
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Chapter 35: Family Interventions 472
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Chapter 36: Integrative Care 485
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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness



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1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice nurse
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a. Conduct mental health assessments. c. Establish therapeutic relationships.




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b. Prescribe psychotropic medication. d. Individualize nursing care plans.
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In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to masters-prepared nurse practitioners who have taken




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special courses on prescribing medication. The nurse prepared at the basic level is permitted to perform mental
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health assessments, establish relationships, and provide individualized care planning.
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REF: 15 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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2. When a nursing student expresses concerns about how mental health nurses lose all their nursing skills, the




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a. Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to-patient ratios must
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d. Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering as medical-surgical nurses do.
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ANS: B

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is substantial overlap. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help patients with medical as well as mental health
problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must have. Nurse-patient ratios and workloads in
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psychiatric settings have increased, just like other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not
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just documentation. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain and suffering.
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3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons with mental illness, a group of
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for self. Examples of individual advocacy include helping patients understand their rights or make decisions.
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improving the human condition. Since funding is necessary to deliver quality programming for persons with
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mental illness, the letter- writing campaign advocates for that cause on behalf of patients who are unable to




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articulate their own needs.
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4. Which comment best indicates that a patient perceived the nurse was caring? My nurse:




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a. always asks me which type of juice I want to help me swallow my medication.
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b. explained my treatment plan to me and asked for my ideas about how to make it better.
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c. spends time listening to me talk about my problems. That helps me feel like I am not alone.
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Caring evidences empathetic understanding as well as competency. It helps change pain and suffering into a
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shared experience, creating a human connection that alleviates feelings of isolation. The distracters give
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MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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b. reports a consistently sad, discouraged, and hopeless mood.
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c. is able to describe the difference between as if and for real.
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d. perceives difficulty making a decision about whether to change jobs.




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The correct response describes a mood alteration, which reflects mental illness. The distracters describe
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6. Which finding best indicates that the goal Demonstrate mentally healthy behavior was achieved? A patient:




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a. sees self as capable of achieving ideals and meeting demands.




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c. aggressively meets own needs without considering the rights of others.




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ANS: A
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The correct response describes an adaptive, healthy behavior. The distracters describe maladaptive behaviors.
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7. A nurse encounters an unfamiliar psychiatric disorder on a new patients admission form. Which resource
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a. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10)
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b. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
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c. A behavioral health reference manual
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d. Wikipedia
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ANS: B
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The DSM-5 gives the criteria used to diagnose each mental disorder. The distracters may not contain diagnostic
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