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sychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 9th Edition by Karyn I. Morg
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Table of Contents N9 N9
I. BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
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1. The Concept of Stress Adaptation
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2. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts
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II. FOUNDATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING N9 N9 N9 N9
3. Concepts of Psychobiology
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4. Psychopharmacology
5. Ethical and Legal Issues
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III. THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE N9 N9 N9 N9 N9
6. Relationship Development N9
7. Therapeutic Communication N9
8. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
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9. Therapeutic Groups N9
10. Intervention with Families N9 N9
11. Milieu Therapy— the Therapeutic Community
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12. Crisis Intervention
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13. Assertiveness Training N9
14. Promoting Self Esteem N9 N9
15. Anger and Aggression Management
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16. Suicide Prevention N9
17. Behavior Therapy N9
18. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy N9 N9
19. Electroconvulsive Therapy N9
20. The Recovery Model
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IV. NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ALTERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION
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21. Caring for Patients with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders in General Practice Settings
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22. Neurocognitive Disorders N9
23. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders N9 N9 N9
24. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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25. Depressive Disorders N9
26. Bipolar and Related Disorders
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27. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
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28. Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
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29. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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30. Eating DisordersN9
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V. PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS N9 N9 N9 N9 N9
32. Children and Adolescents N9 N9
33. The Aging Individual
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34. Survivors of Abuse or Neglect N9 N9 N9 N9
35. Community Mental Health Nursing N9 N9 N9
,36. The Bereaved Individual
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37. Military Families N9
EBook Bonus Chapters
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38. Theoretical Models of Personality Development
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39. Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric Mental Health
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40. Complementary and Psychosocial Therapies N9 N9 N9
41. Relaxation Therapy N9
42. Issues Related to Human Sexuality and Gender Dysphoria
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43. Forensic Nursing N9
Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mentalillness
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Multiple Choice N9
1. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing occasional feelings of sadn
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ess Because of the recent death of a beloved pet. The client’s appetite, sleep p
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atterns, and daily routine have not changed. How should the nurse interpret the
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client’s behaviors?
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, 1. The client’s behaviors demonstrate mental illness in the form of depression.
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2. The client’s behaviors are extensive, which indicates the presence of mentalillness.
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3. The client’s behaviors are not congruent with cultural norms.
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4. The client’s behaviors demonstrate no functional impairment, indicating no mentalillness.
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FEEDBACK: The nurse should assess that the client’s daily functioning is not impaired.
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The client who experiences feelings of sadness after the loss of a pet is responding wit
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hin normal expectations. Without significant impairment, the client’s distress does not i
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ndicate a mental illness.N9 N9 N9
COGNITIVE LEVEL: N9
Analysis
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Assessment
2. At what point should the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developin
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g a mental illness?
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When thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not reflective of the DSM-
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5 criteria. When maladaptive responses to stress are coupled with interference i
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n daily functioning.
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When a client communicates significant distress.
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When a client uses defense mechanisms as ego protection.
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ANSWERS:- 2
FEEDBACK: The nurse should determine that the client is at risk for mental illness when
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responses to stress are maladaptive and interfere with daily functioning. TheDSM-
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5 indicates that in order to be diagnosed with a mental illness, daily
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Functioning must be significantly impaired. The client s ability to communicatedistress would
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be considered a positive attribute.
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3. A nurse is assessing a set of 15-year-
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old identical twins who respond very differently to stress. One twin becomes anxious and
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irritable, and the other withdraws and cries. How should the nurse explain these different
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stress responsesto the parents?
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1. Reactions to stress are relative rather than absolute; individual responses to stressvary.
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2. It is abnormal for identical twins to react differently to similar stressors.
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3. Identical twins should share the same temperament and respond similarly tostress.
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4. Environmental influences to stress weigh more heavily than genetic influences.
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FEEDBACK: The nurse should explain to the parents that, although the twins ha
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ve identical DNA, there are several other factors that affect reactions to stress.
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