Test Bank Varcarolis' Foundations of
Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing A Clinical 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter |Test
Bank|Chapter 1-36 Latest 2025
1
,Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A
Clinical Approach, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may
expect an advanced practice nurse to perform which additional
intervention? a. Conduct mental health
assessments.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication.
c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
d. Individualize nursing care plans.
ANS: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master‘s-prepared
nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists who have taken special
courses on prescribing medication. The nurse prepared at the basic level is
permitted to perform mental health assessments, establish relationships,
and provide individualized care planning.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Page
1-23 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses ―lose all
their clinical nursing skills.‖ Select the best response by the mental health
nurse.
a. ―Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties.
Nurse-to-patient ratios must be better because of the nature of the
patients‘ problems.‖
b. ―Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical
thinking to solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those
situations.‖
c. ―That‘s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high
technology monitoring equipment and manage complex intravenous
therapies.‖
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,d. ―Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and
suffering as medical– surgical nurses do. That appeals to me.‖
ANS: B
The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than
medical–surgical nursing, though there 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 psychiatric settings have increased, just like
other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just
documentation. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain
and suffering.
3
, PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: Pages 1-2, 21 TOP: Nursing Process:
Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
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Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing A Clinical 9th Edition
by Margaret Jordan Halter |Test
Bank|Chapter 1-36 Latest 2025
1
,Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A
Clinical Approach, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may
expect an advanced practice nurse to perform which additional
intervention? a. Conduct mental health
assessments.
b. Prescribe psychotropic medication.
c. Establish therapeutic relationships.
d. Individualize nursing care plans.
ANS: B
In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master‘s-prepared
nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists who have taken special
courses on prescribing medication. The nurse prepared at the basic level is
permitted to perform mental health assessments, establish relationships,
and provide individualized care planning.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Page
1-23 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses ―lose all
their clinical nursing skills.‖ Select the best response by the mental health
nurse.
a. ―Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties.
Nurse-to-patient ratios must be better because of the nature of the
patients‘ problems.‖
b. ―Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical
thinking to solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those
situations.‖
c. ―That‘s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high
technology monitoring equipment and manage complex intravenous
therapies.‖
2
,d. ―Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and
suffering as medical– surgical nurses do. That appeals to me.‖
ANS: B
The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than
medical–surgical nursing, though there 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 psychiatric settings have increased, just like
other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not just
documentation. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain
and suffering.
3
, PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: Pages 1-2, 21 TOP: Nursing Process:
Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment
4
