Test Bank Complete Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing A Clinical
Approach 9th Edition 2023 CORRECT ANSWERS
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness Halter:
MULTIPLE CHOICE
QST1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which
intervention?
a. Conducting a mental health assessment.
b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing care plan.
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.
QST 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.
e. “Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-toclient
ratios must be better because of the nature of the clients’ problems.”
f. “Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to solve
multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations.”
g. “That’s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technology monitoring
equipment and manage complex intravenous therapies.”
h. “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 clients with
medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must
have. Nurse–client 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.
QST3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons diagnosed
with mental illness, a group of nurses write letters to their elected representatives in opposition to
the legislation. Which role have the nurses fulfilled?
a. Recovery
b. Attending
c. Advocacy
Approach 9th Edition 2023 CORRECT ANSWERS
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness Halter:
MULTIPLE CHOICE
QST1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which
intervention?
a. Conducting a mental health assessment.
b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing care plan.
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.
QST 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.
e. “Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-toclient
ratios must be better because of the nature of the clients’ problems.”
f. “Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to solve
multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations.”
g. “That’s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technology monitoring
equipment and manage complex intravenous therapies.”
h. “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 clients with
medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must
have. Nurse–client 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.
QST3. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons diagnosed
with mental illness, a group of nurses write letters to their elected representatives in opposition to
the legislation. Which role have the nurses fulfilled?
a. Recovery
b. Attending
c. Advocacy
