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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental IllnessHalter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A ClinicalApproach, 8th EditionMULTIPLE CHOICE1.A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advancedpractice 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:BIn most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master’s-prepared nurse practitioners andclinical nurse specialists who have taken special courses on prescribing medication. The nurseprepared at the basic level is permitted to perform mental health assessments, establishrelationships, and provide individualized care planning.PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)REF:Page 1-23TOP:Nursing Process: ImplementationMSC:Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment2.A nursing student expresses concerns that mental health nurses “lose all their clinical nursingskills.”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 thinkingto solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations.”c.“That’s a misconception. Psychiatric nurses frequently use high technologymonitoring equipment and manage complex intravenous therapies.”d.“Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering asmedical–surgical nurses do. That appeals to me.”ANS:BThe practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than medical–surgicalnursing, though there is substantial overlap. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help patientswith medical as well as mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective thesenurses must have. Nurse–patient ratios and workloads in psychiatric settings have increased,just like other specialties. Psychiatric nursing involves clinical practice, not justdocumentation. Psychosocial pain and suffering are as real as physical pain and suffering.PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)REF:Pages 1-2, 21TOP:Nursing Process: ImplementationMSC:Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment3.When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons diagnosed withmental illness, a group of nurses write letters to their elected representatives in opposition tothe legislation. Which role have the nurses fulfilled?

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