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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. - Answer >>>b. Prescribing psychotropic
medication.
,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 client ratios must be better because of the nature of the clients' 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."
d. "Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering as
medical-
,surgical nurses do. That appeals to me." - Answer >>>b. "Psychiatric nurses use
complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to solve multidimensional
problems. I am challenged by those situations."
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
d. Evidence-based practice - Answer >>>c. Advocacy
, A family has a long history of conflicted relationships among the members. Which
family member's comment best reflects a mentally healthy perspective?
a. "I've made mistakes but everyone else in this family has also."
b. "I remember joy and mutual respect from our early years together."
c. "I will make some changes in my behavior for the good of the family."
d. "It's best for me to move away from my family. Things will never change." -
Answer >>>c. "I will make some changes in my behavior for the good of the
family."
Which assessment finding most clearly indicates that a client may be experiencing
a mental illness?
a. reporting occasional sleeplessness and anxiety.