NURS 1950 HEALTH MODULE 1 _99 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT SOLUTION

NURS 1950 HEALTH MODULE 1 _99 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT SOLUTION |NURS 1950 HEALTH MODULE 1 _99 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT SOLUTION 1. A staff nurse completes orientation to a psychiatric unit. This nurse may expect an advanced practice nurse to perform which additional intervention? Prescribe psychotropic medication. In most states, prescriptive privileges are granted to master's-prepared nurse practitioners 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. 2. When a nursing student expresses concerns about how mental health nurses "lose all their nursing skills," the best response by the mental health nurse is: "Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations." 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. When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons with mental illness,.........................CONTINUED*