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The purpose of the ANA's A. Define the role and actions for the NP.
PMHNP Scope and Standards of
Practice is to:
A. Define the role and actions
for the NP
B. Establish the legal authority
for the prescription of
psychotropic meds
C. Define the legal statutes of
the role of the PMHNP
D. Define the differences
between the physician role and
NP role
Primary prevention care
practices are an essential aspect
of the PMHNP role. Which of the
following is the best example of
a primary prevention care
strategy for community
behavioral health?
A. Aftercare program for
chronically mentally ill clients
recently discharged from the
hospital.
B. Court ordered counseling for
abusive parents.
C. 24 hour crisis hotlines
D. Parenting skills classes for
pregnant adolescents
,The trend in legal rulings on
cases involving mental illness
over the past 25 years has been
to
A. Encourage juries to find
defendants, not guilty by reason
of insanity.
B. Protect the persons, freedoms
or rights when he or she is
committed to a mental hospital.
C. Place increasing trust in
mental health professionals to
make good and ethical
decisions.
D. Decrease the redtape
associated with commitments so
that commitments are faster and
easier.
Mr. Smith an involuntarily
hospitalized patient
experiencing psychotic
symptoms, refuses to take any of
his ordered medication because
he believes Jesus Christ told him
that he is a profit and must fast
for a year. Your actions should
be based on your knowledge of
which of the following.
A. Psychiatric clients cannot
refuse treatment.
B. Psychiatric clients do not
always know what is good for
them.
C. Psychiatric clients can refuse
treatment.
D. Psychiatric clients cannot be
trusted to make good healthcare
decisions, and therefore the
nurses best clinical judgment
should be guiding actions.
,Which of the following A. The nurse client relationship has a primary focus on the client
statements best reflects the and the clients needs.
difference between the nurse-
client relationship, and a social
relationship?
A. The nurse client relationship
has a primary focus on the client
and the clients needs.
B. Goals in the nurse, client
relationship or deliberately left,
vague and unspoken so that the
client can work on any issue.
C. In the nurse, client
relationship, the nurse is solely
responsible for making the
relationship work.
D. In the nurse client relationship
there is no place for social
interaction.
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A community has an unusually A. Primary prevention.
high incidence of depression
and drug use among the
teenage population. The public
health nurses decide to address
this problem, in part by
modifying the environment and
strengthening the capacities of
families, to prevent the
development of new cases of
depression and drug use. What
is this an example of?
A. Primary prevention.
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention.
D. Protective factorial
prevention.
, Mrs. K is voluntarily admitted to
the hospital. After 24 hours she
states she wishes to leave
because this place can't help me.
The best nursing action that
reflects the legal right of this
client is:
A. Discharge the client.
B. Explain that the client cannot
leave until you complete further
assessment.
C. Allow the client to leave, but
have her sign form stating she is
leaving against medical advice.
D. Immediately start the
paperwork to commit the client
and to allow you to treat her
against her wishes.
Informing the therapeutic
relationship with clients, the
PMHNP must consider
developing many characteristics
that are known to be helpful in
relationship building. Which of
the following is an essential part
of building a therapeutic
relationship?
A. Collecting the family history.
B. Like mindedness.
C. Authenticity.
D. Accuracy in assessment.
According to the DSM five,
which of the following is true?
A. A mental disorder is
equivalent to the need for
treatment.
B. Diagnostic criteria are used to
inform clinical judgment.
C. Socially deviant behavior is
considered a mental disorder.
D. A culturally expected
response to a stressor is not a
mental disorder.