Test bank ch. 1 , 2,4, 5, 6
Jeremiah
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Prescribing psychotropic medication.
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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?
1 a. Recovery
Attending
Advocacy
Evidence-based practice
1. The scope of practiced for an advanced nurse practitioner would include which intervention?
2 Conducting a mental health assessment.
Prescribing psychotropic medication.
Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
Individualizing a nursing care plan.
The nurse administers medications to a culturally diverse group of clients on a psychiatric unit. What
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expectation should the nurse have about pharmacokinetics?
Test bank ch. 1 , 2,4, 5, 6
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1. The scope of practiced for an advanced Prescribing psychotropic medication.
nurse practitioner would include which
intervention?
Conducting a mental health assessment.
Prescribing psychotropic medication.
Establishing a therapeutic relationship.
Individualizing a nursing care plan.
A nursing student expresses concerns that "Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking
mental health nurses "lose all their clinical to solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations."
nursing skills." Select the best response by
the mental health nurse.
"Psychiatric nurses practice in safer
environments than other specialties. Nurse-
to-
client ratios must be better because of the
nature of the clients' problems."
"Psychiatric nurses use complex
communication skills as well as critical
thinking
to solve multidimensional problems. I am
challenged by those situations."
"That's a misconception. Psychiatric nurses
frequently use high technology
monitoring equipment and manage complex
intravenous therapies."
"Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with
as much pain and suffering as
medical-surgical nurses do. That appeals to
me."
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When a new bill introduced in Congress Advocacy
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
Attending
Advocacy
Evidence-based practice
A family has a long history of conflicted "I will make some changes in my behavior for the good of the family."
relationships among the members. Which
family member's comment best reflects a
mentally healthy perspective?
correct response demonstrates the best evidence of a healthy recognition of the
"I've made mistakes but everyone else in this importance of relationships. Mental health includes rational thinking, communication
family has also." skills, learning, emotional growth, resilience, and self-esteem.
"I remember joy and mutual respect from our
early years together."
"I will make some changes in my behavior for
the good of the family."
"It's best for me to move away from my
family. Things will never change."
Which assessment finding most clearly reporting a consistently sad, discouraged, and hopeless mood.
indicates that a client may be experiencing a
mental illness?
reporting occasional sleeplessness and
anxiety. The correct response describes a mood alteration, which reflects mental illness. The
distracters describe behaviors that are mentally healthy or within the usual scope of
reporting a consistently sad, discouraged, human experienc
and hopeless mood.
being able to describe the difference
between "as if" and "for real."
experiencing difficulty making a decision
about whether to change jobs.
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