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1. The purpose of the American Nurses Association's Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing:
Scope and
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a. Define the role and actions for the NP
b. Establish the legal authority for the prescription of psychotropic medications
c. Define the legal statutes of the role of the PMHNP
d. Define the differences between the physician role and the NP role: A. The
ANAs Psych-Mental Health Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice defines the
role and actions of the nurse practitioner.
2. D. Information reduces incidence of disease.: 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
3. 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 person's 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 "red tape" associated with commitments so that commitments are faster and easier: B. Identifies the trend of ensuring the protection of
individual civil liberties for psychiatric clients.
4. Mr. Smithers, an involuntarily hospitalized patient experiencing psychotic
symptoms, refuses to take any of his ordered medication because he believes "Jesus Christ told me I am the prophet 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 nurse's best clinical judgment should guide actions: C.
As with any client, psychiatric clients can refuse treatment unless a legal process [Show Less]