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Test Bank For Varcarolis Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 3rd Edition By Cheryl L. Pollard, Sonya L. Jakubec| 9780323778800| All Chapters| LATEST

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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
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Pollard: Varcarolis’s Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 3rd
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Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses can further their
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education at a baccalaureate levelor at the graduate level (master‟s d
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octorate) and become qualified to practise psychiatric mental health
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nursing at two levels – basic and advanced –
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developing on their education preparation. Prescriptive privileges are
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granted to master‟s-
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prepared Nurse Practitioners (NPs) as they have taken additional advanced courses on prescribing me
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dication. Appropriate use of diagnostic tests must be completed aswell as having hospital admitting pr
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ivileges. Establishing therapeutic relationship, conducting mental health assessments (MSAs), and ind
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ividualizing nursing care plans are foundational psychiatric nursing skills. Therefore, they are conside
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2. Which has been identified as a priority for national plans and strategies in psychiatric mental heal
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al diversity as a priority for national plans and strategies. Increasing cultural diversity within Canad
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a warrants deeper attention to culturally safe care and concern for the mental health consequences o
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