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✔✔All of the following are true regarding living wills except: - ✔✔A living will is not
legally binding in all 50 states, but does designate agents to act on behalf of the patient
in the event of incapcity, is prepared while the patient has capacity and is considered an
aspect of relapse planning for compliance with chronic psychiatric disorders.
✔✔A specific behavior related to a persons culture and not leading to a psychiatric
disorder is classified as: - ✔✔Culture bound syndrome is specific behavior common to a
person's culture and is considered a variation of normal and not a psychiatric diagnosis.
delusions ae deeply held beliefs despite evidence to the contrary. A brief psychotic
episode is an acute onset thought disorder marked by disorganization and at least one
of the following symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, bizarre behavior and posture, and
disorganized speech. Adjustment disorder is a mood disorder marked by emotional or
behavioral symptoms that develop in response to an identifiable stressor within 3
months of onset of the stress and lasting no more than 6 months.
✔✔The learned beliefs and behaviors common among all members of a group defines:
- ✔✔Culture is a learned belief and behaviors common among members of a group.
Complex delusions are deeply held beliefs despite evidence to the contrary with an
elaborate web of interconnected delusions are deeply held beliefs despite evidence to
the contrary with an elaborate web of interconnected delusions. Folie a deux is a shared
delusion between two people. Folie a famille is a delusion help among cohabitating
family members.
✔✔All of the following factors put households headed by a single female at risk for a
homelessness except: - ✔✔Education increases the likelihood of gainful employment.
Underemployment, inadequate benefits, and inaccessible housing all increase the risk
of homelessness.
✔✔Which mental illness accounts for the highest rate of mental illness? - ✔✔The
incidence of major depressive disorder in the United States is 12.8%, obstinate defiant
disorder is 10.2%, bipolar 2.6% and schizophrenia 1%.
✔✔During a psychiatric evaluation the client reveals to the PMHNP a transgender
identity. The client indicates a preference for personal pronouns like he and him. What
is the bilogical sex of the client? - ✔✔The biological sex of the client is female, but the
gender identity is male. lesbian and asexual are descriptors of sexual orientation.
✔✔A new graduate PMHP is considering a job at a psychiatric ED. The medical director
informs the prospective hire that they are expected to evaluate and treat children,
adolescents, adults and geriatric patients. What document should be consulted to
determine if the PMHNP can legally treat psychiatric patients across the life span? -
, ✔✔A state Nurse Practice Act describes what is permissible and impermissible for a
PMHNP to do. The hospital by laws governs the local organization and can be more
restrictive, but not more lenient than state laws. The scope of practice identifies
competencies unique to the subspecialty. The PMHNP is an independently licensed
individual who bears liability for errors of omission and commission regardless of the
collaborative agreement. The collaborative agreement cannot supersede state law.
✔✔The process of synthesizing, disseminating, and using rearch-generated knowledge
to make a change in practice is known as: - ✔✔Research utilization is the process of
synthesizing and disseminating research generated knowledge to make a change in
care. Evidence based practice is a problem solving approach that uses the best
evidence in making decisions about patient care that takes into account client needs,
values and clinical expertise, but may not generalizable beyond the immediate problem.
Research is the systematic empirical inquiry of relationships among variables. Quality
improvement is a systematic approach to the analysis of current practice, efficiency,
outcomes and benchmarks.
✔✔The process of integrating the best research evidence with cinical expertise and
cient needs and values is known as: - ✔✔Evidence based practice is a problem-solving
approach that uses the best evidence making decisions about patient care that takes
into account clients' needs, values, and clinical expertise but may not be generalizable
beyond the immediate problem.
✔✔All of the following are components of research utilization: - ✔✔Research utilization,
evidence-based practice, research.
✔✔The process of integrating the best research evidence with clinical expertise and
client needs and values is known as: - ✔✔Identifying the patient, populating and
problem is the first step in implementing an evidence-based practice change. Identifying
stakeholders, obtaining institutional review board approval and reviewing the literature
are subsequent steps.
✔✔All of the following are methods of dissemination of findings: - ✔✔Presenting at
conferences, publishing in peer reviewed journals, poster presentations. (oral defense
to your committee is a peer review)
✔✔what concept is defined by a sample that is a representative of the population, and
where the results can generalized? - ✔✔External validity relates to the generalizing of
findings beyond the study to the population. Internal validity is the degree of the
truthfulness about inferences regarding casual relationships. Prevalence is a measure
of all individuals affected at a particular time. Incidences is a measure of the number of
new occurrences during a particular period of time.