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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 ar
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e granted to master‟s-
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prepared Nurse Practitioners (NPs) as they have taken additional advanced courses on prescribing m
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edication. Appropriate use of diagnostic tests must be completed aswell as having hospital admitting
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privileges. Establishing therapeutic relationship, conducting mental health assessments (MSAs), and i
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ndividualizing nursing care plans are foundational psychiatric nursing skills. Therefore, they are cons
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idered Basic-Level Interventions.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe Effective Care Environment
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2. Which has been identified as a priority for national plans and strategies in psychiatric mental hea
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c. Role of the advanced practice nurse
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a warrants deeper attention to culturally safe care and concern for the mental health consequences
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe Effective Care Environment
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3. Which serves as the official guide for diagnosing psychiatric disorders?
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