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ncedpracticejnursejtojperformjwhichjadditionaljintervention?ja.jConductjmentaljhealthj
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b. Prescribejpsychotropicjmedication.
c. Establishjtherapeuticjrelationships.
d. Individualizejnursingjcarejplans.

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preparedjnursejpractitionersjandclinicaljnursejspecialistsjwhojhavejtakenjspecialjcours
esjonjprescribingjmedication.jThejnursepreparedjatjthejbasicjleveljisjpermittedjtojperfor
mjmentaljhealthjassessments,jestablishjrelationships,jandjprovidejindividualizedjcarejpl
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caljnursingskills.‖jSelectjthejbestjresponsejbyjthejmentaljhealthjnurse.
a. ―Psychiatricjnursesjpracticejinjsaferjenvironmentsjthanjotherjspecialties.jNurse-jto-
patientjratiosjmustjbejbetterjbecausejofjthejnaturejofjthejpatients‘jproblems.‖
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c. ―That‘sjajmisconception.jPsychiatricjnursesjfrequentlyjusejhighjtechnologyjmo
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d. ―Psychiatricjnursesjdojnotjhavejtojdealjwithjasjmuchjpainjandjsufferingjasjmedic
al–jsurgicaljnursesjdo.jThatjappealsjtojme.‖

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Thejpracticejofjpsychiatricjnursingjrequiresjajdifferentjsetjofjskillsjthanjmedical–
j surgicaljnursing,jthoughjtherejisjsubstantialjoverlap.jPsychiatricjnursesjmustjbejablejtojh
elpjpatientswithjmedicaljasjwelljasjmentaljhealthjproblems,jreflectingjthejholisticjperspe
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patientjratiosjandjworkloadsjinjpsychiatricjsettingsjhavejincreased,justjlikejotherjspecialt
ies.jPsychiatricjnursingjinvolvesjclinicaljpractice,jnotjjustjdocumentation.jPsychosocialj
painjandjsufferingjarejasjrealjasjphysicaljpainjandjsuffering.




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3. WhenjajnewjbilljintroducedjinjCongressjreducesjfundingjforjcarejofjpersonsjdiagnosedj
withjmentaljillness,jajgroupjofjnursesjwritejlettersjtojtheirjelectedjrepresentativesjinjoppo
sitionjtothejlegislation.jWhichjrolejhavejthejnursesjfulfilled?
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c. Advocacy
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Anjadvocatejdefendsjorjassertsjanother‘sjcause,jparticularlyjwhenjthejotherjpersonjlacksj
thejabilityjtojdojthatjforjself.jExamplesjofjindividualjadvocacyjincludejhelpingjpatientsjund
erstandjtheirjrightsjorjmakejdecisions.jOnjajcommunityjscale,jadvocacyjincludesjpolitical
activity,jpublicjspeaking,jandjpublicationjinjthejinterestjofjimprovingjthejhumanjcondition.
Sincejfundingjisjnecessaryjtojdeliverjqualityjprogrammingjforjpersonsjwithjmentaljillness,j
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writingjcampaignjadvocatesjforjthatjcausejonjbehalfjofjpatientsjwhojarejunablejtojarticulat
ejtheirjownjneeds.


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4. Ajfamilyjhasjajlongjhistoryjofjconflictedjrelationshipsjamongjthejmembers.jWhichjfamil
ymember‘sjcommentjbestjreflectsjajmentallyjhealthyjperspective?
a. ―I‘vejmadejmistakesjbutjeveryonejelsejinjthisjfamilyjhasjalso.‖
b. ―Ij rememberj joyj andj mutualj respectj fromj ourj earlyj yearsj together.‖
c. ―Ijwilljmakejsomejchangesjinjmyjbehaviorjforjthejgoodjofjthejfamily.‖
d. ―It‘sjbestjforjmejtojmovejawayjfromjmyjfamily.jThingsjwilljneverjchange.‖




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