Correct Questions & Rationales
when was psychiatric nursing recognized? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----in the late
1800s
when was psychiatric nursing taught in nursing schools? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----1950s
when were psychotropic drugs first developed - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----in the
early 1950s
what was the 1963 Community Mental Health Center Act - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----it was an act to push towards community care for mental
illness rather than institutionalizing whenever possible
, the 1963 Community Mental Health Center Act gained momentum when? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----after World War II and increased rates of PTSD
what is stigma? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----a negative perception of something
that is not always justified. it is fueled by what society says about it
what is holistic practice - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----the integration of both
scientific knowledge and caring arts (essence of nursing)
what is nursing process - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----assessment/data gathering,
nursing diagnosis, interventions, outcome evaluation
what is the DSM-5 - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----the official manual for
psychiatric medical diagnosis
why is the DSM-5 useful for a non-advanced practice RN? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----because it is a good reference for people to know a quick
overview of what is going on with a patient
which is a nursing responsibility that only an APRN-PMH can perform?
1) conducting psychotherapy
2) administering prescription medications
3) integrating biological and complementary therapies