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1. Acstaffcnurseccompletescorientationctocacpsychiatriccunit.cThiscnursecmaycexpectcancad
vancedpracticecnursectocperformcwhichcadditionalcintervention?ca.cConductcmentalch
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b. Prescribecpsychotropiccmedication.
c. Establishctherapeuticcrelationships.
d. Individualizecnursingccarecplans.

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2. Acnursingcstudentcexpressescconcernscthatcmentalchealthcnursesc―losecallctheirccl
inicalcnursingskills.‖cSelectcthecbestcresponsecbycthecmentalchealthcnurse.
a. ―Psychiatriccnursescpracticecincsafercenvironmentscthancothercspecialties.cNurse-
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c. ―That‘scacmisconception.cPsychiatriccnursescfrequentlycusechighctechnologyc
monitoringcequipmentcandcmanageccomplexcintravenousctherapies.‖
d. ―Psychiatriccnursescdocnotchavectocdealcwithcascmuchcpaincandcsufferingcascm
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3. WhencacnewcbillcintroducedcincCongresscreducescfundingcforccarecofcpersonscdiagnos
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4. Acfamilychascaclongchistorycofcconflictedcrelationshipscamongcthecmembers.cWhichcfa
milymember‘sccommentcbestcreflectscacmentallychealthycperspective?
a. ―I‘vecmadecmistakescbutceveryonecelsecincthiscfamilychascalso.‖
b. ―Ic rememberc joyc andc mutualc respectc fromc ourc earlyc yearsc together.‖
c. ―Icwillcmakecsomecchangescincmycbehaviorcforcthecgoodcofcthecfamily.‖
d. ―It‘scbestcforcmectocmovecawaycfromcmycfamily.cThingscwillcnevercchange.‖


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