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PMH-APRN - Correct Answers a nurse with graduate-level training who provides psychiatric- Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il`
mental health care and promotes mental health across the lifespan
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-assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families who have psychiatric and/or substance
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disorders
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-work in a variety of health care settings and practices and are eligible for reimbursement through
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private insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid
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Il` ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency - Correct Answers ANA Standards and
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-An educated professional nurse is aware of normal developmental and situational threats to
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wellness and can educate healthcare consumers to avoid them.
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• Example: Moving a toddler from a crib to a bed can prevent injury associated with climbing out
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of the crib at that developmental age.
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Il` ANA Code of Ethics: the art of nursing is based on? - Correct Answers caring and respect for
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Il` ANA Code of Ethics: the fundamental principle of and attitude that the professional nurse must
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Il` have as outlined in Provision 1 - Correct Answers ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 1
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-"the nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique
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attributes of every person" (ANA, 2015b, p. 1).
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Il` ANA Code of Ethics: How should the nurse respond to the discovery of human trafficking in his or
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Il` her practice? - Correct Answers ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 8
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-Nurses must "bring attention to human rights violations in all settings and contexts. . . . The
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nursing profession must respond when these violations are encountered" (ANA, 2015b, p. 33).
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,Il` Dr. Edward Cowles created in 1882 - Correct Answers the first organized training school within a
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Il` 1913, Effie Jane Taylor developed - Correct Answers the first nurse-organized training course for
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Il` Following WWI, the National League for Nursing Education added: - Correct Answers "nursing in Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il`
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Il` In WWII, many potential military recruits deemed unfit for service due to psychiatric concerns,
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Il` while many veterans experienced combat-related neuropsychiatric conditions. Laura
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Il` National Mental Health Act (NMHA) of 1946 - Correct Answers -psychiatric nursing was
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-The act increased funding for psychiatric nursing education programs and contributed to a
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growth in university-based nursing education.
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Il` 1954 - Correct Answers -the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing was established at
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• to prepare nurse therapists.
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-The first advanced practice nursing role was the psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist
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(PMHCNS) role.
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Il` The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 - Correct Answers (1950s brought a
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Il` transition towards deinstitutionalization in care for those with mental illnesses, which led to an
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Il` increase in the number of psychiatric clients receiving care in the community rather than
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, -The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 allowed for the expansion of the PMHCNS
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role into community and ambulatory settings as they helped those who had been
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deinstitutionalized adapt
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Il` 1965 - Correct Answers Loretta Ford, RN and Henry Silver MD introduce the nurse practitioner
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Il` 1973 ANA first published: - Correct Answers Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
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Il` registered nurse (APRN), adding medication prescribing and management to the traditional
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Il` therapy role of the psychiatric mental health (PMH) APRN.
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Il` 2000s these exams were developed: - Correct Answers Certification exams for adult and family
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-These exams were retired in 2015 when psychiatric certification exams were combined to a single
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Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan) Certification (PMHNP-BC).
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Il` The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016: - Correct Answers -resulted in the creation of the U.S.
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Il` Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness
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-group is charged with compiling a summary of advances in serious mental illness (SMI) and
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serious emotional disturbance (SED) research, evaluating federal programs and treatment
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services related to SMI and SED, and making specific recommendations to better coordinate the
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administration of mental health services
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Il` present: - Correct Answers Current trends in care focus on integrated treatment of those with
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Il` co-occurring medical and psychiatric diagnoses and co-occurring psychiatric and substance use
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Il` disorders, leading to a need to add content in advanced health assessment, pharmacology,
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