NURS 6660 (NURS 6660)

MIDTERM EXAM Question 1 Which of the following statements is true with respect to children who present to care acutely due to violent, enraged behavior? A. Under no circumstances should the PMHNP approach this patient. B. Prepubertal children typically require medication as they are too young to respond to conversation. C. Children who have a history of repeated, self-limited, severe tantrums require at least a 72-hour admission. D. If the child appears to be calming do...

Week 1 Main Discussion Comprehensive Integrated Psychiatric Assessment Psychiatric assessment is done to obtain information to create a detailed history about the patient, and to distinguish problems to create a diagnosis along with a suitable care-plan. Assessment is essential to learn of the patient’s cognitive functioning; what they are thinking, their emotions, their values and beliefs, and changes in the patient’s life dynamics and lifestyle changes (Sadock et al., 2015...