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Marty

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An 8 year-old male client takes methylphenidate (Ritalin) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). His mother reports to a nurse that her son has a very poor appetite, and she struggles to help him gain weight.
 
  What teaching should the nurse provide?
  A) Administer the client's medication immediately after meals.
  B) Administer the client's medication at bedtime.
  C) Skip a dose of the medication when the client does not eat anything.
  D) Assure the client's mother that her son will eat when he is hungry.

Question 2

To what extent is outcome measurement important to the delivery of psychiatric nursing care?
 
  a. It is more nice than it is necessary.
  b. It will support the legitimacy of psychiatric nursing.
  c. It will promote descriptive and correlational nursing research.
  d. It gives information about the appropriate settings for treatment.



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kingfahad97

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B
Currently no research evidence supports the important contributions psychiatric nurses make to positive patient outcomes. Without such evidence, psychiatric nursing services can be deemed to be cost ineffective and therefore unnecessary.




Marty

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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