A psychiatricmental health nurse is working with a family whose ...

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A psychiatricmental health nurse is working with a family whose daughter has bipolar disorder. In the family consultation role, what action will the nurse perform during the focus stage?
 
  A) Elicit the family's priorities for their daughter's care and treatment.
  B) Assess for family patterns of mental illness.
  C) Suggest tangible strategies that the family can use to cope with the daughter's behavior.
  D) Role-play methods of communicating effectively with the daughter.

Question 2

A client's mental illness is being treated with a drug regimen that includes a receptor agonist. A drug that is an agonist has what function?
 
  A) Inhibits cell function by occupying receptor sites
  B) Binds to a receptor and causes a change in cellular function
  C) Destroys cellular receptor sites to achieve therapeutic effect
  D) Stabilizes a receptor in an inactive state

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
In the focus stage, the consultant helps relatives set priorities, a process that may depend on finding the common denominator in competing issues. Presenting solutions and strategies and performing assessment do not occur in this stage.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
An agonist is a drug or endogenous substance that triggers an action from a cell or another drug. An agonist is attracted to binding to a given receptor. It activates that receptor and subsequently leads to a change in cellular function.

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