A psychiatricmental health nurse has added health promotion goals ...

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A psychiatricmental health nurse has added health promotion goals and interventions to a client's interdisciplinary plan of care. Health promotion interventions related to psychiatricmental health nursing include which of the following?
 
  A) Teaching the client stress-reduction techniques
  B) Instructing the client about medication side effects
  C) Ensuring the client is taking his medications
  D) Removing stress-inducing stimuli from the client's environment

Question 2

A psychiatricmental health nurse has just achieved designation as an advanced practice psychiatricmental health nurse. What intervention may the nurse now perform that was previously beyond the scope of practice?
 
  A) Counseling and crisis management
  B) Conducting milieu therapy
  C) Conducting individual psychotherapy
  D) Intake screening and evaluation

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Example of interventions related to psychiatric health promotion and health maintenance include scheduling routine follow-up appointments with health care providers, instructing clients about early signs and symptoms of psychiatric problems, teaching stress-reduction techniques, providing literature about or referring clients to substance abuse awareness programs, and educating clients that positive mental health is a direct function of choices. The other listed interventions may be valid areas of care but are not clear examples of health promotion activities.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
The advanced practice psychiatricmental health nurse may provide psychotherapy (individual, group, family). Examples include all common forms of brief or long-term therapy. The therapist role that the APRN-PMH assumes is formal and structured and often involves contracts (verbal, written, or both) with clients.

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