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dmcintosh

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What is the essential difference between the nursing prevention model and the medical prevention model?
 
  a. The medical model targets universal populations; the nursing model targets a selective population.
  b. The medical model assumes that all people are at equal risk; the nursing model attempts to identify those who are more vulnerable.
  c. The medical model attempts to identify the most likely cause of the disease; the nursing model stresses that mental disorders are multicausal.
  d. The medical model offers a continuum of nonspecific preventive measures; the nursing model offers one specific, tested, preventive measure.

Question 2

Which patient would the nurse determine to be the most likely a candidate for involuntary commitment?
 
  A) The client who refuses to take the prescribed medication
  B) The client who is screaming in the street disturbing neighbors
  C) The client who refuses to participate in the planned therapy
  D) The client with a mental disorder who is homeless



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jaykayy05

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Answer to Question 1

C
The primary difference is the medical model's attempt to identify a single cause of a disease; the nursing model assumes that mental disorders result from the interplay of several risk and protective factors.

Answer to Question 2

B




dmcintosh

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


mjenn52

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

 

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