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Which information suggests that caution is necessary when a health-care provider is prescribing a benzodiazepine to an anxious client?
 
  A) The client has a history of alcohol dependence.
  B) The client has a history of diabetes mellitus.
  C) The client has a history of schizophrenia.
  D) The client has a history of hypertension.

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A nurse is developing a set of practice guidelines for a clinical unit and is conducting a literature review to search for examples of criteria that will be relevant to achieving patient-care goals.
 
  The search criteria that will be most relevant are those that: a. explain their complexity in detail.
  b. include reduced costs as a major criterion for use.
  c. document preferred practices among other mental health professionals.
  d. provide methods and procedures that ensure safe and effective treatment.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

D
Safety and effective care are two important characteristics in the development of practice guidelines. Reduced cost and complexity are not considerations, whereas preferred practice is a criterion but is of lesser relevance.




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