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kamilo84

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A patient asks a nurse, What is the primary aim of self-help groups for alcohol abusers? The nurse should reply, The goal is first to:
 
  a. always be available to help others with an addiction..
  b. commit to always strive for total abstinence..
  c. find and rely on the help of the member's sponsor..
  d. admit powerlessness over the addiction..

Question 2

Which statement could a nurse use in an argument to support evidence-based psychiatric nursing practice?
 
  a. Licensing helps ensure effective clinicians..
  b. Clinical supervision results in more effective clinicians..
  c. It is unreliable to make generalized assumptions of patients based on only a small sample..
  d. Information gathered by clinical means tends to be in the form of systematic observations..


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cuttiesgirl16

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
Although all the options are expectations in the program, admitting to having alcoholism and staying alcohol-free are the aims of the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program.

Answer to Question 2

C
Little research has been done to examine psychiatric nursing practice patterns, evaluate the nature of the data supporting them, and demonstrate sound clinical decision making in a way that can be empirically supported. Psychiatric nursing currently relies on opinion-based processes and unproved theories.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Wow, this really help

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