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on: Jul 19, 2018
A patient who has been hospitalized for 2 days remains anxious and continues to be preoccupied with paranoid delusions. What intervention will best help the patient focus less on the delusions?
 
  a. Schedule time for the patient to read and listen to music.
  b. Plan activities that require physical skills and constructive use of time.
  c. Begin planning for discharge by engaging the patient in psychoeducation.
  d. Discuss personal goals related to improved socialization with the patient.

Question 2

The role of the psychiatric nurse in today's contemporary practice settings is:
 
  a. centered on the nurse-patient partnership.
  b. concentrated on psychosomatic therapies.
  c. centered on management of the patient's daily needs.
  d. caring for chronically ill psychiatric patients in acute-care settings.


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

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Engaging the patient in physical activity will help distract the patient and keep the patient from focusing solely on the delusions. The patient would still be able to focus on the delusions while appearing to be reading or listening to music. The latter two activities are better addressed later in the course of treatment.

Answer to Question 2

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The role of the psychiatric nurse today is multifocused. The psychiatric nurse must have a broader perspective on patient needs, psychiatric needs, personal needs, financial needs, and legal needs that encompass the patient's quality of life.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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