Author Question: The nurse has moved from another state and will begin a new job as a psychiatric nurse at an ... (Read 56 times)

FButt · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse has moved from another state and will begin a new job as a psychiatric nurse at an inpatient facility. To find the guidelines for practice in his new state, he would look at the state's

1. legal parameters.
2. medical statutes.
3. mental health laws.
4. nurse practice act.

Question 2

Parents ask a nurse how they should reply when their child, diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, tells them that voices command him to harm others. Which is the appropriate nursing response?

1. Tell him to stop discussing the voices.
2. Ignore what he is saying, while attempting to discover the underlying cause.
3. Focus on the feelings generated by the hallucinations and present reality.
4. Present objective evidence that the voices are not real.

swimkari · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

4
States' individual practice acts regulate the practice of nursing.

Answer to Question 2

3
Rationale: The most appropriate response by the nurse is to instruct the parents to focus on the feelings generated by the hallucinations and present reality. The parents should accept that their child is experiencing the hallucination but should not reinforce this unreal sensory perception.