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kfurse

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A recently graduated psychiatricmental health registered nurse has begun providing care on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Which of the following is within the RN-PMH's scope of practice?
 
  A) Prescribing psychiatric medications
  B) Providing primary care to psychiatric patients
  C) Evaluating the effectiveness of psychiatric medications
  D) Diagnosing psychiatricmental health conditions

Question 2

A client in therapy has been postponing speaking to her mother about a traumatic event in her childhood. The client cries when she thinks about bringing this up, saying, I'll fall apart, and it will kill her.
 
  Which of the following responses by the nurse is most appropriate?
  A) What evidence do you have that that will happen?
  B) What is the worst thing that could happen if you spoke to her?
  C) What other options do you realistically have at this point?
  D) Falling apart about this may be a turning point for you.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
Skills and practices of the psychiatricmental health registered nurse may include assessing and recording behavior, administering and evaluating the effectiveness of medications, communicating with other team members, and being in charge of the psychiatric milieu.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
The cognitive therapist questions the thinking distortions and underlying schema to help the client respond in more functional ways and recognize irrational thinking patterns.



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