A psychiatricmental health nurse has been consistently aware of ...

[DyllonKazuo]

A psychiatricmental health nurse has been consistently aware of the need to adhere to standards of practice during interactions with clients and their families. What is a standard of nursing practice?
 
  A) The body of text in the state nurse practice act
  B) A document outlining minimum expectations for safe nursing practice
  C) Unwritten but traditional practices that constitute safe nursing care
  D) Part of the federal nurse practice act

Question 2

The wife and children of a man with major depression are eager to find a solution to his mental health disorder and are disillusioned with the lack of success that has following conventional treatments.
 
  They have announced their intention to send him to an alternative treatment center at great cost. What characteristic of this treatment should signal the nurse to the possibility that it is based on pseudoscience?
  A) The center's leadership questions the efficacy of many conventional antidepressant medications.
  B) The treatment will take place at a center that is located outside of the United States.
  C) The major basis for the treatment is the testimony of a few enthusiastic ex-patients.
  D) The treatment focuses on all aspects of clients' lives rather than focusing solely on mental health.

[ladyjames123]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
Standards of nursing practice are written documents that outline minimum expectations for safe nursing care. They are used to guide and evaluate nursing care, and courts look to them for guidance when malpractice cases are deliberated.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
Practitioners of pseudoscience rely on eyewitness testimonies and personal anecdotes, rather than well-controlled, publicly verifiable studies. Criticism of particular medications, locations outside the United Sstates, and a holistic approach are not necessarily suggestive of pseudoscience.

[DyllonKazuo]

Thank you

[ladyjames123]

Happy to help you