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fbq8i · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Which skill is most important to a nurse working as a member of a community mental health team that strives to use a seamless continuum of care?

a. Case management
b. Diagnostic ability
c. Physical assessment skills
d. Patients' rights advocacy

Question 2

A patient reports an inability to sleep because of too much noise and light, even though the environment is quiet with soft lighting. The nurse knows such reports support dysfunction of which organ?

a. Basal ganglia
b. Pituitary gland
c. Substantia nigra
d. Reticular activating system

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

Answer to Question 1

A
To effectively use a seamless continuum of care, a nurse must have case management skills with which he or she can coordinate care using available and appropriate community resources. Psychosocial assessment and physical assessment are functions that can be fulfilled by another health care worker. Patients' rights advocacy is one aspect of case management.

Answer to Question 2

D
The reticular activating system (RAS) serves as a screen that allows individuals to tune out some stimuli and attend to others. When RAS disruption occurs and the individual is unable to tune out stimuli, the individual is unable to sleep. Lack of sleep can produce psychotic symptoms. The other structures are not involved in perception of sensory stimuli.