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joblessjake

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The greatest impact in the care of the mentally ill over the past 50 years has resulted from progress and improvement in which area?
 
  a. Self-help groups
  b. Outpatient therapy
  c. Psychotropic drugs
  d. Patients' rights awareness

Question 2

To help preserve patients' rights to freedom from restraint and seclusion, the most important interventions that the nurse can use are based on which principle?
 
  a. Therapeutic management
  b. Reality-based communication
  c. Confidentiality of documentation
  d. Effective use of ancillary personnel



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Answer to Question 1

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The advent of psychotropic drugs allowed patients to normalize thinking and feeling. As psychosis diminished, the individual became accessible for psychotherapeutic interventions. Hospital stays were shortened. Hospital milieus improved. Though important, none of the other choices has had such a significant impact.

Answer to Question 2

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Attention to the nursepatient relationship, the therapeutic milieu, and principles of pharmacologic management can reduce the need for restrictive measures. The other options are important aspects of care but do not relate directly to the use of restraint and seclusion.





 

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