A way of helping people with mental health problems to readjust and adapt to life in the community that is based on a nonmedical model of treatment is
1. client advocacy.
2. psychosocial treatment.
3. compliance with medications.
4. psychosocial rehabilitation.
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Psychosocial (psychiatric) rehabilitation is an area in which nurses' role is are expanding. Evolving as a social model of treatment, it is a way of assisting people with mental health problems to readjust and adapt to life in the community.
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1. Encourage the client to increase fluid intake to promote peristalsis 2. Encourage the client to increase solid food intake to promote peristalsis 3. Withhold food and fluid intake until intestinal motility has returned 4. Encourage the client to slow the amount of oral intake
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A) Planning activities B) Conducting assessment C) Implementation of strategies D) Identifying outcomes E) Evaluating effectiveness