Andrew has been unsuccessful in his psychiatric clinical placement and will be obliged to repeat it next semester. The criteria for passing or failing were based on the Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, which are?
A) Future goals for the nursing profession as a whole
B) The legal documents that allow a nurse to practice
C) Descriptions of the responsibilities for which nurses are accountable
D) Explanations of the ideal character of the psychiatric or mental health nurse
Ans: C
Standards of practice are authoritative statements used by the nursing profession to describe the responsibilities for which nurses are accountable. They do not have the same standing as laws, and they are not future goals but are instead current standards.
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