In the various types of outpatient mental health care programs listed below, which provides the most intensive nursing care?
A) Partial hospitalization programs
B) Crisis intervention programs
C) Outpatient detoxification programs
D) Rehabilitation programs
A
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a. discussion d. role play b. demonstration e. supervised practice c. formal lecture f. games
A patient who has been extubated postoperatively is retaining carbon dioxide. To avoid reintubating this patient the nurse would expect to manage which intervention?
1. Insertion of an oral airway 2. Insertion of a nasal airway 3. Use of noninvasive intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) 4. Use of continuous positive airway ventilation (CPAP)
The family of an older patient recently diagnosed with cancer reports that the patient seems to be in denial, refusing to choose treatments and planning an extended vacation. What response by the nurse is best?
a. Ask the patient how he or she feels about the diagnosis. b. Tell the patient treatment started early has the best results. c. Refer the patient to a licensed mental health professional. d. Tell the family that the patient will get over it in his own time.
The physician orders multivitamins for the client. The client asks the nurse why she needs vitamins. What will the best teaching plan by the nurse include?
1. Small amounts of vitamins are needed for health. 2. Vitamins will heal many illnesses. 3. Vitamins are inorganic compounds that are not stored in the body. 4. Your body cannot synthesize most vitamins. 5. Vitamins are needed for growth and maintenance of normal metabolic processes.