What concerns were shared by society during both the Period of Enlightenment and the Period of Community Mental Health?
a. Moving patients out of asylums
b. Studying brain structure and function
c. Meeting basic human needs humanely
d. Providing medication to control symptoms
C
The use of asylums signaled concern for meeting basic needs of the mentally ill, who in earlier times often wandered the countryside. With deinstitutionalization, many patients who were poorly equipped to provide for their own needs were returned to the community. The current system must now concern itself with ensuring that patients have such basic needs as food, shelter, and clothing. Studying brain structure and function is more a concern of modern times, as is the provision of medication.
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a. Plan to defer the rest of the mental status examination. b. Skip the language portion of the examination, and proceed onto assessing mood and affect. c. Conduct an in-depth speech evaluation, and defer the mental status examination to another time. d. Proceed with the examination, and assess the patient for suicidal thoughts because dysarthria is often accompanied by severe depression.
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a. Apples b. Pasta c. Dairy products d. Nuts
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c. question their understanding of the powerimbalances within the culture in which they live. d. all of the above.
A nurse recognizes that macronutrients include which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Fats 2. Protein 3. Vitamins 4. Carbohydrates 5. Water