The mother of a young child diagnosed with conduct disorder asks the nurse to recommend a qualified nurse to provide family therapy. The nurse knows that:

Question

1. Nurse family therapists should be clinical specialists or advanced practitioners in mental health nursing.
2. Nurses with a bachelor's degree are qualified to provide family therapy if they are nationally certified in mental health nursing.
3. Nurses are not reimbursed by third party insurers to provide family therapy.
4. Nurses specializing in family therapy are expensive and it is difficult to get a timely appointment.

Answer 1

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Rationale: Family therapists should be specially educated in the practice of family therapy and strongly committed to a belief in the importance of the family. Nurse family therapists should be clinical specialists or advanced practitioners prepared in graduate programs that provide both theory and supervised clinical practice in this specialized area. All other statements are false.