The assessment data item more relevant for the community psychiatric health nurse than the
hospital-based psychiatric nurse for planning client interventions is
a. history of mental illness in the family.
b. culturally related psychotropic dosing.
c. financial status of the client.
d. physical state of the client.
ANS: C
The financial status of the client determines the viability of certain interventions in the community
but is of little or no concern when determining a program of in-hospital treatment. The family
history of mental illness, the physical status of the client, and culturally related dosage differences
for psychotropic drugs would be of equal concern to the nurse in the hospital and the nurse in the
community.
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