For psychiatric nurses in the 1980s and 1990s, the scope of practice began to change to include:
a. psychiatric care and medical care given by the home care nurse.
b. new advances in the fields of psychobiology and technology.
c. psychoanalytical therapy provided by the psychiatric nurse in the outpatient setting.
d. new advances in the psychodynamic model of therapy made by the psychiatric nurse in the inpatient setting.
B
Psychobiology and technology experienced dramatic growth in the 1980s and 1990s including advanced understanding of brain function, understanding the relationships of the brain, behavior, emotion, cognition, neurotransmitters and neuronal receptors, as well as improved brain imaging. The options related to home care and outpatient care settings are not true. The option related to the psychodynamic model of therapy is also incorrect because advances in the psychodynamic model of psychiatric care were made by psychiatrists and psychologists, not by psychiatric nurses.
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