A child has excessive motor activity and talking that interfere with academic performance. Which aspect of the child's care and treatment would a clinical nurse specialist, but not a nurse generalist, perform?
a. Evaluating responses to nursing actions
b. Formulating nursing diagnoses
c. Planning nursing interventions
d. Providing psychotherapy
D
The clinical nurse specialist role includes individual, group, and family psychotherapist; educator of nurses, other professions, and the community; clinical supervisor; consultant to professional and nonprofessional groups; and researcher. The distracters describe actions of a nurse generalist.
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1. Common 2. Statutory 3. Institutional policies and procedures 4. Criminal
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