The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) believes that which program offers the most comprehensive treatment for severely mentally ill individuals living in the community?

a. The multisystem therapy model
b. The rural mental health model
c. The Program of Assertive Community Treatment
d. The National Mental Health Treatment Program


C
The Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is recognized by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) as the most effective service-delivery model for community treatment of severe mental illness.

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The nurse is documenting using the SOAP format. This type of documentation is considered:

a. narrative. b. source oriented. c. problem oriented. d. charting by exception.

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The nurse present at the delivery is reporting to the nurse who will be caring for the neonate after birth. What information might be included for an infant who had thick meconium in the amniotic fluid?

a. The infant needed vigorous stimulation immediately after birth to initiate crying. b. An IV was started immediately after birth to treat dehydration. c. No meconium was found below the vocal cords when they were examined. d. The parents spent an hour bonding with the baby after birth.

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A client is admitted with cirrhosis and hepatopulmonary syndrome. Which clinical manifestation does the nurse monitor for progression or resolution of this problem?

a. Right upper quadrant pain b. Crackles on auscultation c. Skin and scleral jaundice d. Nausea and vomiting

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