A psychiatric nurse whose area of practice is tertiary prevention of mental illness is asked to describe the focus of this type of practice. The nurse can best describe it as:
a. enriching the understanding of mental illness.
b. preventing mental illness from occurring initially.
c. limiting disability related to an episode of mental illness.
d. increasing community awareness of the symptoms of mental illness.
C
Psychiatric rehabilitation is the process of helping the person return to the highest possible level of functioning by focusing on the limiting of illness-caused disability.
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a. overcrowded hospitals b. the shortage of health care providers c. the shortage of nursing personnel d. high cost of acute (hospital) care and the early discharge of clients