A psychiatric nurse is caring for a client in an inpatient unit. Following the client's plan of care, the nurse performs the interventions ordered for the client. Which activity may be performed by all psychiatric/mental health nurse generalists?
A) Counseling
B) Psychotherapy
C) Consultation
D) Prescriptive authority and treatment
A
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Compared with a quasi-experimental design, which of these characteristics should a nurse expect to see only in a true experimental design?
a. Experimental treatment b. Informed consent c. Hypotheses d. Random assignment
What type of information is typically found in an administrative database?
a. Data collected for a specific research study b. Demographic information about a population c. Journal accounts of subjects' responses to surveys d. Statistical results of experimental studies
A patient comes into the clinic to renew her prescription for her chronic psoriasis condition. She is likely being treated with which of the following?
A. an antipsoriatic B. a scabicide C. a pediculicide D. steroids
When a client tells the nurse, "It's so wonderful how you've helped me; I think I've fallen in love with you," it suggests that:
1. The client is goal-directed 2. Confrontation is occurring 3. The client is demonstrating unhealthy boundaries 4. The nurse is motivated by the desire to contribute to society