The psychiatric mental health nursing student is preparing to attend a meeting of the psychiatric mental health care team to discuss possible updates to clients' diagnoses
In preparing for this meeting, the nursing student should consult which of the following references? 1. Standards of Psychiatric Nursing Practice
2. Psychiatric nursing care plan manual
3. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
4. Dictionary of common mental disorders
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Rationale: Mental disorders are identified, standardized, and categorized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). All members of the health care team use this reference. A psychiatric nursing care plan manual is a reference for nursing care and a dictionary will offer only a general definition. Standards of Psychiatric Nursing Practice outlines nursing responsibilities, but does not apply to clients or other members of the multidisciplinary health care team.
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