Based on the current prevalence of mental illness, most nursing students who do NOT go on to specialize in psychiatric nursing:
a. will not encounter persons with mental illness except during their psychiatric rotation
b. will themselves experience significant mental illness at some point during their lifetimes
c. will already know or be related to someone with significant mental illness
d. will not use psychiatric nursing knowledge during their nursing career
C
Based on the current prevalence of mental illness, most nursing students who do not go on to specialize in psychiatric nursing will already know or be related to someone with significant mental illness. This is a result of the high prevalence of mental illness in the communities.
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