Exam 8: Legal and Ethical Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

A patient tried for the murder of a spouse and child was found guilty but mentally ill (GBMI).A psychiatric nurse is asked,"Does that mean this patient will be walking the streets after a short hospitalization?" Which reply shows the best understanding of GBMI?

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Question 21

An individual is advised to seek psychiatric hospitalization and agrees to receive treatment and abide by hospital rules.What type of admission is this?

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Question 22

When a patient who immigrated to the United States tells a nurse that consent to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was only given because the patient's spouse said,"They will deport you if you didn't do what they said to do," the nurse should initially:

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Question 23

What is the new staff nurse's immediate duty when a patient discloses a plan to kill a family member upon release from the hospital?

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Exam 8: Legal and Ethical Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

A patient tried for the murder of a spouse and child was found guilty but mentally ill (GBMI).A psychiatric nurse is asked,"Does that mean this patient will be walking the streets after a short hospitalization?" Which reply shows the best understanding of GBMI?

An individual is advised to seek psychiatric hospitalization and agrees to receive treatment and abide by hospital rules.What type of admission is this?

When a patient who immigrated to the United States tells a nurse that consent to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was only given because the patient's spouse said,"They will deport you if you didn't do what they said to do," the nurse should initially:

What is the new staff nurse's immediate duty when a patient discloses a plan to kill a family member upon release from the hospital?

Roles and Functions of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Competent Caring

Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship

The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Evidence-Based Psychiatric Nursing Practice

Biological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Psychological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Social, Cultural, and Spiritual Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Policy and Advocacy in Mental Health Care

Families as Resources, Caregivers, and Collaborators

Implementing the Nursing Process: Standards of Practice and Professional Performance

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion

Crisis Intervention

Recovery and Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Anxiety Responses and Anxiety Disorders

Psychophysiological Responses and Somatoform and Sleep Disorders

Self-Concept Responses and Dissociative Disorders

Emotional Responses and Mood Disorders

Self-Protective Responses and Suicidal Behavior

Neurobiological Responses and Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders

Social Responses and Personality Disorders

Cognitive Responses and Organic Mental Disorders

Chemically Mediated Responses and Substance-Related Disorders

Eating Regulation Responses and Eating Disorders

Sexual Responses and Sexual Disorders

Psychopharmacology

Behavior Change and Cognitive Interventions

Preventing and Managing Aggressive Behavior

Somatic Therapies

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Therapeutic Groups

Family Interventions

Hospital-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care

Community-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care

Child Psychiatric Nursing

Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Geropsychiatric Nursing

Care of Survivors of Abuse and Violence

The Military and Their Families

Psychological Care of Patients with Life-Threatening Illness

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