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The nurse’s new job description at the generalist level of practice reflects the definition of psychiatric–mental
health nursing and the Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice (ANA, APNA, ISPN). In which
of the following areas might the nurse plan programs and intervention to fulfill employment expectations?
Rationale 1: Stress management strategies address health, wellness, and care of mental health problems and are
appropriate for psychiatric–mental health nursing at the generalist level of practice.
Rationale 2: Early diagnosis of psychiatric disorders is generally not consistent with the definition or practice
of psychiatric–mental health nursing especially at the generalist level.
Rationale 3: Parenting classes for new parents provide teaching that is consistent with the prevention of mental
health problems and is consistent with psychiatric–mental health nursing at the generalist level of practice.
Rationale 4: Family and group psychotherapy is consistent at the advanced practice registered nurse level but
not the generalist level.
Rationale 5: Medication teaching for anti-anxiety medications promotes quality of care for persons with
psychiatric disorders and is vital for psychiatric–mental health nursing practice at the generalist level of practice.
Global Rationale:
Question 2
Type: MCSA
The nurse is serving on a committee charged with reviewing the roles and responsibilities of the nurses on the
psychiatric unit. Which publication should the nurse bring to the first meeting?
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: The Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice delineates psychiatric–mental health
nursing roles and functions and serves as guidelines for providing quality care. The Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders is used by the mental health care team, particularly the psychiatrist, to diagnose
clients with mental disorders and is not specific to nursing care issues. The Code of Ethics helps to clarify right
and wrong actions by the nurse, but does not clarify roles and nursing care actions. Certification requirements
outline steps toward certification that acknowledge knowledge and expertise, but do not delineate roles and
responsibilities.
Rationale 2: The Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice delineates psychiatric–mental health
nursing roles and functions and serves as guidelines for providing quality care. The Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders is used by the mental health care team, particularly the psychiatrist, to diagnose
clients with mental disorders and is not specific to nursing care issues. The Code of Ethics helps to clarify right
and wrong actions by the nurse, but does not clarify roles and nursing care actions. Certification requirements
outline steps toward certification that acknowledge knowledge and expertise, but do not delineate roles and
responsibilities.
Rationale 3: The Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice delineates psychiatric–mental health
nursing roles and functions and serves as guidelines for providing quality care. The Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders is used by the mental health care team, particularly the psychiatrist, to diagnose
clients with mental disorders and is not specific to nursing care issues. The Code of Ethics helps to clarify right
and wrong actions by the nurse, but does not clarify roles and nursing care actions. Certification requirements
outline steps toward certification that acknowledge knowledge and expertise, but do not delineate roles and
responsibilities.
Rationale 4: The Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice delineates psychiatric–mental health
nursing roles and functions and serves as guidelines for providing quality care. The Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders is used by the mental health care team, particularly the psychiatrist, to diagnose
clients with mental disorders and is not specific to nursing care issues. The Code of Ethics helps to clarify right
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and wrong actions by the nurse, but does not clarify roles and nursing care actions. Certification requirements
outline steps toward certification that acknowledge knowledge and expertise, but do not delineate roles and
responsibilities.
Global Rationale:
Question 3
Type: MCSA
The psychiatric–mental health nurse reflecting on professional role activities is referred to the standards of
professional performance by a colleague. To which organization should the nurse look for guidance?
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: The American Nurses Association will be the best resource as professional performance is addressed
in standards 7–15 of ANA’s Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice. The National League for
Nursing primarily addresses nursing education, while the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center
focuses on certification. The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association develops a classification system for
nursing diagnoses.
Rationale 2: The American Nurses Association will be the best resource as professional performance is addressed
in standards 7–15 of ANA’s Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice. The National League for
Nursing primarily addresses nursing education, while the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center
focuses on certification. The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association develops a classification system for
nursing diagnoses.
Rationale 3: The American Nurses Association will be the best resource as professional performance is addressed
in standards 7–15 of ANA’s Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice. The National League for
Nursing primarily addresses nursing education, while the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center
focuses on certification. The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association develops a classification system for
nursing diagnoses.
Dr. McNeill wiped the perspiration from his forehead and put on his
glasses again. I waited for him to resume, and as he kept silent I spoke
softly.
"She lived? She was found? Was it ever explained?"
The doctor cleared his throat.
"Yes—she lived, in a way. And it was explained. I told you there was no
bewitchment—only cruel, pitiful, material horror."
It was Sally Compton who had made the discovery. She had ridden over
to the Davis cabin the next afternoon to talk over the party with Audrey,
and had seen no smoke from the chimney. That was queer. It had turned
very warm again, yet Audrey was usually cooking something at that
hour. The mules were making hungry-sounding noises in the barn, and
there was no sign of old Wolf sunning himself in the accustomed spot by
the door.
Altogether, Sally did not like the look of the place, so was very timid and
hesitant as she dismounted and knocked. She got no answer, but waited
some time before trying the crude door of split logs. The lock, it
appeared, was unfastened; and she slowly pushed her way in. Then,
perceiving what was there, she reeled back, gasped, and clung to the
jamb to preserve her balance.
A terrible odor had welled out as she opened the door, but that was not
what had stunned her. It was what she had seen. For within that shadowy
cabin monstrous things had happened and three shocking objects
remained on the floor to awe and baffle the beholder.
Near the burned-out fireplace was the great dog—purple decay on the
skin left bare by mange and old age, and the whole carcass burst by the
puffing effect of rattlesnake poison. It must have been bitten by a
veritable legion of the reptiles.
To the right of the door was the ax-hacked remnant of what had been a
man—clad in a nightshirt, and with the shattered bulk of a lantern
clenched in one hand. He was totally free from any sign of snake-bite.
Near him lay the ensanguined ax, carelessly discarded.
And wriggling flat on the floor was a loathsome, vacant-eyed thing that
had been a woman, but was now only a mute, mad caricature. All that
this thing could do was to hiss, and hiss, and hiss.
Both the doctor and I were brushing cold drops from our foreheads by
this time. He poured something from a flask on his desk, took a nip, and
handed another glass to me. I could only suggest tremulously and
stupidly:
"So Walker had only fainted that first time—the screams roused him, and
the ax did the rest?"
"Yes." Dr. McNeill's voice was low. "But he met his death from snakes
just the same. It was his fear working in two ways—it made him faint,
and it made him fill his wife with the wild stories that caused her to
strike out when she thought she saw the snake-devil."
I thought for a moment.
"And Audrey—wasn't it queer how the curse of Yig seemed to work
itself out on her? I suppose the impression of hissing snakes had been
fairly ground into her."
"Yes. There were lucid spells at first, but they got to be fewer and fewer.
Her hair came white at the roots as it grew, and later began to fall out.
The skin grew blotchy, and when she died——"
I interrupted with a start.
"Died? Then what was that—that thing downstairs?"
McNeill spoke gravely.
"That is what was born to her three-quarters of a year afterward. There
were three more of them—two were even worse—but this is the only,
one that lived."
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