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The concept of blaming as the cause of mental illness is based on the belief that:
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People cause their own problems
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Detached concern means that the nurse:
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Emotionally distances himself or herself in order to help others
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The Enlightenment Model of Thinking reflecs the belief that:
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People create their own problems but need to rely on others to solve them
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To address the cultural needs of a client, the nurse will:
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Ask clients what cultural issues are important to them
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The nurse can reduce the risk of burnout by:
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Recognizing and resonding to his or her own internal stress signals
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The nurse is teaching a group of clients how to use assertive behavior to increase their self-confidence. The nurse explains that assertive behavior includes:
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The ability to ask for what ou want while respecting other people
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_____ in psychiatric-mental health involves maintaining current knowledge and self-regulation to protect teh quality of client care
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Accountability
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The nurse conveys a caring, respectful attitude toward a client when the nurse says:
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I want to make sure I understood what you said
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Which of the following statements reflects empathy for a client?
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I don't know how you feel, but I hear what you are saying
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To effectively address a client's spiritual needs the nurse should be knowledgeable about:
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The significance of religious practices and rituals in the client's life
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One of the obstacles in describing mental disorders is that the phrase "deviant behaviror":
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Has a pejorative connotation
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In the early 19th century, individiuals with mental disorders were believed to be:
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Incurable and dangerous
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Mental disorders were conceptualized as disordered neurology under the purview of medicine by:
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Rush
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The nurse is assessing the client for a possible mental disorder using contemporary beliefs about mental illness as a theoretical base for practice. Given this approach, the nurse would definitely ask about:
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Current medications and recent stressors
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Which mental disorders rank among the top ten causes of disability worldwide?
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Bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia
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