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throw
 Inpatient care begins with medical
assessment- rule out/consider comorbid
conditions
 Patient’s bill of rights
 Understanding of roles of Members of
the Multidisciplinary Treatment Team.
 Case manager within the hospital
 Social worker- helps with things
outside the hospital
 Psychiatric nurse generalist - RNs, focus
on mental health and illness
 Advanced practice psychiatric nurses -
CNSs and NPs, assess, psychotherapy,
prescribe, diagnose, treat
 Psychiatrist - prescribe, psychotherapy
 Psychologist - evaluation, psychological
testing, psychotherapy, counseling
 Social workers - counseling, supportive
services- housing, health care in
community
 Counselors - individual and group
counseling
 Occupational therapists - ADLs, role
performance
 Physical therapists- rehabilitation
 Art therapists - understand problems,
enhance healthy development, reduce
effects of illness
 Recreation therapists - improve
emotional, physical, cognitive, and social
well-being
 Pharmacists - distribution and centralized
monitoring of drug regimens
 Medical personnel - physicians whose
focus is nonpsychiatric of comorbid
conditions
 Mental health workers -psych aides,
extensive contact with patients
 Pastoral counselors - clergy, counseling
 Consumer providers - individuals with
serious mental illness, trained to use
experience to provide recovery-oriented
services and support
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 Understanding of components of Roles
and Functions.
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 Clear understanding of: primary,
secondary, and tertiary care and how to
apply.
 Primary - promotes health and prevents
mental health problems from occurring
(education)
 Secondary - focuses on early detection of
mental illness (screening)
 Tertiary - focuses on rehab and prevention
of further problems in clients previously
diagnosed (support group, rehab)
 Helpful:
o Objectives
o Box 5-1
o Box 5-2
o Key Points
Question Example – Ch. 5
A patient with schizophrenia had an exacerbation related to medication noncompliance. During
4 days of hospitalization, medication was resumed. The patient’s thought processes are
now more organized, and discharge is planned. The patient’s family is upset and tells the
nurse, “It’s too soon for discharge. We will just go through all this again.” The nurse should: