Practice Guidelines Are Formulated To

question 13

Multiple Choice

Practice guidelines are formulated to:

• A) establish evidence of appropriate psychiatric care based on anecdotal data collected only on the unit where you are using the practice guidelines.
• B) promote consistency of patient care for all patients with a particular need regardless of age or DSM-IV-TR diagnosis.
• C) identify treatments that are safe and effective for a particular psychiatric disorder based on collected data.
• D) minimize the need for nurses to continuously update the guidelines after they have been established.

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