The process of synthesizing, disseminating, and using research-generated knowledge to make a change in practices is a subset of the broader evidence-based practice. What is this process known as?

A 29-year-old woman with a history of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) presents to the PMHNP for a psychiatric evaluation. The PMHNP suspects she has borderline personality disorder. She denies current suicidal ideation but reports having suicidal "feelings" in the past. Which of the following tools will the PMHNP use to determine future suicide risk?

A 21-year-old man known to paramedics as an IV heroin user is found unconscious in the park. Paramedics are unable to revive him using naloxone or flumazenil. An autopsy determines that the man had infective endocarditis (IE). What is the pathophysiology associated with this disease?

A PMHNP is working at a community mental health clinic during the time of the COVID-19 shutdown. Many of her clients are of low socioeconomic status and do not have access to the necessary equipment for videoconferencing and are only available for appointments via telephone. How will the NP best ensure the clients receive high-quality care when she can only use the telephone?

The PMHNP is seeing clients at an inpatient substance abuse facility. She is called to assist a 42-year-old patient suspected of benzodiazepine overdose who has not responded to 3 mg of flumazenil (Romazicon) administered intravenously (IV). The most appropriate intervention at this time would be to:

During a psychiatric evaluation, the PMHNP conducts a psychiatric review of systems (ROS) in which she reviews common psychiatric symptoms that may not have been elicited in the history of present illness (HPI). Which of the following questions is most likely designed to elicit a response for the system "substances and other addictions"?

A 72-year-old woman with a longstanding history of alcohol use disorder is admitted to the geriatric behavioral unit. She has retrograde and anterograde amnesia, and she displays confabulation during her psychiatric evaluation. What diagnosis is most appropriate?

A man has been arrested for driving under the influence twice within the past year. He continues to drink alcohol and tells his friends he does not have any issues with alcohol consumption. What is this behavior an example of?

What are the two primary tools for relapse prevention?

A 43-year-old married man is admitted to an inpatient hospital for acute hepatitis. The PMHNP is consulted for a psychiatric evaluation after he admits to a long history of alcohol use beginning in college. He has gradually increased his nightly alcohol intake from a single 6-pack of beer to two 12-packs of beer, and his drinking has caused him to oversleep and miss work on occasion. He has had his wife phone in sick for him from time to time. He has tried to cut down on his drinking with little success. He admits he does have tremors and becomes anxious when he doesn't drink. Which diagnosis appears to be appropriate for this patient, based on this information?

When interpreting research findings, which of the following most closely describes the concept of internal validity?