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You have a 76-year-old female patient that comes to your clinic accompanied by her son. She has somatic concerns of headaches and was referred by her primary care provider. When talking with the patient and her son it appears she also is experiencing anxiety symptoms most of her life but more so now with frustrations of a headache. She has not tried medication for her anxiety in the past. Her son today asks about alprazolam (xanax) to help control her anxiety. Knowing what you know about patients her age and medications what is the best response:

According to DSM 5-TR specific phobia diagnosis the fear, anxiety or avoidance is persistent and lasts for at least how long:

The practice of medicine is focused on curing illness, while the practice of nursing applies which therapeutic concept?

Persistent depressive disorder can be present in the child/adolescent population. According to the DSM-5-TR how long would a child/adolescent patient need to have symptoms to be diagnosed with persistent depressive disorder: 

Who is thought to be the father of cognitive therapy? 

The interpersonal relations theory is considered the first nursing theory used to guide psychiatric-mental health nursing. Which theorist developed this theory? 

Peplau defined six roles for the nurse and created four phases of development in the nursing process. According to Peplau, which was the cornerstone of therapeutic work? 

Correctly balance the following equation:

What is missing from the following R code for it to create a sequence from 1 to 10? > seq(1, )

Suppose a numeric vector variable called ‘mydata’ has the following values: 6, 4, 9, 2, 3, 4, 8. Which command would you use in R to find the maximum number in ‘mydata’?