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A nurse is collecting data from a client who has generalized anxiety disorders. Which of the following behaviors should the nurse expect in this client?

The nurse is talking with a client that avoids eye contact and declines to answer questions. How should the nurse document this?

A client involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital is displaying manipulative behavior and refusing to take prescribed medication. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

The nurse is conducting an interview on a newly admitted client to the psychiatric unit. What is the priority action by the nurse?

A nurse is caring for a client with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) straightens the chairs in dayroom anytime they are moved out of place. The nurse should recognize the client’s actions as which of the following?

A client is prescribed Buspirone for obsessive compulsive disorder.  Which herbal supplement should the nurse instruct the client to avoid?

When caring for a client in a mental health facility who is a voluntary admission, the nurse understands that all of the following states are correct except. The client 

A nurse at a inpatient mental health facility is sitting with a group of clients watching television. Suddenly one of the client’s jumps up, begins screaming, and runs out of the room. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The nurse is preparing to assist placing a client into seculsion after throwing a chair at the wall. What action should the nurse do first?

A client is placed in a seculsion room after an outburst of violent behavior including a physical assault on another client. As the client is being secluded whe nurse should the nurse take?