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20. A patient diagnosed with bipolar disorder was hospitalized 15 days ago and has been receiving lithium. Current assessment findings include increased restlessness, pressured speech, and flight of ideas. The patient sleeps 2 hours per night. Which intervention would the nurse take? 

A 45-year-old man with metabolic syndrome has mildly elevated AST and ALT. Which associated condition is likely?

A 42-year-old patient on a typical antipsychotic presents with severe restlessness, pacing in the exam room, inability to sit still, and a feeling of “inner agitation.” Symptoms began within days of starting the medication. Which Drug-Induced Movement Disorders is most consistent with this presentation?

A nurse is documenting using DAR notes for a patient with a post-surgical wound. Which entry should the nurse place in the A section of the DAR note?

An internal impulse that causes a person to take action is?

The nurse works with pediatric patients who have diabetes. Which is the youngest age group to which the nurse can effectively teach psychomotor skills such as insulin administration?

A client receives an immunization. What level of healthcare does this demonstrate? 

One sentence gives the moral of Our Lady’s Tumbler: “God refuses no one who seeks His face in _____ . . . and strives to do His will.”

Our Lady’s Tumbler gives several details about the acrobat while he performs his vaults and other feats before the Virgin Mary.  The narrator comments on the tumbler’s profuse  sweating.  Knowing the messages the play imparts, the sweating may suggest ______.

Physical inactivity in the United States is the greatest threat to public health.