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People with eating disorders have many risk factors that need to be monitored. What is one of the most important for the nurse to monitor?

What is the primary motive of clients with factitious disorder?

A young child has begun having behavioral issues, and the parent has brought the child tothe pediatrician’s office. Which question might the nurse ask as part of a physiological riskassessment?

Why is it important for a nurse to watch the lab values during treatment of a client with anorexia nervosa?

One potential side effect of psychiatric medication that may lead to medication nonadherence by the client is ________.

An adult client in restraints has been assigned a new nurse to be the 1:1 observer and documenter. The charge nurse asks the new nurse if they have any questions and realizes there needs to be clarification of the assignment when the new nurse says, ________.

First- and second-generation antipsychotics may be used in older adult clients. Considerations for dosing include renal clearance, liver functioning, and cardiac output. In most cases, how are these medications dosed in older adult clients?

According to Maslow’s theory, which needs must a nurse meet first to progress to higher-level needs?

How does community mental health care differ from private care?

What role do nurses play in the implementation of adjunctive treatments for mental illness?