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Which assessment question would be highly appropriate to ask…
Which assessment question would be highly appropriate to ask a client with possible generalized anxiety disorder?
A patient diagnosed with bipolar I disorder is exhibiting se…
A patient diagnosed with bipolar I disorder is exhibiting severe manic behaviors. A physician prescribes lithium carbonate (Eskalith) and olanzapine (Zyprexa). The patient’s partner questions the Zyprexa order. Which is the appropriate nursing response?
The nurse in a mental health clinic is interviewing a new pa…
The nurse in a mental health clinic is interviewing a new patient with severe anxiety. The nurse would be most helpful to this patient by using which intervention?
A client has just been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive d…
A client has just been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder. What does the nurse say to educate the client?
A 16-year-old patient diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum…
A 16-year-old patient diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder experiences command hallucinations to harm others. The patient’s parents ask a nurse, “Where do the voices come from?” Which is the appropriate nursing response based on biological theory?
The nurse is working on a unit with patients diagnosed with…
The nurse is working on a unit with patients diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder where milieu therapy is used. The nurse is aware of the fact that milieu therapy is a good choice for patients with antisocial personality disorder because of which of the following?
A nurse is preparing to administer 250 mg of an antibiotic I…
A nurse is preparing to administer 250 mg of an antibiotic IM. Available is 3 g/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth.)
The nurse is caring for a patient with depression and anxiet…
The nurse is caring for a patient with depression and anxiety. The physician prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), Fluoxetine (Prozac). The nurse is aware that which of the following is a primary side effect or adverse reaction of this medication?
One psychosocial theory is that depression occurs after a lo…
One psychosocial theory is that depression occurs after a loss of an object, rejection of love, or death of a loved one. Which theorist hypothesized that once the loss has been incorporated into the self, the hostile part of the ambivalence that had been felt for the lost object is then turned inward against the ego?