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A nurse is caring for a client 3 days after admission for treatment of depression. The client leaves her current activity, approaches the nurse and states, “There’s no reason to go on living. I just want to kill myself.” Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is assessing a client who is taking bupropion. The nurse should recognize which of the following findings as an indication that the medication is effective?

A nurse in an emergency department is caring for an adolescent client who reports being sexually assaulted just prior to admission. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

An RN is assisting a client with systematic desensitization for their extreme fear of riding in motor vehicles. Which of the following actions should the nurse implement with this form of therapy?

Joe is seeing his primary care provider with complaints of headaches and stomach aches. Which assessment finding most clearly indicates that Joe may be experiencing a mental illness?

A patient is observed in the dining area of the psychiatric unit yelling “STOP” to herself. What behavioral therapy technique is being used?

Joe is seeing his primary care provider with complaints of headaches and stomach aches. Which assessment finding most clearly indicates that Joe may be experiencing a mental illness?

A nurse is assessing a client who has a new diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is discussing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the underlying reason clients with OCD perform ritualistic behaviors?

A nurse is discussing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the underlying reason clients with OCD perform ritualistic behaviors?