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A nurse working on a psychiatric unit is taking care of a client who has been admitted with depression with risk for suicide. The client has been non-responsive to any interactions with the nurse or healthcare team members. Which action by the nurse violates the civil rights of a psychiatric client? The nurse (Select all that apply.)

On an in-patient psychiatric unit, a newly admitted client requests to leave against medical advice (AMA). What should be the initial nursing action for this client?

A nurse is preparing to administer digoxin 8 mcg/kg/day PO to divide equally every 12 hr for a preschooler who weighs 33 lb. Available is digoxin elixir 0.05 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth, no unit of measurement needed).  _______

Which therapies involve electrical brain stimulation for treatment of mental illness? Select all that apply.

Select the best outcome for a patient with the nursing diagnosis: Impaired social interaction related to sociocultural dissonance as evidenced by stating, “Although I’d like to, I don’t participate because I don’t speak the language very well.” Patient will

A person says, “I was the only survivor in a small plane crash. Three business associates died. I got depressed and saw a counselor twice a week for 4 weeks. We talked about my feelings related to being a survivor, and I’m better now.” Which type of therapy was used?

Which situation contradicts the ethical principle of veracity?

A client diagnosed with schizophrenia refuses to take medication, citing the right of autonomy. Under which circumstance would a nurse have the right to medicate the client?

A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride 3000 mL IV to infuse over 24 hr. The drop factor on the manual IV tubing is 10 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (do not include unit of measurement) _______

A nurse is behaving extremely hostile toward a newly admitted client she has just met, without apparent reason. According to Freudian theory, which of the following phenomena has occurred?