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Which of the following presidents was made president solely by vote of Congress and not by election?  

A client made a complaint to a family member that a nurse hit them in the face when the client called the nurse an inappropriate name. The family member reported the allegation to the charge nurse and the charge nurse identifies this type of wrongful act as what?

Match each of the following 

A client was scheduled to appear in court due to continued violent psychotic behaviors in the community and refusing mental health treatment. The judge ordered for the client to have a mental health evaluation to determine criteria for an involuntary admission. Which of the following meets criteria for admission for involuntary admission for treatment? Select all that apply

A feeling of severe restlessness with Parkinson’s like symptoms with muscles contracting involuntary by some psychotropic medications, which is often misinterpreted by patients as anxious or recurrence of psychiatric symptoms is known as: 

An adolescent was at the medication window waiting to receive their medications. Upon taking their medications, the nurse notice the client not swallowing their medications. With the younger population, the nurse knows which safety precaution need to be done?

A nurse is teaching new nurses the effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic medications. The nurse knows that the class needs more teaching when which statement by the class is mentioned? 

A supervisor observes inconsistency in the psychiatric-mental health nurse’s behavior toward a patient. The nurse is unreasonably concerned, overly kind, or irrationally hostile. The most appropriate explanation is that the nurse is displaying. 

A nurse was given an order by the psychiatrist to start the first does of Clozaril 12.5mg po bid x 7 days on a client who was just admitted to the unit on yesterday.  The nurse knows the risk of this medication and knows they will need to do the following nursing actions.   Select all that apply.

Patients diagnosed with a mental illness are guaranteed the same civil rights as other citizens and are able to receive the same rights and privilege’s as a U.S. citizen. Identified the following. Select all that apply.