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Which characteristic is likely to be present in a patient with avoidant personality? 

Which interventions are most appropriate for caring for a client in alcohol withdrawal?  Select all that apply.  

Your new patient is at risk for alcohol withdrawal.  You know that alcohol withdrawal tends to develop within what period after the last drink? 

Malachi is a 25-year-old male patient who is being treated at your hospital day-treatment center.  Malachi is very charming and seems popular.  He has the ability to draw crowds around him, but you know he has been in trouble with the law several times since adolescence and lies constantly.  You realize that Malachi’s behavior is most likely which personality disorder? 

A patient with borderline personality disorder approaches you and voices concern that she is being ignored and feels unimportant.  The patient blames the nursing staff for these feelings because the nurses are “not paying attention” to her.  Your best therapeutic response to this patient is: 

The nurse determines that the wife of an alcoholic client is benefiting from attending an Al-Anon group if the nurse hears the wife make which statement? 

The nurse is monitoring a hospitalized client who abuses alcohol.  Which findings should alert the nurse to the potential for alcohol withdrawal delirium? 

The spouse of a client admitted to the mental health unit for alcohol withdrawal says to the nurse, “I should get out of this bad situation.”  Which is the most helpful response by the nurse?” 

The LPN/LVN takes care of a client diagnosed with delirium.  What will LPN/LVN expect to observe? 

Where is the respiratory membrane located?