The nurse explores any personal misconceptions or prejudices before caring for a client. This action is one of the tasks that occur in a phase of the nurse-client relationship. What is the nurse's major task in this phase?
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Question 2 of 20
A nursing instructor is preparing a presentation about key events and people that influenced the development of contemporary mental health and illness care. When describing the effects of World War II, which of the following would the instructor include?
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Question 3 of 20
Which scenario best depicts a behavioral crisis? A patient is
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Question 4 of 20
A nurse is working with a forensic client on early recognition. On which area would the nurse and client focus?
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Question 5 of 20
The nurse is caring for a client with schizoid personality trait. When developing the plan of care for the client, which of the following would the nurse most likely include?
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Question 6 of 20
The nurse is working with a child who has engaged in bullying. Which of the following would be most effective for the nurse to implement?
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Question 7 of 20
Claude is a new nurse on the psychiatric unit. He asks a senior nurse on staff for the 'best advice' when working with oppositional defiant disorder. Which statement reflects advice on solid therapeutic communication?
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Question 8 of 20
A 62-year-old man experienced the loss of his 87-year-old father a week ago. The hospice nurse is making a follow-up visit to determine how he is handling his father's death. Which of the following statements made indicates to the hospice nurse that the patient is in the acute mourning stage of bereavement?
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Question 9 of 20
A patient discloses several concerns and associated feelings. If the nurse wants to seek clarification, which comment would be appropriate?
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Question 10 of 20
Nurse is performing dressing change for client with a sacral wound using negative pressure wound therapy. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
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Question 11 of 20
A client with insomnia is taught to avoid watching television, eating, and doing work in the bedroom. Which technique is being used?
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Question 12 of 20
The phone rings at the nurse's station of an inpatient psychiatric facility. The caller asks to speak with Mr. Hawkins, a client in room 200. Which nursing response protects this client's right to autonomy and confidentiality?
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Question 13 of 20
A nursing student is to provide a class presentation about interpersonal and psychoanalytic theories. As part of this presentation, the student is planning to address the major way these two categories differ. Which of the following would the student include as key to interpersonal theories?
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Question 14 of 20
A daughter brings her mother, who has Alzheimer's disease, to the clinic. The client has been taking a cholinesterase inhibitor medication for 1 month. When assessing the client, the nurse would be alert for the possibility of which side effect?
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Question 15 of 20
What is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
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Question 16 of 20
A nurse administers a prescribed dose of lithium at 8 PM. The nurse would schedule a specimen to be obtained for a blood level at which time?
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Question 17 of 20
What is a key role of nurses in the provision of adjunctive treatments for mental illness?
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Question 18 of 20
Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with undeveloped emotional regulation and poor tolerance for frustration. Emotional and behavioral control usually increases over the course of adolescence due to:
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Question 19 of 20
A client with schizoaffective disorder is prescribed clozapine to treat her symptoms. Which of the following instructions would the nurse provide?
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Question 20 of 20
In contrast to most Western medicine, integrative care takes into consideration:
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