A client diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disorder has impairments of memory and judgement and is incapable of performing activities of daily living. Which nursing intervention should take priority?
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A client diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disorder has impairments of memory and judgement and is incapable of performing activities of daily living. Which nursing intervention should take priority?
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A client is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. When asked about the previous evening, the client describes a wonderful evening spent on a cruise. Which symptom is the client exhibiting?
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A client tells the nurse, "I feel bad because my mother does not want me to return home after I leave the hospital." Which nursing response is therapeutic?
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A nurse working in a mental health unit reviews therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication techniques with a student nurse. All of the following are therapeutic communication techniques except:
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The nurse is assessing an inpatient client with a known history of violence. The client suddenly displays clenched fists. What additional behavior by the client would suggest that the aggression is escalating? The client:
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The nurse is assessing the status of a post-operative client in the PACU. The nurse should be most concerned with which assessment finding?
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During a client intake assessment, the nurse asks both physiological and psychosocial questions. The client angrily responds, "I'm here for my heart, not my head problems." What is the nurse's best response?
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A client diagnosed with vascular neurocognitive disorder (NCD) is discharged to home under the care of his wife. Which information should cause the nurse to question the client's safety?
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A client is diagnosed with Trichotillomania. The client has relieved the anxiety over the years by doing what type of behavior?
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A client diagnosed with bulimia nervosa has been attending a mental health clinic for several months. Which factor should a nurse identify as an appropriate indicator of a positive client behavioral change? The client:
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A 13-year-old is about to take a math test. A nursing assessment reveals mild anxiety. The nurse explains that this level of anxiety.
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A client who has schizophrenia is talking to the nurse and states, "Do you hear that? I am scared. The voices are telling me to do horrible things which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?
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A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client prescribed diazepam. Which client statement would indicate that the client teaching was effective? "
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If a client demonstrates transference towards the nurse, how should the nurse respond?
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