RN Comprehensive (RnComprehensive)

A nurse wants to teach alternative coping strategies to a patient experiencing severe anxiety. Which action should the nurse perform first? a.Verify the patient's learning style. b.Lower the patient's current anxiety. c.Create outcomes and a teaching plan. d.Assess how the patient uses defense mechanisms. - B A patient experiencing severe anxiety has a markedly narrowed perceptual field and difficulty attending to events in the environment. A patient experiencing severe anxiety will no...

1. A paranoid client presents with bizarre behaviors, neologisms, and thought insertion. Which nursing action should be prioritized to maintain this client's safety? A. Assess for medication noncompliance B. Note escalating behaviors and intervene immediately C. Interpret attempts at communication D. Assess triggers for bizarre, inappropriate behaviors - ANS: B The nurse should note escalating behaviors and intervene immediately to maintain this client's safety. Early intervention may...

A nurse in an outpatient mental health clinic is interviewing a client who has schizophrenia and appears to be experiencing auditory hallucinations. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? A. Teach the client strategies to decrease the hallucinations B. Identify whether the client is on antipsychotic medications C. Distract the client from the hallucination D. Explore what the voices are saying to the client D A nurse is observing a client with schizophrenia in the da...

1. A paranoid client presents with bizarre behaviors, neologisms, and thought insertion. Which nursing action should be prioritized to maintain this client's safety? A. Assess for medication noncompliance B. Note escalating behaviors and intervene immediately C. Interpret attempts at communication D. Assess triggers for bizarre, inappropriate behaviors - ANS: B The nurse should note escalating behaviors and intervene immediately to maintain this client's safety. Early intervention may...

A nurse in an outpatient mental health clinic is interviewing a client who has schizophrenia and appears to be experiencing auditory hallucinations. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? A. Teach the client strategies to decrease the hallucinations B. Identify whether the client is on antipsychotic medications C. Distract the client from the hallucination D. Explore what the voices are saying to the client D A nurse is observing a client with schizophrenia in the da...

1. A paranoid client presents with bizarre behaviors, neologisms, and thought insertion. Which nursing action should be prioritized to maintain this client's safety? A. Assess for medication noncompliance B. Note escalating behaviors and intervene immediately C. Interpret attempts at communication D. Assess triggers for bizarre, inappropriate behaviors - ANS: B The nurse should note escalating behaviors and intervene immediately to maintain this client's safety. Early intervention may...

A nurse is planning discharge for a client who has BPD. Which of the following interventions should be included for this client? A. dialectical behavior therapy B. behavioral contract C. bibliotherapy D. safety plan A. dialectical behavior therapy -BPD and self-injurious behaviors behavioral contract: aggressive/disruptive behavior bibliotherapy: gain skills for dealing with stressful situations safety plan: in abusive relationship A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar disord...

1. Psychotic experiences are characteristic of schizophrenia, but they also occur in people with other disorders. Of the following, they are least likely to occur in people with A. Brain tumors B. Mood disorders C. Substance use disorder D. Specific phobias - D. Specific phobias 2. The psychiatrist who introduced the term dementia praecox was A. Emil kraepelin B. Benjamin rush C. Eugen bleuler D. Philippe pine - A. Emil kraepelin 3. Persecutory delusions, auditory hallucination, and u...