A client diagnosed with schizophrenia is experiencing delusions of persecution. How would the client express feeling persecuted?

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has schizophrenia and a new prescription for risperidone. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder. What is the primary manifestation of this disorder?

An adolescent tells the school nurse, "My friend threatened to take an overdose of pills." The nurse talks to the friend who verbalized the suicide threat. What is the most critical question for the nurse to ask?

A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with schizophrenia following a recent suicide attempt. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The nurse is caring for a client who has become increasingly agitated. He is pacing in the hallway and shouting at other clients. What is the priority action of the nurse?

A client with schizophrenia has received standard antipsychotics for a year. His hallucinations are less intrusive, but the client remains apathetic, has poverty of thought, cannot work, and is socially isolated.

To address these symptoms, the nurse might expect the psychiatrist to prescribe which medication?

What intervention is a priority when the client is experiencing auditory hallucinations?

A client on the mental health unit has disorganized type schizophrenia. The nurse observes blunted affect and social isolation. He occasionally curses or calls another client a "jerk" without provocation. The nurse asks the client how he is feeling, and he responds, "Everybody picks on me. They frobitz me."

What intervention is a priority when the client is experiencing auditory hallucinations?

A client is admitted to the hospital for alcohol intoxication. The family reports that he is a heavy drinker and has been admitted several times for alcohol detoxification. When can the nurse expect to observe the first symptoms of withdrawal?