A client is admitted to the emergency department after using ecstasy. The nurse identifies this drug as belonging to what class?

A client diagnosed with bipolar I disorder is in a manic state, rushing about the unit, and talking regularly with a flight of ideas. What is the most therapeutic intervention?

A client is admitted with tachycardia, hypertension, restlessness, agitation, and admits substance use. Which substance would be most likely to cause these symptoms?

A nurse is teaching a group of clients regarding the use of naltrexone in treating alcoholism. What would the nurse teach about the effectiveness of this drug?

The nurse states in report that the client is experiencing positive symptoms of schizophrenia. What symptoms would the nurse receiving report expect to observe?

A client is showing early signs of dementia. The client's spouse asks, "What may I expect next?" What is the nurse's best response?

A client diagnosed with major depressive disorder with psychotic features hears voices commanding self harm. The client refuses to commit to developing a plan for safety. What should be the nurse's priority intervention at this time?

The mother of a 20yearold woman recently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia asks the nurse what causes schizophrenia. The nurse recognizes which of the following are implicated in the etiology of schizophrenia?

While caring for a depressed client, a nurse would evaluate the need for suicide precautions under which circumstance?

When assessing a client immediately following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the nurse expects what side effect in a client?

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?