A client is agitated and pacing in the hall near the nurses' station and swearing loudly. What response is the best for the registered nurse to provide?
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A nurse in a substance abuse clinic is assessing a client who recently started taking disulfiram. The client reports discontinued the medication after experiencing severe nausea and vomiting. Which of the following reasons should the nurse suspect to be a likely cause of the Client’s distress?

Group therapy is encouraged but not mandatory. on an inpatient psychiatric unit, the unit manager's policy is that clients can make a choice about whether or not to attend group therapy.

Which ethical principle does the unit manager preserve?

A registered nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and is constantly picking up after others in the day room. The nurse should recognize that the client uses this behavior to do which of the following?

The nurse provides care for a client with anorexia nervosa. The nurse knows which statements aretrue regarding anorexia nervosa?

Which is associated with bulimia nervosa?

A new client is diagnosed with agoraphobia. Which of the following would the healthcare identify as a characteristic of this disorder?
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A registered nurse assesses a confused older adult, The nurse experiences sadness and reflects. "The patient is like one of my grandparents, so helpless." What feelings does the nurse describe?
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A nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with end-stage liver cancer. Which of the following responses is an indication the client is in the denial phase of the grief process?

Which technique will best communicate to a patient that the registered nurse is interested in listening?

A client tells the nurse. "l wanted my health care provider to prescribe alprazolam (Xanax) for my anxiety disorder but buspirone (Buspar) was prescribed instead. Why?" The registered nurse's reply should be based on that buspirone:
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