A nurse is caring for a client who has borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Check the 6 assessment findings that require immediate follow-up:.

A nurse is preparing to teach a client about his prescription of lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder.

Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse reviews the laboratory report for a client who is receiving lithium three times daily PO. The client's current blood lithium level is 1.8 mEq/L. The nurse identifies that this lab value indicates which of the following?.

A nurse in a mental health clinic is conducting a staff education session on schizophrenia.

Which of the following manifestations should the nurse identify as negative symptoms? (Select all that apply.).

A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and is taking haloperidol.

The nurse should monitor for which of the following adverse effects of haloperidol?

A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and is experiencing a variety of hallucinations.

Which of the following hallucinations is the priority for the nurse to address?

A nurse is caring for a young adult client who has somatic symptom disorder and is being evaluated for chest pain.

The client's laboratory results are all within the expected reference ranges, the ECG is unremarkable, and the client has no identified cardiac risk factors.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving treatment with multiple antipsychotic medications and who suddenly became ill.

Findings include blood pressure changes, hyperpyrexia, and diaphoresis.

The nurse should recognize that which of the following adverse effects may be occurring?

A nurse is caring for a client in an outpatient clinic.

The nurse should identify which of the following findings as manifestations of somatic symptom disorder? (Select all that apply.).

A nurse is caring for a group of clients at a mental health facility.

The nurse should identify that which of the following clients is exhibiting a warning sign of suicide?

A nursing student is looking at a telemetry screen with multiple rhythms. The unit is a step-down cardiac unit with delicate patients. Patients on Census. The unit has:

1. 84-year-old male with AFib, diaphoretic, and complaining of fatigue.

2. 45-year-old female with SVT not responding to adenosine.

3. 78-year-old female with bradycardia who was given atropine and epinephrine, yet unresolved.

4. 80-year-old male in pulseless Ventricular fibrillation being coded and transferred to Intensive Care Unit.

5. 69-year-old female who arrived at the unit symptomatic and currently being coded is pulseless with Ventricular Tachycardia.

The nurse on the step-down unit explains to the nursing student the electricity to be used for each dysrhythmia. Select the correct electricity to be used to manage the dysrhythmias listed:

Transcutaneous Pacing, Defibrillation, or Synchronized cardioversion?

Dysrhythmias:

1. Ventricular fibrillation.

2. PVC-run ventricular tachycardia with a pulse.

3. Atrial Flutter.

4. Bradycardia.