A nurse is caring for a who requires a crisis intervention for acute anxiety. Which of the following actions is the highest priority?

A supervisor assigns a worker a new project. The worker initially agrees but feels resentful. The next day. when asked about the project worker says, “I've been working on Other things."

When asked 4 hours later, the worker says, "Someone else was using the copy machine, so I couldn’t finish it."

The worker's behavior demonstrates:

A therapist recently convicted of multiple counts of Medicare fraud says, "Sure I overbilled. Why not? Takes advantage of the government, so I did too, it is not a problem."

These statements show:

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A patient cries as the nurse explores the patient's relationship with a deceased parent. The patient says, “I shouldn't be crying like this, it happened a long time ago.” Which responses by the nurse will facilitate communication? Select all that apply.
Select one or more:

The registered nurse is preparing for the termination phase of the nurse-client relationship. The registered nurse prepares to implement which nursing task that is most appropriate and most important for this phase?
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A psychiatric registered nurse best implements the ethical principle of autonomy when he or she:

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A patient experiences an episode of severe anxiety. Of these medications in the patient's medical record. which is most appropriate to administer as an as-needed (PRN) anxiolytic medication?
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A registered nurse is preparing a client who has chronic anxiety for discharge from the psychiatric unit.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the client's discharge plan?

A nurse is communicating with a client who was just admited for treatment of a substance use disorder. Which of the following communication techniques should the nurse identify as a barrier to therapeutic communication?
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The nurse provides care for a client with anorexia nervosa. The nurse knows which statements aretrue regarding anorexia nervosa?

After several therapeutic sessions with a client who recently attempted suicide, which occurrence should cause the nurse to consider the possibility of transference?
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