A nurse is reviewing discharge instructions with a client who has bipolar disorder and is taking lithium. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse include as an indication of mild toxicity?

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

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

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.

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

Which of the following responses should the nurse make first?

A nurse is caring for a client who has been hospitalized for treatment of bipolar disorder and will be discharged with a prescription for lithium. The nurse's discharge teaching should include information cautioning against which of the following factors that may cause lithium toxicity?

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 teaching a client who has bipolar disorder about lithium.

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

A nurse is reviewing abnormal laboratory values for four clients who have schizophrenia and take clozapine.

For which of the following clients should the nurse withhold the medication and notify the provider immediately to have clozapine therapy discontinued?

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 client who has bipolar disorder and is taking lithium.

The client reports blurred vision and ataxia.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

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?