A nurse is reviewing medications for a newly admitted client who has bipolar disorder and is experiencing mania.

Which of the following client prescriptions should the nurse realize is expected to reduce the client's mania?.

Medical History: Borderline personality disorder.

Alcohol use disorder.

History of suicidal ideation.

Medication Administration Record: Fluoxetine 20 mg PO daily.

Nurses' Notes: . 1500: Client admitted for evaluation and treatment following arrest for driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Client reports recent breakup of romantic relationship and subsequent job loss.

States, "I was too upset to go to work, and then they fired me. Like I needed that stress, too.”. 1700: Noted client has multiple cuts on arms and legs and there is a broken mirror with blood on it on the floor.

Client states, "I feel so alone.

There is no one that cares about me.”. For each potential nursing action, click to specify if the potential action is anticipated, nonessential, or contraindicated for the client.

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 a hallucination. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse in an acute mental health unit is admitting a client who has bipolar disorder.

Which of the following findings supports the admitting diagnosis of acute mania?

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who performs self-injury.

Which of the following information should the nurse identify as placing the client at risk for self-harm behaviors?

A nurse is reviewing medication records for several clients who have bipolar disorder.

The nurse should recognize that which of the following medications are used to treat clients who have bipolar disorder.(Select all that apply.).

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 teaching a client who has bipolar disorder about lithium.

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

A nurse is caring for a client who has been prescribed clozapine.

Which of the following topics should the nurse prepare to discuss with the client?.

A nurse is reviewing medications for a newly admitted client who has bipolar disorder and is experiencing mania.

Which of the following client prescriptions should the nurse realize is expected to reduce the client's mania?.