A nurse working in a mental health unit reviews therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication techniques with a student nurse. All of the following are therapeutic communication techniques except:

A client diagnosed with schizophrenia disorder is prescribed clozapine. Which symptoms, related to the side effects of this medication, should prompt a nurse to intervene immediately?

Which should the mental health nurse identify as the priority for a newly admitted client who was involuntarily committed after reports by a co- worker of aggressive behavior?

A client who is agitated and assaultive and unable to be verbally de-escalated is on the inpatient unit. The doctor ordered medications for the nurse to administer to the client. Which medication would the nurse question?

The nurse's approach to a client with neurotic vs. psychotic behavior is different mainly because clients with neurotic behavior.

A client, who is newly admitted with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, washes their hands ritualistically before any activity. They arrive late to meals and does not have time to finish eating. The appropriate nursing action would be to:

Which nursing behavior will enhance the establishment of a trusting relationship with a client diagnosed with schizophrenia disorder?

After having one conversation with a female nurse, a young male client asks the nurse for her phone number. He says that he would like to date her. Which of the following responses would be most appropriate?

A 13-year-old is about to take a math test. A nursing assessment reveals mild anxiety. The nurse explains that this level of anxiety.

When the nurse admits a client with anorexia nervosa for treatment, the therapeutic milieu should provide: (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

During a client intake assessment, the nurse asks both physiological and psychosocial questions. The client angrily responds, "I'm here for my heart, not my head problems." What is the nurse's best response?