A physician has prescribed an antidepressant medication for a 15yearold client. Which statement would be appropriate for inclusion in medication teaching?

While caring for a depressed client, a nurse would evaluate the need for suicide precautions under which circumstance?

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has schizophrenia and a new prescription for risperidone. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

A client has been prescribed lithium for long-term maintenance of bipolar disorder diagnosis. Which statement by the client shows an understanding of the medication?

While conducting an admission interview with a client, the nurse suspects the client may be in alcohol withdrawal. Which screening tool can help the nurse identify the severity of withdrawal symptoms?

A client diagnosed with schizophrenia is experiencing delusions of persecution. How would the client express feeling persecuted?

Which statement provides the best rationale for why a nurse should closely monitor a severely depressed client during antidepressant therapy?

Which nursing documentation entry accurately describes a client's use of confabulation?

A client with schizophrenia has received standard antipsychotics for a year. His hallucinations are less intrusive, but the client remains apathetic, has poverty of thought, cannot work, and is socially isolated.

To address these symptoms, the nurse might expect the psychiatrist to prescribe which medication?

A female client staggers to day treatment smelling strongly of alcohol. She uses the defense mechanism "rationalization" when approached by the nurse and questioned about her recent alcohol consumption. How is this expressed?

The nurse is obtaining the mental health history of a newly admitted client diagnosed with schizophrenia. The client's family reports the client is hearing voices and cannot stay focused on the topic of a discussion. Which thought disturbance is the client demonstrating?