If a patient is prescribed 500 mg/day of Sertraline and the medication is available in 250 mg tablets, how many tablets should be administered each day?

A nurse is providing care for a client who seems anxious following a recent tragedy. Which of the following statements by the client reflects an adaptive use of sublimation?

A nurse notices that a client who has moderate anxiety is pacing the hall and mumbling. As the nurse approaches the client, he states, "I am at the end of my rope. I don't think I can take any more bad news." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

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 overhears a client who has schizophrenia talking to herself. The client keeps stating, "The flakalas are here. The flakalas are here." The nurse correctly recognizes the client's use of the word flakala as an example of which of the following alterations in speech?

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 caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). He states, "I don't care what the doctors say, there is no way I can have HIV, and I don't need treatment for something I don't have." The nurse identifies that the client is experiencing which of the following types of crisis?

A 25-year-old male with schizophrenia is brought to the emergency department by his family. He is exhibiting severe agitation, auditory hallucinations, and paranoid delusions. What are the nursing priorities for managing this patient in an acute situation?
(Select All that Apply.)

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about reporting suspected child abuse. Which of the following statements indicates an understanding by the newly licensed nurse?

A nurse is reviewing the medical histories of four clients. Which of the following clients may develop extrapyramidal symptoms from medication therapy?

A nurse is caring for a client who reports bilateral knee pain after hiking this past weekend in the mountains on rough ground. He says he is concerned because his cousin died from bone cancer recently. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?