The nurse continues caring for the client

Nurses' Notes

• Diagnosis: depression and post-traumatic stress disorder Diphenhydramine 12.5 mg PO every night at sleep (HS) • Buspirone hydrochloride 7.5 mg PO twice a day

During the conversation with the client, the nurse documents a statement by the client about wishing she had died in the crash.

Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statement by selecting from the list of options provided.

The statement by the client represents and should be followed up with an

A preschool-aged girl tells the school nurse that her hair hurts. The nurse finds that the child's hair has been arranged to cover several small bald spots. Which finding indicates to the nurse that the hair loss is not disease related?

The nurse is using the CAGE questionnaire as a screening tool for a client who is seeking help because his wife said he had a drinking problem. Which information should the nurse explore in depth with the client based on this screening tool?

While sitting in the day-room of the mental health unit, a male adolescent avoids eye contact, looks at the floor, and talks softly when interacting verbally with the nurse. The two trade places, and the nurse demonstrates the client's behaviors. Which is the main goal of this therapeutic technique?

The nurse continues caring for the client:
The client is a 26-year-old female who was in a car accident 6 months s ago that killed her mother, husband, and 2-year-old son. She and her father were the only survivors of the crash. She is seeking care for depression.
Click to indicate whether findings at the next follow-up appointment indicate that the treatment was effective or ineffective. Each row must have one response selected.

During a family group meeting, the client's daughter tells the group, "I hope I didn't cause
Mom to be depressed." Which response is best for the nurse to provide?

An adolescent who was arrested a month ago for gang-related activities has a court order to attend weekly group therapy sessions at the mental health clinic. Today the adolescent's mother calls the clinic nurse to report that her child became angry last night and put a fist through a window. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement?

A client is admitted to the mental health unit with a bipolar disorder. When seeking to establish a therapeutic relationship and interacting with the client, which comment is best for the nurse to make?

A male client is admitted to the psychiatric unit for recurrent negative symptoms of chronic schizophrenia and medication adjustment of risperidone. When the client walks to the nurse's station in a laterally contracted position, he states that something has made his body contort into a monster. What action should the nurse take?

The nurse wants to teach the client about the long-term phase symptoms of rape-trauma syndrome.
What symptoms are consistent with long-term rape trauma? Select all that apply.

The nurse is performing intake interviews at a psychiatric clinic. A client with a known history of drug abuse reports having had a heart attack four years ago. Use of which substance places the client at highest risk for myocardial infarction?