What is the primary focus of mental health promotion programs?

Which are facts about suicide? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse in an acute care mental health facility is caring for a client who begins to have a panic attack. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

What is the primary reason for monitoring lithium levels every two to three days until a therapeutic level is obtained?

An adult female whose fiancé recently called off the wedding attempts suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping medication. Immediately after taking the medication, she calls friends and family to tell them what she has done. Her friends and family activate the emergency response system, and she is taken the emergency department and is admitted to a mental health facility for monitoring. She is exhibiting signs and symptoms most evident of which suicide motivational category?

What is the primary therapeutic use of Prozac?

When the patient who overeats insists that weight gain is related to retained fluids, the nurse recognizes the patient is using which defense mechanism?

The majority of people function in a relatively healthy manner. What can most strongly diminish their functional capacity?

A 40-year-old patient cries and has a tantrum when the health care provider refuses to give her a prescription for diet pills. The nurse realizes that this is the use of which defense mechanism?

A nurse is caring for a client who has major depressive disorder. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when developing a relationship with the client?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the family of a client who has a new diagnosis of dementia. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?