When providing education to a client with bipolar disorder and their family, the nurse should emphasize which symptom as the most significant indicator for mania?

A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing delusions. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a child who reports being abused by a family member. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

Which of the following questions should the nurse ask to assess intimate partner safety?

A nurse is interviewing a client who has borderline personality disorder. The nurse and client have agreed on an interview time, but the client resists discussing her feelings until 5 min prior to the end of the session and then asks for additional time. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A client experiencing mania is scheduled for a chest x-ray. Before taking the client to the radiology department the nurse should:

A nurse on the mental health unit is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder and comes to the nurse's station at 0300 demanding to see the provider. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A client with antisocial personality disorder refuses to attend group therapy and states, "You can't make me do anything. I don't care about your rules." What is the nurse's best response?

A nurse is collecting data for a client who has schizophrenia. The client states that he hears voices telling him to do "bad things." The nurse should recognize this finding as which of the following?

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has paranoid schizophrenia. Which of the following interventions should the nurse recommend to be included in the plan of care?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching about valproate with a client who has bipolar disorder. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?