Which type of therapy assists the clients to alter their irrational thinking?

A client is admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for treatment of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with:

A client is having a tonic-clonic seizure. What should the nurse do first?

A client experienced a stroke that damaged the hypothalamus. The nurse should anticipate that the client will have problems with:

Building trust is especially critical to developing a therapeutic relationship with an anxious client. Which of the following interventions contributes to this trust?

A 70-year-old woman is being treated at home for Parkinson's disease (PD), a health problem that she was diagnosed with 18 months ago. The nurse who is participating in the woman's care should be aware that her initial symptoms most likely consisted of:

Carbamazepine has a boxed warning for which adverse effect?

Which of the following clients is most likely to be at risk for drug dependence and difficulties with withdrawal?

An adult client was born as a female gender but has a male gender identity. Which statement by the nurse demonstrates a therapeutic approach of respecting the client's gender identity?

As a nurse approaches the nurses' station, a client diagnosed with a delusional disorder raises his voice and says, "You're following me. What do you want?" To prevent escalating fear and anger, the nurse takes a nonthreatening posture and makes which response in a calm voice?

The nurse is performing health education-related lifestyle modifications for a patient who has been newly diagnosed with hypertension. As a component of these modifications, the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan has been recommended to the patient. Which of the nurse's recommendations is most congruent with this eating plan?