You find a patient on the floor at shift change. She is awake and alert. She is confused now and was not controlled before being found on the floor.

What is your first step in the nursing process in this situation?

Nurses who care for patients who are homeless understand that the in the United States:

Order reads Wellbutrin 150 mg po daily. On hand the nurse has 50 mg tablets. How many tablets will the nurse administer?

Enter your answer in numbers.

The nursing student is assigned a client to interview and is asked to practice the therapeutic communication techniques of stating the implied and making and observation about their behavior.

Which statement by the student nurse best describes the technique?

An example of a client who requires emergency admission to a mental hospital is one who has been diagnosed with:

Linda is pacing the floor and appears extremely anxious. The daily shift nurse approaches Linda to lessen her anxiety. The most therapeutic statement by the nurse would be:

You are working on a mental health unit and have a diverse group of patients. Some of the patients are of Middle Eastern descent. These patients have communicated to you that they would like to follow the same period for praying as they did prior to admission.

What is your response?

Thorazine 75 mg IM STAT ordered. Thorazine vial reads: 25 mg/mL. How many mLs will the nurse draw up?
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While working as nurse in a hospital you notice that a co-worker has unsteady gait and slurred speech. You suspect that she may be an impaired nurse.

Which of the following will be the appropriate action to take?

A long-term goal for in patient mental health treatment is generally to:

Which nurse responses could block effective communication with a client?

(Select all that apply)