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1. A nurse is collecting data from a newly admitted client who has anorexia nervosa. Which of the following manifestations should the
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Peripheral edema
2. a nurse in an urgent care clinic is collecting data from a client whos friend reports a suspicion of cocaine use. The nurse should identify that which of the following manifestations is an indicator of the client’s use of this substance?
Hypertension
3. Collecting data on a client who has bullmia nervosa.
Dental caries
4. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has bipolar disorder and is exhibiting mania. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include to improve the nutritional status of the client?
Have a client’s favorite snacks available at all times.
5. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has bipolar disorder and history of mania. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication that the client is relapsing?
Pressured speech
6. Client has limited community and financial support. who would the nurse recommend for inclusion in the discharge plan?
Social worker
7. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has paranoid personality disorder. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect?
PROJECTS BLAME ON TO OTHERS
8. A nurse if collecting data on a patient who is having difficulty coping with the death of their child. which question is the priority
Do you think about harming yourself?
9. pt who has phobia of riding in vehicles. What indications instructs client understands?
I will snap a rubber band on my wrist when I feel anxious about riding in a car
10. a nurse reinforcing teaching with a client who has schizophrenia and a new prescription for chlorpromazine
The voices you have been hearing should decrease
11. patient who is experiencing opioid withdraw
Pupillary dilation
12. Mental examination for client who has schizophrenia. which one has the client think abstractly
How is an orange similar to an apple?
13. A nurse if caring for a client who has schizophrenia. Which of the following actions by the nurse is a violation of clients confindentalitly?
The nurse places the clients diagnosis on the white board in the clients room.
14. A nurse in a mental health facility is collecting data from a client who has schizophrenia. The nurse should identify that which of the following findings is referred to as a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
Apathy
15. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has obsessive compulsive disorder and continually washes her hands. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?
Schedule times for the client to wash her hands during the day [Show Less]