Immediately after an assault, the client is extremely agitated, trembling, and hyperventilating. What is the appropriate initial nursing action?

A nurse is delegating client care assignments for the shift. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to an assistive personnel (AP)?

The client tells the nurse they cannot leave home without checking numerous times that “everything electrical has been shut off.” The client’s statement supports which mental health diagnosis?

A nurse is delegating client care assignments for the shift. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to an assistive personnel (AP)?

Which statement made by an assistive personnel (AP) indicates to the registered nurse that the AP understands the concepts related to suicide?

A nurse is caring for a client who has been hospitalized for treatment of bipolar disorder and will be discharged with a prescription for lithium. The nurse’s discharge teaching should include information cautioning against which of the following factors that may cause lithium toxicity?

The client tells the nurse they cannot leave home without checking numerous times that “everything electrical has been shut off.” The client’s statement supports which mental health diagnosis?

Determine whether the following nursing interventions support restricting anorexia, purging bulimia or both.

The emergency department (ED) nurse receives a telephone call and is informed that a tornado has hit a local residential area and that numerous casualties have occurred. The victims will be brought to the ED. The nurse would take which initial action?

The nurse is caring for a client who is taking a maintenance dosage of lithium carbonate. What nursing action would be included in the client’s plan of care?