The following patients are seen in the emergency department. The psychiatric unit has one bed available. The patient demonstrating which problem should the admitting officer recommend for admission to the hospital?  

The nurse is teaching a client who is prescribed to receive a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAO inhibitor) for the treatment of major depression. Which statements by the client indicates teaching is effective?   (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with schizophrenia who has poor personal hygiene, loss of motivation, anhedonia, and catatonia. Which assessment finding would the nurse regard as a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

The nurse enters the room of a client recently admitted to the hospital for anorexia nervosa. The nurse finds the client in the middle of performing rigorous exercises. Which action by the nurse is priority?

A nurse uses Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to plan for a client with mental illness.  Which problem will receive priority?

A client who has attempted suicide by overdosing with a very large number of antidepressant pills has been admitted to the psychiatric unit. Which action by the nurse is priority?

Which assessment questions are most appropriate for the nurse to ask a client with possible obsessive-compulsive disorder? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a client, injured in a fall while intoxicated, who believes spiders are spinning entrapping webs in the room. The client is anxious, agitated, and diaphoretic. Which action by the nurse is priority?

A child diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is going to begin medication therapy. The nurse should plan to teach the family about which classification of medications?

The nurse is talking with a client who is taking amitriptyline that reports constipation and dry mouth. Which instruction will the nurse give?