The nurse is preparing a client for surgery who has moderate anxiety and is unable to understand preoperative information. Which nursing action is appropriate?

Which assessment question would be most appropriate for the nurse to ask a client who has possible generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?

A client who attempted suicide by hanging is brought to the emergency department by emergency medical services. Which action by the nurse is priority? 

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.)