Which nursing behavior will enhance the establishment of a trusting relationship with a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder?

A patient has been assigned an admission diagnosis of brief psychotic disorder. Which assessment information would alert the nurse to question this diagnosis?

Which assessment question would be highly appropriate to ask a client with possible generalized anxiety disorder?

The college student has a specific phobia of lecture halls. The college student says, “Lecture halls frighten me because when I was very young, I watched my father have a seizure in a lecture hall.” Which of the following etiological theories best explains the student’s phobia?

The nurse is aware that it takes several weeks for antipsychotic medications to be effective; which symptoms of schizophrenia are most receptive to treatment with antipsychotic medications?

Which of the following methods would be optimal for the nurse to utilize when determining a patient’s risk for suicide.

The nurse in a mental health clinic is interviewing a new patient with severe anxiety.  The nurse would be most helpful to this patient by using which intervention?

A paranoid patient presents with bizarre behaviors, suspiciousness, neologisms, and thought insertion. Which nursing action should be prioritized to maintain this patient’s safety?

A 16-year-old patient diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder experiences command hallucinations to harm others. The patient’s parents ask a nurse, “Where do the voices come from?” Which is the appropriate nursing response based on biological theory?

The nurse is assessing a patient with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Which of the following characteristics would the nurse expect to observe?