A client with schizophrenia is participating in a medication…
A client with schizophrenia is participating in a medication teaching session. The nurse notes: Client reports auditory hallucinations “whisper occasionally”. Client maintains intermittent eye contact intermittently, answers questions with brief responses and demonstrates mild psychomotor retardation. Client reports “medication makes me feel foggy”. Which teaching strategy would be most effective?
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A nurse is caring for a client with bipolar disorder who became physically aggressive during an acute manic episode, requiring 4-point restraints per provider order. The client has now been in restraints for 45 minutes. Based on evidence-based practice standards for restraint management, which nursing action demonstrates appropriate clinical judgment for this situation?
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