A client has rash and pruritis.The psychiatric technician suspects and allergic reaction and immediately assesses the client for other more serious symptoms of an allergic reaction.  What question would be most important to ask the client?

A patient, instructed to take an antibiotic for 10 days, wants to quit taking the antibiotic after 6 days because his “symptoms are gone.” Which of the following statements is the best response by the nurse?

During the administration of quinidine, the nurse must monitor for signs of cinchonism.  Which of the following would indicate cinchonism?

Which of the following is the correct method to collect a sample of capillary blood for glucometer testing?              

Which of the following instructions would you consider to be incorrect if included in the teaching plan for a patient prescribed a nasal decongestant such as phenylephrine hydrochloride?

A pregnant client has been recently diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. The psychiatric technician is assisting the client to understand the exchange diet given to her by the nutritionist.  The psychiatric technician should explain that potatoes belong to which food group?

At the time of admission, in what position should the patient’s bed be placed?

When evaluating a client’s understanding of a low-sodium diet, the psychiatric technician would expect the client to state that she uses which seasoning in her cooking?

A nursing care plan has been written for a client. A nursing action for this client is the following: Allow the client to express his fears regarding his new diagnosis. Which type of nursing skill would be required in order to carry out this nursing action?  

An 18-year female client with a developmental disability is admitted from her home to Canyon Springs.   She does not have an immunization record and is vague about her immunization history.  She has a positive pregnancy test, and the facility is informed that there had been an outbreak of Rubella at the workshop to she goes.  The psychiatric technician remembers that the following problems may be seen in the fetus that is exposed in utero to Rubella: