A client with depression is admitted to treatment on a voluntary basis. While in the hospital, the client makes several comments about wanting to “kill herself” The client tells staff they intend to leave against medical advice. Which would be the most appropriate action by the nursing staff?

The client is preparing for discharge and asks the nurse about the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). How does the nurse best describe NAMI?

A client on the mental health unit creates a painting and the staff hang it up in the activity room. Which level on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is addressed in this situation?

Which would be the least optimal environment for therapeutic communication for a client who has difficulty maintaining boundaries, and a history of being sexually inappropriate?

A nurse takes a patient who has been admitted to the hospital for 3 weeks outside for fresh air. Which ethical principle is the nurse demonstrating?

The nurse manager is talking with new employees on the mental health unit. What resource published by the American Psychiatric Association does the nurse manager state is used by providers to determine what mental health disorder the client may be experiencing?

What is an appropriate nursing action to maintain professional boundaries in a psychiatric setting?

During the mental status assessment, the client expresses the belief that the CIA is stalking him and plans to kidnap him. Which would be the best response by the nurse?

Which dialogue is an example of nontherapeutic communication?

12 y varies directly as x and y = 36 when x = 4. Find a) the variation constant, and b) the equation of variation.