A nurse evaluates a client’s patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump and notices 100 attempts within a 30-minute period. Which is the best rationale for assessing this client for substance use disorder?

During an interview, which client statement indicates to a nurse that a potential diagnosis of Schizotypal Personality Disorder should be considered?

A client is admitted to the psychiatric day-treatment unit. He is brought to the unit by his probation officer for treatment related to driving under the influence and attacking a police officer. His diagnosis is Antisocial Personality Disorder. The nurse has completed her assessment. The client, in a very polite nature, asks the nurse to change some of the things that are documented and gave specific examples of what needs to be modified. The nurse would plan to include this in the nursing care plan? (Select the 2 that apply) 

A client is admitted for Alcohol detoxification. During detoxification, which symptoms should the nurse expect to assess?  

A client diagnosed with a psychosis tells the nurse he is scared and asks the nurse to make the voices stop talking so he can go to sleep. This is the most appropriate nursing intervention?

A client with Schizophrenia is about to start medication therapy with the antipsychotic medication Clozapine (Clozaril). What would be most important for the nurse to do?

A nurse is assessing a client in an outpatient eating disorders clinic. Which of the following signs would the nurse most likely expect in a client with Bulimia? (Select the 2 that apply) 

You are the nurse caring for a client on the inpatient psychiatric unit. The client has been admitted to the unit with a diagnosis of Major Depression and is feeling worthless and angry. The priority nursing intervention is:

A client with Anorexia Nervosa has a disturbance of body image is evidenced by her claims of “feeling fat” even though she is emaciated. The appropriate long-term goal for this behavior would be: 

While performing a routine health checkup on a teenager who is 5 feet 10 inches tall and 100 pounds, a nurse begins to suspect that the client may be experiencing an eating disorder. Which statement by the client would lead the nurse to suspect this?