The nurse manager is educating new nurses about modifiable risk factors of suicide. The nurse manager correctly includes which of the following as a modifiable risk factor for suicide:

An outpatient client with bipolar disorder has a prescription for lamotrigine (Lamictal). They are currently taking 50 mg PO daily. Starting today they are to increase to 100 mg PO daily. One week after that they are to increase to 200 mg PO daily. Lamotrigine is available as pictured. Which instruction by the nurse is most correct?

The nurse is providing a shift report on a client with borderline personality disorder. What behavior by the client would the nurse correctly describe as “splitting?”

A patient was diagnosed with major depressive disorder with seasonal pattern. During which month are the patient’s symptoms likely to be most acute? 

A nurse is assessing a client with schizophrenia. The client states, “I’ve had chronolixation and mentrified thoughts all morning. The chronolixation makes it hard for me to think, and the mentrification of my thoughts is new.” The nurse would correctly chart this alteration in speech as:

The nurse is caring for various clients prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) for depression. The nurse recognizes that which of the following groups is at highest risk for suicidal ideation when starting SSRIs:

The nurse caring for clients with bipolar disorder understands that bipolar I and bipolar II differ in:

A client with major depressive disorder has a prescription for sertraline (Zoloft) 100 mg PO daily. The client has available How many tablets will the nurse advise the client to take daily?

The postpartum nurse is assessing a client with major depressive disorder with peripartum onset. The client states, “I’ve been hearing a voice.” The best initial response by the nurse is to:

A client with major depressive disorder (MDD) tells the nurse, “I can’t seem to focus or pay attention to anything. I’m afraid I’m going to lose my job if I can’t get this under control.” The nurse understands that this comment is most specifically an example of which of the following symptoms of MDD