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A nurse in a community center is caring c. attention seeking behavior
for a client who has histrionic personality -The nurse should identify that impulsive behavior, self-
disorder. Which of the following findings centeredness, and excessive emotionality are expected
should the nurse expect? findings in a client who has histrionic personality disorder.
a. emotional detachment
b. paronoia
c. attention seeking behavior
d. fear of abandonment
,A nurse in a mental health facility is caring c. tell the client calmly to sit down.
for a client who has schizophrenia. The -when providing client care, the nurse should first use the
client becomes violent in the dayroom least restrictive intervention. Therefore, the nurse should
and begins throwing objects at staff and use verbal de-escalation techniques after calling for
other clients. After calling for assistance, assistance for a client who is aggressive.
which of the following actions should the
nurse take next?
a. obtain a prescription for mechanical
restraints
b. place the client in a monitored
seclusion room
c. tell the client calmy to sit down
d. administer diazepam intramuscularly
,A nurse is assisting in the morning a. "Let me help you get your toothbrush."
hygiene care of a client who is -A client who is cognitively impaired needs guidance in
cognitively impaired. Which of the performing ADLs and should be given one simple task at
following statements should the nurse a time
make?
a. "Let me help you get your toothbrush."
b. "Do you want to take a bath or brush
your teeth first?"
c. "Do you need help brushing your
teeth?"
d. "Let me inspect the inside of your
mouth to see if your teeth are clean."
, A nurse is assisting with the admission of c. evaluate the client's progress toward meeting his goals
a client to an acute care mental health -The nurse should evaluate the progress the client is
facility. Which of the following activities making toward the goals he has established as part of the
should the nurse plan for the working working phase of the therapeutic relationship. During the
phase of the therapeutic relationship? working phase, the nurse and the client identify and
a. define the specific responsibilities of implement measures to help the client to meet his goals.
the client and of the nurse
b. assist the client to establish mutual
goals
c. evaluate the client's progress toward
meeting his goals
d. discuss how the client can incorporate
new strategies into his daily life