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A 7-yr old male client displays behaviors such as an inability to make eye contact with others, inappropriate facial expressions, difficulty in making friends, and showing little emotion with family members. He talks with adults but is awkward in his conversation. Given these behaviors, what is this client most likely experiencing?

Anorexia nervosa is best described as a disorder that is potentially

Which are key features of anorexia nervosa?

The nurse is caring for a 79 y/o client with dementia. The client worked as an OB nurse before retiring. Despite her dementia, she still remembers terms and procedures and basic nursing care interventions from her past career. This is an example of

The inability to fall asleep or stay asleep

Approximately what percentage of adults suffer from insomnia?

A disorder that interrupts normal sleep patterns and is characterized by repeated, brief jerks of the arms and legs that occur every 20 to 60 seconds during the beginning of sleep is called

Several studies have demonstrated that what significant changes occur in people who displayed hostile or negative behaviors?

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Level one interventions for potentially assaultive clients should be practiced as

The nursing student is assigned a client to interview and is asked to practice the therapeutic communication technique of sharing perceptions. Which statement made by the student nurse best describes this technique?

Therapeutic communication techniques support effective communication between the client and the nurse. Which group of therapeutic techniques is most likely to be effective when one is conversing with a client?

While the nurse is talking with a female client, the client becomes silent for several seconds. Which is the nurse�s best response?

A female client tells the nurse that she feels very depressed about her recent divorce. Which is the nurse�s best response?

Which nurse response in the best example of the therapeutic principle of respect?

Which elements must be present for communication to occur?

Which interventions assist the nurse to effectively communicate with clients from other cultures?

Which nurse responses could block effective communication with a client?

Schizophrenia in children as young as 5 years

Schizophrenia affects approximately what % of the world�s population?

The client in whom schizophrenia has been diagnosed usually is medicated with an

To cope with the devastating effects of schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses, family members or significant others and clients will benefit most from

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include

A 55 year old man is extremelt fearful of the effects of growing old. He is experiencing

A mental health care provider who is aware of her cultural views and attitudes toward other cultures wand who strives to understand, communicate, and effectively work with clients of other clutures is considered to be

Which areas comprise the DSM assessment tool?

The nurse observes the client as he paces the floor and talks to himself. The nurse documents, �Client confused and agitated.� This is an example of

During an admission assessment, a male client states that he has been having auditory hallucinations and difficulty concentration at work. This type of data is

Persons may refuse to acknowledge that a loss has occurred during the first stage of

Please the steps of grieving in proper order

Following the funeral of her husband, the wife is seen crying and holding his picture. She is demonstrating

The set of emotional reactions that accompany a loss is called

The behavioral state of thoughts, feelings, and activities that follow a loss is called

The father of three young children died. The wife expresses how worried she is about how to raise the children on her own without the support of her husband. She finds herself crying and living though each day without accomplishing anything. In which grieving stage is this behavior typically experienced?

Side effect that can occur while a client is taking an antipsychotic medication causing muscle rigidity, high fever, unstable vital signs, confusion and agitation

A female client has been taking an antipsychotic medication for several years. It is of vital importance for the nurse to observe the client for tardive dyskinesia. S/S of tardive dyskinesia include

What can occur when antipsychotic medications are taken that manifest as abnormal movements such as akathisia and pseudo-Parkinson

A female client is taking an antipsychotic medication for her schizophrenia. The nurse monitors this client for the peripheral nervous system side effects of

The client who is taking a low potency antipsychotic medication should be informed by the nurse that the most common side effects are

A male client is visiting his family in the US and experiences a �breakdown.� His family takes him to see a psychiatrist and usually practices folk medicine. Which care providers is he used to?

Community support systems

Home health nurse check after inpatient setting. Which component of the CM system does this demonstrate?

Bipolar patient admitted to inpatient unit. Medicare will pay for

During the preparation phase of a therapeutic relationship with a client, what is the main task to be completed by the nurse?

Caregiver as role model?

Ensuring client safety is

Theories based on study of the brain and its activities are called

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include

A simplified or standardized belief or conception regarding people who belong to another culture

A disorder that involves an individual�s ability to communicate, interact with others, use the imagination and display appropriate behavior

ADHD behaviors

Mental retardation

One of the first goals of therapy for the client with a dissociative disorder is