16. Which responsibilities describe those of the psychiatric-mental health nurse on the interdisciplinary treatment team? Select all that apply.

3. Which nursing diagnosis is correctly formulated?

13. A client tells the nurse she is anxious and loudly demands the nurse give her lorazepam right now. The nurse replies, “I understand you are having anxiety; however, demanding medication in a loud voice is unacceptable behavior.” Which type of intervention is the nurse implementing?

15. A mother rescues two of her four children from a house fire. In an emergency department, she cries, “I should have gone back in to get them. I should have died, not them.” Which of the following responses by the nurse is an example of reflection?

4. Which of the following is the priority nursing action during the orientation (introductory) phase of the nurse-client relationship?

9. Which tool would be appropriate for a nurse to use when assessing mental acuity prior to and immediately following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

1. Which therapeutic communication technique is being used in this nurse-client interaction?Client: “When I get angry, I get into a fistfight with my partner or I take it out on the kids.”Nurse: “I notice that you are smiling as you talk about this physical violence.”

5. Six months after a client’s spouse and children were killed in a car accident, the client is diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. The nurse should recognize that this situation validates which study perspective?

14. A patient with schizophrenia has recently begun a new medication, clozapine (Clozaril). Which is a fatal side effect that should be included in the teaching plan?

7. A nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with schizophrenia for the presence of hallucinations. Which therapeutic communication technique used by the nurse is an example of making observations?