The PMHNP is evaluating a new patient in the outpatient psyc…

The PMHNP is evaluating a new patient in the outpatient psychiatric clinic with a complaint of “bizarre and odd behaviors”. While evaluating T.O., she seems to be laughing and denying that anything is wrong with her and everyone is “just out to get me.” She also states that she does not need any treatment. You have evidence that she has been showing up to gas stations and demanding them to take her soda back because it was contaminated with poison. She also has been putting foil on her windows and TV so the government cannot see her. Which of the following statements is true?

A wife telephones an adult psychiatric and mental health nur…

A wife telephones an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner to report that her 54-year-old husband has been unusually active, irritable, and unable to sleep for more than a few hours each night. The husband has been diagnosed with a major depressive disorder and has been taking fluoxetine (Prozac) for four weeks. The nurse practitioner is most concerned about the possibility that: