A patient is complaining of anxiety before a surgical procedure. Which holistic treatment should the nurse recommend first to the patient?

A transfer and acceptance of patient care responsibility is achieved through effective communication. It is a real-time process of passing patient-specific information from one caregiver to another or from one team of caregivers to another for the purpose of ensuring the continuity and safety of the patient’s care, is known as ———-

Five days post-admission the nurse intervenes with a client who has a nursing diagnosis of disordered thought process. The goal is to decrease dependency needs by:

A nursing student uses a client’s full name on a care plan submitted to the student’s instructor. What is the instructor’s priority intervention?

Which action should the clinician take when there is reasonable certainty that a client is going to harm someone? Select all that apply.

Which of the following is an accepting body position for therapeutic communication?

The nurse working with a client with antisocial personality disorder would expect which of the following behaviors? Select all that apply.

Clients with personality disorders have difficulties in their social and occupational functions.  Clients with a personality disorder will most likely:

A client admitted with Major Depressive Disorder has a nursing diagnosis of ineffective sleep pattern related to aches and pains. Which is an appropriate short-term outcome (goal) for this client?

The client says to the nurse, “I have special powers because I am the mother of God. I can heal everyone in the hospital.” The nurse’s best response would be,