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A nonviolent client on the psychiatric unit suddenly refuses to take the prescribed antipsychotic medication. What should the nurse do? Which psychotherapeutic theory uses hypnosis, dream interpretat ... ion, and free association as methods to release repressed feelings? A depressed client has been taking Paroxetine (Paxil) 20 mg by mouth once a day for 4 weeks. The practitioner concludes that there is no clinical improvement in the client’s condition and increases the daily dose to 30 mg. The medication is supplied in an oral suspension of 10 mg/5 mL. How many milliliters of Paxil solution should the nurse instruct the client to take? Record your answer using a whole number. __________ mL A parent of a 13-year-old adolescent with recently diagnosed Hodgkin disease tells a nurse, “I don’t want her to know about the diagnosis.” How should the nurse respond? A client who is to undergo dilation and curettage and conization of the cervix for cancer appears tense and anxious. What is the best approach for the nurse to support the client emotionally? A client in the hyperactive phase of a mood disorder, bipolar type, is receiving lithium. A nurse sees that the client’s lithium blood level is 1.8 mEq/L. What is the most appropriate nursing action? An 18-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by her two roommates after being found unconscious in the bathroom. Laboratory tests are ordered. The nurse reviewing the findings notes that the urinalysis is positive for flunitrazepam (Rohypnol). The nurse knows that flunitrazepam is often used: In the second stage of labor, the nurse should plan to discourage a client from holding her breath longer than 6 seconds while pushing with each contraction. What complication does this prevent? [Show More]

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