A nurse is planning care for a client following a suicide attempt. Which of the following interventions
should the nurse include in the plan? - ✔✔Provide the client with plastic eating utensils.
-The client can use gla
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A nurse is planning care for a client following a suicide attempt. Which of the following interventions
should the nurse include in the plan? - ✔✔Provide the client with plastic eating utensils.
-The client can use glass dishes and metal silverware to cause self harm, therefore, the nurse should
arrange for the client to have only plastic products on their meal tray.
A nurse is performing an admission assessment for a client who appears withdrawn and fearful. Which
of the following actions should the nurse take first? - ✔✔Inform the client that this admission is
confidential.
-According to evidence-based practice, the nurse should first inform the client about confidentiality
during the orientation phase of the nurse client relationship. This action establishes trust between the
client and the nurse, which in turn decreases the client's anxiety level.
A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has anorexia nervosa. The client states, "Have I done any
permanent damage to my body?" Which of the following responses should the nurse make? - ✔✔You're
afraid you have caused physical injury to yourself?
-Repeating the main idea of what the client has said, which will allow for clarification of any
misunderstanding on the part of the client or the nurse.
A nurse is caring for a client following a fire that destroyed her home and killed one of her children. The
client is crying and does not make eye contact with the nurse. Which of the following questions should
the nurse ask first? - ✔✔Have you thought of harming yourself?
-The greatest risk to this client is self harm due to the loss of her child and home, therefore, the first
question the nurse should ask a client who is having a personal crisis is to determine if the client has
suicidal ideation. If so, the nurse should take action to protect the client from self harm.A nurse is checking laboratory values for a hospitalized young adult client who has bipolar disorder and
is taking lithium. Which of the following values is the priority for the nurse to report to the provider? -
✔✔Serum creatinine 2.1 mg/dL
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