Following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which nursing intervention would be implemented?

A client diagnosed with bipolar disease is receiving a maintenance dosage of lithium carbonate (Lithobid). His wife calls the community mental health nurse to report that her husband is hyperactive and hyperverbal. Which intervention would be most important to implement?

A client with a panic disorder is having difficulty falling asleep. Which nursing intervention should be performed first?

The behavior of a client with borderline personality disorder causes a nurse to feel angry toward the client. Which response, if made by the nurse, is the most therapeutic?

During the termination phase of a therapeutic nurse–client relationship, which intervention is avoided?

A severely depressed client rarely leaves his chair. To prevent physiological complications associated with psychomotor retardation, which client goal is appropriate?

A client with a phobic condition is being treated with behavior modification therapy. Which intervention best addresses this technique?

A client is scheduled to retire in the next month. He phones his nurse therapist and says he can’t cope; his whole world is falling apart. The therapist recognizes this reaction as which of the following?

A community mental health nurse visits a client diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. When she arrives at his house, he calls her Satan, shouts at her, and proclaims “Away from me, Demon!” What is the most important intervention for the nurse to implement?

During a manic state, a client paced around the dayroom for 3 days. He talked to the furniture, proclaimed he was a king, and refused to partake in unit activities. Which nursing diagnosis has priority?

A client with a substance abuse problem is being discharged from the state treatment facility. The client’s discharge plans should include which intervention?