Author: Anonymous

A provider tells a client with a knee injury he may not play football for the remainder of the season. The client yells that the provider doesn’t know what he is talking about and kicks a chair. Which of the following defense mechanisms is the client demonstrating?

The most reliable solution after identifying PHAs is

 The nurse is caring for a client on an inpatient mental health unit. The nurse observes an improvement in the client’s grooming at breakfast. What is the appropriate response by the nurse?

Which of the following statements would be the MOST appropriate advice to the therapist when making a written error in the patient’s daily treatment note?

What component of the SOAP Note allows for frequency and expected duration of physical therapy services?

The nurse observes a client sitting in the corner of their room with the lights off. Three hours later, the client is still in the same position.  Which of the following statements would demonstrate therapeutic communication by the nurse?

A nurse working the ER is assigned to a 16-month-old child with a spiral fracture of the left arm. Which of the following findings should the nurse recgonize as a sign of abuse? 

The nurse is caring for a client with schizophrenia who is taking Haloperidol ( Haldol). Which of the following side effects should the nurse monitor for?

The nurse is talking with a teenage client that lives in a low income, high crime rate neighborhood. What should the nurse do if the client becomes defensive and verbally aggressive?

A client says to the nurse, “I’m going to die, and I wish my family would stop hoping for a cure. I get so angry when they carry on like this.”Which therapeutic response should the nurse make to the client?