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How should you address Phil Collins, the newly admitted elderly patient, to your mental health unit?

A girl with suicidal thoughts would be most likely to have which symptoms (select all that apply)?

Which of the following is a positive sign of schizophrenia? 

Your patient with advanced Alzheimer’s disease keeps searching the unit for her mother who died many years ago.  How should you respond? 

The LPN/LVN cares for a client diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.  What will the LPN/LVN expect to find?

A female victim of a sexual assault is being seen in the crisis center.  The client states that she still feels “as though the rape just happened yesterday,” even though it has been a few months since the incident.  Which is the most appropriate nursing response?

An elderly patient has aphasia from a cerebrovascular accident (CVA).  Which need is priority?

Your patient with schizophrenia who is English-speaking says “no acu moona” to you.  What is this called? 

A client diagnosed with delirium becomes disoriented and confused at night.  Which intervention should the nurse implement initially? 

You find out that your schizophrenic patient is also using opioids to counteract the frightening hallucinations.  What terms are used to describe this (select all that apply)