ATI LPN · Mental Health Nursing · LPN Mental Health Crisis Response Review Test

In clients with a cognitive impairment disorder, the phenomenon of increased confusion in the early evening hours is called:

A 16-year-old girl has retuned home following hospitalization for treatment of anorexia nervosa. The parents tell the family nurse performing a home visit that their child has always done everything to please them and they cannot understand her current stubbomness about eating. The nurse analyzes the family situation and determines it is characteristic of which relationship style?

Reflective listening, an assessment technique used when caring for patients with an emotional crisis, involves:

Which neurotransmitter has been implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease?

Ginger, age 19 and an only child, left 3 months ago to attend a college of her choice 500 miles away from her parents. It is Ginger's first time away from home. She has difficulty making decisions and will not undertake anything new without first consulting her mother. They talk on the phone almost every day. Ginger has recently started having anxiety attacks. She consults the nurse practitioner in the student health center. The most appropriate nursing intervention with Ginger would be to