HESI RN · HESI Mental Health · Age Specific Considerations in Patient Care

The client tells the nurse, 'My husband left to go bowling with his buddies, so I had to cut myself.' The nurse using the SET method of communication will use as the initial response:

A client with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder seeks treatment for depression after the recent breakup of a relationship. The client constantly procrastinated about proposing marriage and said his girlfriend complained that he did not show her affection and that he was too controlling. Now he describes inability to sleep, poor concentration, and loss of energy since the breakup. Which outcome is a priority for the client? The client will:

A person diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI) living in the community was punched, pushed to the ground, and robbed of 7 during the day on a public street. Which statements about violence and serious mental illness in general are accurate? Select one tha does not apply.

A patient being treated for major depression is the CEO of her own business. She has shown significant improvement and is about to be discharged after completing a course of 15 electroconvulsive therapy sessions. She will continue on SSRI medications. The patient has been counseled not to make a major business decision for a month. The rationale for this is that:

The nurse wants to enroll a patient with poor social skills in a training program for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which description accurately describes social skills training?