A patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder tells the nurse, "Bad things that happen are always my fault." To support the patient to reframe this overgeneralization, the nurse's best response is:

A patient presenting with delusions of persecution about being poisoned has refused all meals for 3 days. Which intervention will most likely be acceptable to the patient?

The nurse preparing to teach a patient diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) about recommended psychotherapy and psychopharmacology will discuss:

The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with Bipolar I who tells the nurse that frequent admissions for severe mania have adversely impacted their children and family. The nurse feels consumed with worry, concern, and has intrusive thoughts about the patient's family and their situation. The nurse recognizes that she is experiencing:

The experience of trauma causes neurochemical changes in the brain that play a role in encoding fear memories that are implicated in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The nurse identifies the involvement of which neurotransmitters?

As part of the stress response, the HPA axis is stimulated. Which structures make up this system?

Which scenario best demonstrates an example of eustress?

A patient states, "I feel detached from myself and weird all the time. It is as though I am looking at life through a cloudy window. Everything seems unreal. It really messes up things at work and school." This scenario is most suggestive of which health problem?

A client is suspected to have dissociative identity disorder. Which characteristic does the nurse identify that the disturbed personal identity is most likely related to?

A nurse provided medication education for a patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder who began a new prescription for phenelzine (Nardil). Which behavior indicates effective learning? The patient:

A patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder began taking citalopram (Celexa) 4 days ago. The patient now says, "This medicine isn't working." The nurse's best intervention would be to:

A client is brought to the emergency department after exhibiting vital sign instability, diaphoresis, shivering, incoordination, hyperreflexia, hyperpyrexia, and diarrhea. The client is taking paroxetine (Paxil) for depression. Which condition should the nurse most likely suspect?

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client diagnosed with depression and notes that the client has been prescribed bupropion (Wellbutrin). The client asks, "What kind of medication is this anyway?" The nurse would inform the client this agent is a:

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors are used to treat which of the following?

A client has been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. One clinical symptom of this diagnosis is what?

A depressed older adult client is being treated with a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA). Which side effects are important to assess for?

A client with bipolar disorder has advanced lithium toxicity with a lithium level of 1.7 mEq/L. Which symptom would the nurse expect to assess?

A patient diagnosed with bipolar disorder has rapidly changing mood cycles. The health care provider prescribes an anticonvulsant medication. Which drug should the nurse anticipate will be prescribed?

A client with bipolar disorder is prescribed valproic acid (Depakote) as part of the treatment plan. Before administering the medication, which test should be done?

The plan of care for a patient in the manic state of bipolar disorder should include which intervention?

A client asks a nurse about the need to alter any activities because of taking lithium. Which response would be most appropriate?

A client with bipolar disorder, having experienced a depressive episode, is prescribed lamotrigine (Lamictal). After educating the client on this medication, the nurse determines that the education was successful when the client makes which statement?

When teaching a group of new mental health nurses about the major difference between bipolar I and bipolar II disorders, which would be most appropriate to include?

A client with schizophrenia is being treated with olanzapine (Zyprexa) 10 mg daily. The client asks the nurse how this medicine minimizes hallucinations. The nurse explains that the mechanism by which olanzapine controls the client's psychotic symptoms is believed to be what?