A client who has had excellent symptom reduction as a result of taking a conventional/standard
antipsychotic tells the nurse that his medication makes him so sleepy that he is concerned his
supervisor may terminate his employment.
A solution the nurse should discuss with the physician is
a. reducing the dose by half.
b. discontinuing the medication.
c. having the client take the medication at bedtime.
d. switching from the conventional antipsychotic to risperidone (Risperdal).
Question 2
The client's nursing diagnosis is disturbed sleep pattern related to anxiety. The desired outcome is
that the client will sleep for a minimum of 5 hours nightly by October 31 .
On November 1 sleep data
show the client sleeps an average of 4 hours nightly and takes a 2-hour afternoon nap. After the
evaluation, the nurse should
a. leave the care plan unchanged.
b. remove the nursing diagnosis from the care plan.
c. write a new nursing diagnosis that better reflects the problem and its cause.
d. extend the time in which the goal is to be accomplished and examine
interventions.
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