A nursing intervention that violates the rights of the psychiatric client would be if the nurse
a. imposes suicide precautions before the client has been interviewed by the
physician.
b. opens and reads mail the client has left at the nurse's station to be mailed.
c. places the client's expensive watch in the hospital business office safe.
d. reports overhearing the client tell a friend that he will spit out oral medication.
Question 2
Which observations, if documented in the medical record, would indicate that the treatment plan for
a client with acute mania has been effective?
a. Converses appropriately, clothing matched, participates in activities..
b. Irritable, suggestible, distractible, napped for 10 minutes in afternoon..
c. Attention span short, writing copious notes, intrudes in conversations..
d. Heavily made up, seductive toward male staff, pressured speech..
Client position when assessing jugular vein distention.
A nurse adjusts the rate of a client’s IV.
Nursing assessment questions
Nursing history for lung assessment
Remember the “ten rights” when administering medications.
Testing patellar reflex, client in a supine position