A patient tells the nurse, I feel very restless, and my muscles ...

[Beheh]

A patient tells the nurse, I feel very restless, and my muscles are stiff. Correctly sequence these actions, according to nursing process.
 
  A. Administer medication to relieve the symptoms.
  B. Confer with the health care provider about the findings.
  C. Determine the measure of relief the patient experienced.
  D. Collect additional information about the patient's complaints.
  E. Decide the patient is experiencing side effects of antipsychotic medication.

Question 2

Adolescents who cope ineffectively with anxiety often express themselves by
 
  1. looking within themselves.
  2. talking about their problems.
  3. engaging in high-risk behaviors.
  4. regressing to earlier behaviors, such as thumb sucking.

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Answer to Question 1

1 . D
2 . E
3 . B
4 . A
5 . C
The steps of nursing process are assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. They should be applied in order.

Answer to Question 2

3
Adolescents who cope ineffectively with anxiety often express themselves inappropriately.

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