1.A nurse is collecting data from a client who is experiencing alcohol

withdrawal. Which of the manifestation should the nurse expect?

Answer: Diaphoresis

2. A nurse in a long-term care center is caring for an adult client who has

Alzheimer’s disease and whose partner died several years ago. The client

appears upset and asls the nurse when his partner will visit again. The nurse

states,”It seems like you are feeling lonely. Let’s take a walk outside and

talk.’ Which of the following communication strategies is the nurse using?

Answer: Validation therapy

3. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has schizophrenia and a

new prescription for chlorpromazine. Which of the following statements

should the nurse include in the teaching?

Answer:” The voices you have been hearing should decrease.”

4. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has generalized anxiety

disorder and is to start therapy with buspirone. Which of the following

statementsshould the nurse identify as an indication that the client

understands the information?

Answer: “I should expect some improvement of my symptoms in about

10 days