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A nurse is planning care for a client who has borderline personality disorder who self-mutilates. Which of the following treatment approaches should the nurse plan to take? a)Restrict parti... cipation in group therapy sessions b)Establish consequences for self-mutilation c)Maintain close observation d) Provide an unstructered environment ✔✔c)Maintain close observation Clients who have borderline personality disorder are at risk for self-harm during times of increased anxiety. Maintaining close observation reduces the client's risk of injury A nurse is caring for a client who has Alzheimer's disease and a new prescription for donepezil. What action should the nurse take? ✔✔Administer the medication at bedtime. A nurse is caring for a client who reports that the television set in the room is really a two-way radio and states, "voices are coming from the TV and everything we say in this room is being recorded." What response should the nurse make? ✔✔"That must be very frightening." [Show More]

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