A nurse is caring for a client who was recently diagnosed with an opioid use disorder. They were a student in a local community college but were recently dismissed for failing their classes. Their previous diagnoses include anxiety, Crohn's disease, and chronic back pain due to a gymnastics injury in high school. Which of the following should the nurse identify as potential underlying reasons why the client might have started using opioids?

A nurse is caring for a client who was recently diagnosed with an opioid use disorder. They were a student in a local community college but were recently dismissed for failing their classes. Their previous diagnoses include anxiety, Crohn's disease, and chronic back pain due to a gymnastics injury in high school. Which of the following should the nurse identify as potential underlying reasons why the client might have started using opioids?

A nurse is covering a phone triage line for trauma and crisis support. A client on the phone asks, 'Can you help me understand how trauma-related disorders develop?' Which of the following responses by should the nurse provide?

Which individual diagnosed with a mental illness may need emergency or involuntary hospitalization for mental illness?

A patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder does not interact with others except when addressed and then only in monosyllables. The nurse wants to show nonjudgmental acceptance and support for the patient. Select the nurse's most effective approach to communication.

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia says, 'Everyone is out to get me!' What is the best way for the nurse to respond?