A. Speak in a neutral tone when addressing the client. B. limit the clients' opportunities to socialize with others. D. . rotate staff members caring for the client. 139. mix the medication with the client's food items. the nurse plan to take? A nurse is preparing to insert an IV catheter for a client. Which of the following actions should A. Choose a vein that is palpable and straight. B. elevate the client's arm prior to insertion. C. apply a tourniquet below the venipuncture site. 140. D. select a site on the client's dominant arm. A nurse in an outpatient mental health clinic is assessing an adolescent client. The nurse should expect the adolescent to be in which of the following of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development? A. Trust versus mistrust B. intimacy versus isolation C. identity versus role confusion D. generativity versus self-absorption 141. A nurse is teaching a client about a variety of stress management techniques. Which of the following instructions by the nurse is appropriate? A. Tighten your muscles before relaxing them when using muscle relaxation techniques. B. imagine a situation that has been stimulating for you when practicing guided imagery. C. talk to someone who you admire as the first step in using mindfulness techniques to relax. D. breathe in through your mouth and out through your nose when using deep breathing exercises. 142. A nurse is caring for a client who repeatedly refused his meals. The nurse overhears an assistive personnel APP telling the client, if you don't eat your food "If will put restraints on your wrist and feed you" The nurse should intervene and explain to the AP that this statement constitutes of which of the following torts? A. Battery B. Assault C. Negligence D. Malpractice 143. A nurse is preparing to remove an IV catheter from the arm of a client who has phlebitis at a peripheral IV site. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? A. Express drainage from the IV site and send it to be cultured. B. apply a pressure dressing at the IV site. C. place a warm moist compress on the site. D. insert a new IV catheter distal to the discontinued IV site. 144. A nurse is planning to delegate the fasting blood glucose testing for a client who has diabetes mellitus to an assistive personnel AP. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Determine if the AP has the skills to perform the test. B. have the AP check the medical record for prior blood glucose test results. C. assign the AP to ask the client if she has taken her antidiabetic medication today. D. help the AP perform the blood glucose test. 145. A nurse is caring for a client who is one hour postpartum and unable to urinate. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Place an ice pack on the client's perineum. B. perform a fundal massage. C. administer a benzodiazepine. D. place the clients' hands in warm water. 146. A nurse is assessing a child who has bacterial pneumonia. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect? A. Fever B. Steatorrhea C. Tinnitus