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A 69-Year-Old Client Diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome Has Been Experiencing

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A 69-year-old client diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome has been experiencing restlessness and has often been found by nursing staff wandering in and out of other clients' rooms during the night.The nurse views the client's PRN antipsychotic medication order as:


A) an appropriate intervention to help assure his safety.
B) an option once all other nondrug interventions prove ineffective.
C) inappropriate unless the physician is notified and approves its use.
D) not an option because it should not be used to manage behaviors of this type.

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