Collaborative psychiatric nursing role actions include which of the following?
a. inviting a client to sit in the dayroom with other clients
b. secluding or restraining a combative client
c. formulating and recording nursing diagnoses statements
d. matching clients with appropriate roommates
B
Collaborative psychiatric role actions include secluding or restraining a combative client because it involves the need for a physician's order. The other options are all actions that the nurse can take autonomously.
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