A nurse who works in an inpatient psychiatric facility is caring for a client diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The nurse would look for which activity to indicate the client is about to change from the manic state to the depressed state?
1. The client talks more with others.
2. The client paces the facility halls.
3. The client begins to have sleep disturbances.
4. The client sits quietly in a chair, not moving for long periods of time.
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Rationale 1: Talking is generally part of the manic state, not the depressed state.
Rationale 2: Pacing is generally part of the manic state, not the depressed state.
Rationale 3: Sleep disturbances often precede changes in mood and other symptoms.
Rationale 4: This behavior would be more indicative of presence in the depressed state, not movement into it.
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