Test Bank For Prescriber's Guide: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology 8th Edition By Stephen M. Stahl ISBN-9781009464741 All Chapters Complete Guide

, Prescriber's Guide- Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology 8th Edition Test Bank
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Chapter 1 Chemimical Neurotransmissin
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Chapter Questions on Alcohol abstinence/Alcohol dependence/Alcohol withdrawa
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A client has been prescribed naltrexone (Trexan) for treatment of alcohol dependence. The nu
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rse has explained the drugs purpose to the client. The nurse determines that the client has und
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erstood the instructions when the client identifies which of the following about the drug?
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A)


Causes itching if alcohol is consumed
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B)


Produces the euphoria of alcoho +h +h +h +h



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Reduces the appeal of alcohol +h +h +h +h +



D)
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Improves appetite and nutritional statu+h +h +h +h



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An adolescent client tells the nurse that he or she occasionally sniffs airplane glue. When disc
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ussing the effects of long-
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term use of inhalants, which of the following would the nurse most likely include?
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A)


Tremors and CNS arousal +h +h +h +h



B)


Enhanced normal heart rhythms +h +h +h +h



C)


Enhanced attention focus and memory +h +h +h +h +



D)
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,Brain damage and cognitive abnormalities
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3.


A client tells the nurse that he is committed to trying to quit smoking. When teaching the clien
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t about smoking cessation, which of the following would the nurse include?
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A)


Success usually involves more than one type of intervention.
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Relapse is fairly rare within the first year of quittin
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g. C) +h




Ear acupressure is a highly proven method for quittin
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Education is key for smoking cessation. +h +h +h +h +h +



4.
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The nurse is completing the admission of a client who is seeking treatment for alcoholism. H
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e tells the nurse that the last time he had any alcohol to drink was at 10:00 AM before he lef
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t for the hospital. The nurse closely monitors the client. Which of the following would lead th
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e nurse to suspect that the client is experiencing stage 1 of alcohol withdrawal syndrome? Sel
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ect all that apply.
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A)


Slight diaphoresis +h



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Hand tremors +h +h



C)


Intermittent confusion +h



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, Heart rate of 135 beats/min
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+h E)


Normal blood pressure +h +h +h



5.


A nurse is talking with a 57-year-
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old client who has been a heavy drinker for many years. The client is being treated for alcoh
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olism, and this is her second week as an inpatient on the psychiatric unit. It is 5:00 AM, and
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the client has been having difficulty sleeping. The client is an orthopedic nurse, and although
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she is clothed in a hospital-
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issued gown and robe, she is wearing a stethoscope around her neck that the nurse recognize
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s as belonging to one of the staff nurses.
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When the nurse asks her why she is wearing the stethoscope and where she got it, the client g
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ives her a long and involved reply that basically describes how her nursing supervisor came t
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o visit and gave it to her to wear so shed remember to get well. The nurse suspects that the
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client may be experiencing which of the following?
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A)


Wernickes syndrome +h +h



B)


Delirium tremens +h +



C)
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Korsakoffs psychosis +h +h



D)


Malignant hyperthermia +h



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A nurse is using motivational therapy with a female client with alcoholism. The client, who i
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s unwilling to consider changing her drinking behavior, emphatically states, I am not an alcoh
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olic; you cant make me stop drinking. Which response by the nurse would be most appropria
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te?
A)


You have to stop drinking and driving; you could kill someone
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