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^ prolactin stop prolactin


3 year old masturbates, plays with self, says normal for Piaget
naught things




5 year old tells u his brother sodomized Tell mom don't leave him alone with patient and call CPS
him implement crisis


13 year old want to smoke ask him of his plan to stop smoking


14 year old girl clenching her teeth Cranial Nerve V-Trigeminal nerve


16 year old falls with the wrong crowd Conduct disorder


16 year old refuse treatment Send to psych specialist for acting out kids



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16 year old shows up with mother for first confidential mom sits in lobby
therapy is


ACE inhibitors HTN


ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for Heart Failure
what? HTN


Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) can be 2-4 weeks
a disorder resulting from exposure to a major stressor, with
symptoms of anxiety, dissociation, recurring nightmares,
sleep disturbances, problems in concentration, and moments
in which people seem to "relive" the event in dreams and
flashbacks for as long as 1 month following the event


ADPIE - Nursing Process Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation


Adult panic disorder Buspar


Aggressive patient give IM geodon



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agoraphobia fear of open spaces


Agoraphobia treatment BZDs - short term symptom relief


SSRIs - long-term maintenance
fluoxetine (Prozac)
paroxetine (Paxil)
sertraline (Zoloft)


SNRIs - long-term maintenance
venlafaxine (Effexor)


TCAs - long-term maintenance
imipramine


Alprostadil (PGE1) • Ductal-dependent Congenital Heart Disease (all forms)
• 0.05-0.1 µg/kg/min IV/IO infusion initially, then 0.01-0.05
µg/kg/min IV/IO


Amgdyla Fear, Anxiety, and Aggression


Amygdala A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion,
anxiety, particularly fear and aggression.


Anorexia Set up family therapy


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Anorexia admission Criteria for weight loss over 30% over 6 months, severe hypothermia
hospitalization includes: (temperature lower than 36°C or 96.8°F), heart rate less than
40 beats per minute, systolic blood pressure less than 70 mm
Hg, and hypokalemia (less than 3 mEq/L).


anorexia nervosa BMI less than 18.5
an eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain
leads people to starve themselves


ANOVA (analysis of variance) 3 OR MORE
an inferential statistical test for comparing the means of
three or more groups


antidepressant takes 5 weeks


Apoptosis cell death in aging/elderly


Appreciative Inquiry an organizational change strategy that directs the group's
attention away from its own problems and focuses
participants on the group's potential and positive elements


Appreciative Inquiry an organizational change philosophy and process building
organizations around what works, rather than focusing on
and trying to fix what doesn't work



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