PRN 1562 Mental Health Exam 2 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version 2024 | Verified

Interventions when a client is at risk for suicide? - Remove shoestrings, curtain Rods and glass items. Give the client plastic wear to eat with. Signs of a bipolar manic episode? - Risky behavior, high self esteem When a client is manic the best therapeutic communication is? - calm but firm, be consistent, short explanations, redirect energy, Identify expectations and consequences. Mini mental statues exam (MMSE) is used to? - assess dementia by assessing the client's cognitive status through a series of questions such as: word recall and following directions such as drawing a clock face Clients are at higher risk for suicide if? - they have a family history or is abused Compassion fatigue (Secondary Traumatic Stress) - emotional effect that nurses and other health care workers may experience by being indirectly traumatized when helping or trying to help a person who has experienced primary traumatic stress Restraints are used if? - -patient is a danger to themselves or others -patient is interfering with medical therapies Signs of anxiety includes? - impending doom, chest tightness, increased blood pressure Lamictal(lamotrigine) - Used to treat bipolar disorder and can cause a rash called steven-Johnson syndromeCelexa (citalopram) used to treat? - depression Citalopram and selegiline should? - not be combined. It can cause serotonin syndrome. Signs include confusion, hallucination, seizure, changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, blurred vision, tremor, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Severe cases may result in coma or death Fluvoxamine (Luvox) used to treat? - OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) side effects are sexual dysfunction and suicidal thinking Obsessions are what? - what they think thoughts A compulsion is what? - what they do actions Compulsions includes? - repetitive or irresistible behaviors like counting, chanting, checking, washing, tapping and ordering . Buspirone used to treat? - anxiety side effects are sedation Valproic Acid (Depakote) - anticonvulsant also used as a mood stabilizer used to treat bipolar disorder. You must monitor liver function. Side effects include birth defects Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) - Antidepressants that increase the action of neurotransimtters by blocking their removal (reuptake) from the synapses (spaces between nerve cells). (1) Side effects: dry mouth, blurred vision, urine retention, tachycardia, constipation Lithium - First line drug to treat bipolar. There is a narrow therapeutic range that places the client at a high risk for toxicity signs of toxicity are vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, slurred speech, and muscle weakness coma, cardiac dysrhythmias, and death.Agnosia definition - a symptom of dementia: The loss of sensory ability to recognize objects The primary symptom of PTSD is - flash backs and are often in conjunction with substance abuse The primary concern for Alzheimer's clients at home is? - safety Donepezil treats - Alzheimer's disease persistent depressive disorder - Chronic Depressive mood lasting over two years Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) - Acute resolva