NUR 356 EXAM 2 LATEST
(MENTAL HEALTH)
A priority question to include in a suicide risk assessment is?
If the patient has a suicide plan in place
What should a nurse ask if a patient states, "I wish I wasn't here
anymore"?
Are you having thoughts of hurting yourself, and do they have a plan
True or False: The highest and lowest social classes have the highest
risk of suicide?
True
True or False: Family and friends should listen attentively and take
any hint of suicide and seek help?
True
When a mental health client returns from a day leave
The nurse must search the patient's belongings for sharps or potentially
harmful items
Decreased serotonin and nor-epinephrine
contributes to a patient's diagnoses with depression
When a nurse is caring for clients in a psychiatric unit, who would
be most appropriately treated with group therapy?
The client diagnosed with major depressive disorder one year ago
What is the preferred treatment for SAD (seasonal affect disorder)?
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, NUR 356 EXAM 2 LATEST
(MENTAL HEALTH)
Light therapy
What is the purpose of light therapy?
Inhibit the nocturnal secretion of melatonin
Know: Can be done in one 30min session or two 15min doses in total of
30min in one day
When does light therapy begin working?
Some people notice improvement rapidly, within a few days, or others
may take several weeks to take effect
-works by exposure to the face by light
True or False: Between 50 and 80% of all people who kill
themselves have a history or previous attempts
True
A confused patient who presents with restlessness, tachycardia,
diaphoresis, and tremors could be suffering from?
Serotonin syndrome by possibly ingesting two separate SSRIs
-Worry about elderly
Women gets diagnosed with depression and husband is already
taking an SSRI, nurse must worry about?
One of them taking both medications
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(MENTAL HEALTH)
A priority question to include in a suicide risk assessment is?
If the patient has a suicide plan in place
What should a nurse ask if a patient states, "I wish I wasn't here
anymore"?
Are you having thoughts of hurting yourself, and do they have a plan
True or False: The highest and lowest social classes have the highest
risk of suicide?
True
True or False: Family and friends should listen attentively and take
any hint of suicide and seek help?
True
When a mental health client returns from a day leave
The nurse must search the patient's belongings for sharps or potentially
harmful items
Decreased serotonin and nor-epinephrine
contributes to a patient's diagnoses with depression
When a nurse is caring for clients in a psychiatric unit, who would
be most appropriately treated with group therapy?
The client diagnosed with major depressive disorder one year ago
What is the preferred treatment for SAD (seasonal affect disorder)?
END OF
PAGE
1
, NUR 356 EXAM 2 LATEST
(MENTAL HEALTH)
Light therapy
What is the purpose of light therapy?
Inhibit the nocturnal secretion of melatonin
Know: Can be done in one 30min session or two 15min doses in total of
30min in one day
When does light therapy begin working?
Some people notice improvement rapidly, within a few days, or others
may take several weeks to take effect
-works by exposure to the face by light
True or False: Between 50 and 80% of all people who kill
themselves have a history or previous attempts
True
A confused patient who presents with restlessness, tachycardia,
diaphoresis, and tremors could be suffering from?
Serotonin syndrome by possibly ingesting two separate SSRIs
-Worry about elderly
Women gets diagnosed with depression and husband is already
taking an SSRI, nurse must worry about?
One of them taking both medications
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