NUR 180 final Exam Verified Questions AND Correct Answers
Addictions signs of substance abuse - ✔✔-disheveled
-increase in accidents
-poor judgement
-impaired family functioning
-increased use(regardless of consequences)
-mood changes
INTERVENTIONS: (three e's)
Educate on disease process
Encourage them to live in present and live in future
Encourage them to problem solve
Alpazolam (Xanax) - ✔✔Type: Benzodiazepine
Indication: Anti-anxiety/ PO
SE: dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, nausea
AR: Suicide/ suicidal thoughts
Teach: do not dbl doses, not for everyday stress, avoid
grapefruit juice, no driving
,Anorexia Nervosa - ✔✔An eating disorder characterized by an
obstinate and willful refusal to eat, a distorted body image,
and an intense fear of being fat
*want them to tell us how they feel
NO ANTIDEPRESSANTS (because of risk of gaining weight)
Possible: Hypokalemia, bradycardia
Manifestations: hyperactivity, rapid speech, walk/talk fast,
neat, ambitious, few friends(introverts), rigid young women,
insecure, denies seriousness, perfectionists, hypervigilant,
need control
Antidepressants - ✔✔take 4-6 weeks to start working
Anxiety - ✔✔The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about
what may happen
TX: talk therapy
ask them what they've done in the past to help
do not put into quiet room
Anxiety (severe) - ✔✔* Fight or flight
* ^ HR
, * diaphoretic
* ^ BP
* dilated pupils
* find some ways to decrease anxiety
* Cognitive behavioral therapy ( helps patient think a different
way)
Anxiety; Acute panic attack - ✔✔* stay with patient
* reassurance
* be aware of vitals signs dropping!
apathy/apathetic - ✔✔lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern
Aripiprazole (Abilify) - ✔✔Antipsychotic (PO/IM)
Tx for: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
SE: dizziness, insomnia, agitation, anxiety, tremor
AR: seizures, NMS, tachycardia, leukemia, suicidal ideation
Teach: avoid abrupt withdrawal of this product may cause EPS
BBW: report suicidal thought/behaviors, dementia
immediately
Addictions signs of substance abuse - ✔✔-disheveled
-increase in accidents
-poor judgement
-impaired family functioning
-increased use(regardless of consequences)
-mood changes
INTERVENTIONS: (three e's)
Educate on disease process
Encourage them to live in present and live in future
Encourage them to problem solve
Alpazolam (Xanax) - ✔✔Type: Benzodiazepine
Indication: Anti-anxiety/ PO
SE: dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, nausea
AR: Suicide/ suicidal thoughts
Teach: do not dbl doses, not for everyday stress, avoid
grapefruit juice, no driving
,Anorexia Nervosa - ✔✔An eating disorder characterized by an
obstinate and willful refusal to eat, a distorted body image,
and an intense fear of being fat
*want them to tell us how they feel
NO ANTIDEPRESSANTS (because of risk of gaining weight)
Possible: Hypokalemia, bradycardia
Manifestations: hyperactivity, rapid speech, walk/talk fast,
neat, ambitious, few friends(introverts), rigid young women,
insecure, denies seriousness, perfectionists, hypervigilant,
need control
Antidepressants - ✔✔take 4-6 weeks to start working
Anxiety - ✔✔The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about
what may happen
TX: talk therapy
ask them what they've done in the past to help
do not put into quiet room
Anxiety (severe) - ✔✔* Fight or flight
* ^ HR
, * diaphoretic
* ^ BP
* dilated pupils
* find some ways to decrease anxiety
* Cognitive behavioral therapy ( helps patient think a different
way)
Anxiety; Acute panic attack - ✔✔* stay with patient
* reassurance
* be aware of vitals signs dropping!
apathy/apathetic - ✔✔lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern
Aripiprazole (Abilify) - ✔✔Antipsychotic (PO/IM)
Tx for: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
SE: dizziness, insomnia, agitation, anxiety, tremor
AR: seizures, NMS, tachycardia, leukemia, suicidal ideation
Teach: avoid abrupt withdrawal of this product may cause EPS
BBW: report suicidal thought/behaviors, dementia
immediately
