ATI Course Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

the client is responsive and able to fully respond by opening her eyes and attending to a normal tone of voice and speech. she answers questions spontaneously and appropriately Correct Answer - alert the client is able to open her eyes and respond but is drowsy and falls asleep readily Correct Answer - lethargy the client requires vigorous or painful stimuli, such as pinching a tendon or rubbing the sternum, to elicit a brief response. she may not be able to respond verbally Correct Answer...

What are cognitive symptoms of psychotic disorders Correct Answer - -disordered thinking -inability to make decisions -poor problem solving ability -difficult concentrating to perform tasks -Memory deficits Misconstrues trivial events and attaches personal significance to them, such as believing that others, who are discussing the next meal, are talking about them Correct Answer - ideas of reference Feels singled out for harm by others (being hunted down by FBI) Correct Answer - Persec...

What are positive symptoms? Correct Answer - related to behavior, thought, perception, and speech: agitation, bizarre behaviors, delusions, hallucinations, flight of ideas, loose association What are negative symptoms? Correct Answer - social withdrawal, lack of emotion, lack of energy, flattened affect, decreased motivation, decreased pleasure in activities What are first-generation antipsychotics generally used for? Correct Answer - to control positive symptoms What are the classifica...

Alogia Correct Answer - a a lack of any real meaning or substance in what the client says Anhedonia Correct Answer - having no pleasure or joy in life; losing any sense of pleasure from activities formerly enjoyed blunted affect Correct Answer - showing little or a slow-to-respond facial expression; few observable facial expressions Catatonia Correct Answer - psychomotor disturbance, either motionless or excessive motor Command hallucinations Correct Answer - disturbed auditory senso...

alert Correct Answer - patient is responsive, opens eyes spontaneously, and answers questions appropriately lethargic Correct Answer - patient can open eyes and respond to questions but falls asleep easily obtunded Correct Answer - patient responds to light shaking, but is confused and slow to respond stuporous Correct Answer - patient barely responds to painful stimuli rubbing sternum comatose Correct Answer - patient unresponsive abnormal posturing may be present decorticate...

therapeutic communication (don'ts, easier to remember) Correct Answer - Ask why Ask an excessive amount of question Give advice Give false reassurance Change the conversation topic Give approval or disapproval Use close-ended questions/statements Talk about yourself or your own experiences nonverbal Correct Answer - body language facial expressions eye contact posture vocal cues (yawning, tone of voice, pitch of voice) therapeutic Correct Answer - validation of feelings use of...

normal anxiety Correct Answer - response to stress that is essential for survival Seperation anxiety Correct Answer - The client experiences excessive fear or anxiety when separated from an individual who the client is emotionally attached -like kids going to school monophobia Correct Answer - fear of being alone zoophobia Correct Answer - fear of animals acrophobia Correct Answer - fear of heights phobia Correct Answer - excessive fear or anxiety agoraphobia Correct Answer - ...

Levels of consciousness Correct Answer - Alert, Lethargic, Obtunded, Stuporous, Comatose, Decorticate, Decerebrate Alert Correct Answer - patient is responsive, opens eyes spontaneously and answers questions appropriately Lethargic Correct Answer - Patient can ope his/her eyes and respond to questions, but falls asleep easily Obtunded Correct Answer - Patient responds to light shaking, but is confused and slow to respond Stuporous Correct Answer - Patient barely responds to painful s...

Traits of mental health Correct Answer - Good relationships Thinking rationally Function in roles of your life Self-esteem Mental Illness Correct Answer - Depressed and unable to function in roles Lack of interest Unkempt, easily observable traits Change in behavior Cannot always think rationally BIG range (different levels of anxiety) Resilience Correct Answer - Ability to "bounce back" Effected by support systems for that person/their personality Diathesis-stress model Co...

A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of substance use disorder and was involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility. When the nurse attempts to administer oral lorazepam, the client refuses to take the medication and becomes physically aggressive. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Do not administer the lorazepam B. Request a prescription for IV lorazepam C. Request that another nurse attempt to administer the lorazepam D. Place the lorazepam in the cl...