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Your patient, whose wife Correct Answer:
died a few months ago, complicated grief
appears to be very
unkempt and apathetic. A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has
Although several months normal physical, psychological, cognitive and spiritual
have passed since his responses to the death of a significant other. But when
wife's death he has not the person shows persistent maladaptive behaviors
progressed at all through such as not taking care of personal hygiene and/or
his grieving. You assess appearance and does not progress through the
this condition as which of mourning process, this is complicated grief.
the following?
disenfranchised grief
panic disorder
complicated grief
physiologic grief
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If a patient has had a Correct Answer:
myocardial infarction, Trazodone
which of the following
atypical antidepressants If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the
should not be prescribed recovery phase, the patient should not be prescribed
within the recovery this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the
phase? patient to develop orthostatic hypotension and
Trazodone priapism.
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine
Correct Answer:
To get your teaching ideas
Use examples and review.
and concepts across to a
poor reader which of the
To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples
following would be most
and review. The other choices are not helpful. You
appropriate?
should use short sentences and easy to read layouts;
Use longer sentences.
be concrete rather than abstract; and teach them how
Use abstract concepts.
to ask questions about their health. Also, tell context
Discourage questioning.
first and use visual, use common words and examples,
Use examples and review.
and explain meaning.
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A 21-year old woman Correct Answer:
presents with complaints Risperidone
of milky discharge from
her breasts. She doesn't Risperidone can cause the greatest prolactin
have any other symptoms elevation among atypical psychotics. A milky white
and is not pregnant, nor discharge known as galactorrhea could be a sign of
has been before. She tells an underlying condition. The fact that the woman
the nurse about each takes Risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic, would
medication that she takes. likely point to the cause and should be switched with
Which of these drugs may one less likely to have that same side effect.
be implicated as the cause
of the symptom?
aspirin
Lamotrigine
Risperidone
sertraline
Which of the following Correct Answer:
would be considered one Medication noncompliance
of the main things that is
responsible for about 2/3 Medication noncompliance is a major problem with
of psychiatric hospital the psychiatric mental health patients. The home
readmissions? health nurses assists by helping the patients
Not sufficient care. to see the relationship between their compliance with
Medication their medication regimen and control of their
noncompliance symptoms.
Biophysical assessments
None of the above
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Which of the following Correct Answer:
would be considered an Documentation
important form of
communication that can The other 3 options above are incorrect.
help to promote One of the most important aspects of nursing is
consistency in the care of documentation. Documentation can promote
the patient at the consistency in the care of the patient and is also used
same time that it justifies to help justify the patient remaining in the hospital.
their stay in the hospital?
Review of care.
Documentation
Verbal reporting
None of the above
Effects of an overdose of Correct Answer:
LSD (Lysergic acid Hypertensive crisis
diethylamide) can include
all of the following Hypertensive crisis would be considered a symptom
except? of PCP overdose. Vomiting, respiratory failure and
Vomiting seizures would be considered an effect
Respiratory failure of LSD overdose.
Hypertensive crisis
Seizures
Correct Answer:
Symptoms of serotonin
nausea
syndrome include all of
the following EXCEPT:
Symptoms of serotonin syndrome can present in
insomnia
patients that have drug combinations that are
nausea
contraindicated. They can vary from restlessness and
loss of coordination
agitation to tremors, chills, headaches, and insomnia
sweating or shivering with
as well as loss of coordination. Nausea has not been
goose bumps
implicated in serotonin syndrome.
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Terms in this set (100)
Your patient, whose wife Correct Answer:
died a few months ago, complicated grief
appears to be very
unkempt and apathetic. A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has
Although several months normal physical, psychological, cognitive and spiritual
have passed since his responses to the death of a significant other. But when
wife's death he has not the person shows persistent maladaptive behaviors
progressed at all through such as not taking care of personal hygiene and/or
his grieving. You assess appearance and does not progress through the
this condition as which of mourning process, this is complicated grief.
the following?
disenfranchised grief
panic disorder
complicated grief
physiologic grief
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If a patient has had a Correct Answer:
myocardial infarction, Trazodone
which of the following
atypical antidepressants If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the
should not be prescribed recovery phase, the patient should not be prescribed
within the recovery this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the
phase? patient to develop orthostatic hypotension and
Trazodone priapism.
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine
Correct Answer:
To get your teaching ideas
Use examples and review.
and concepts across to a
poor reader which of the
To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples
following would be most
and review. The other choices are not helpful. You
appropriate?
should use short sentences and easy to read layouts;
Use longer sentences.
be concrete rather than abstract; and teach them how
Use abstract concepts.
to ask questions about their health. Also, tell context
Discourage questioning.
first and use visual, use common words and examples,
Use examples and review.
and explain meaning.
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A 21-year old woman Correct Answer:
presents with complaints Risperidone
of milky discharge from
her breasts. She doesn't Risperidone can cause the greatest prolactin
have any other symptoms elevation among atypical psychotics. A milky white
and is not pregnant, nor discharge known as galactorrhea could be a sign of
has been before. She tells an underlying condition. The fact that the woman
the nurse about each takes Risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic, would
medication that she takes. likely point to the cause and should be switched with
Which of these drugs may one less likely to have that same side effect.
be implicated as the cause
of the symptom?
aspirin
Lamotrigine
Risperidone
sertraline
Which of the following Correct Answer:
would be considered one Medication noncompliance
of the main things that is
responsible for about 2/3 Medication noncompliance is a major problem with
of psychiatric hospital the psychiatric mental health patients. The home
readmissions? health nurses assists by helping the patients
Not sufficient care. to see the relationship between their compliance with
Medication their medication regimen and control of their
noncompliance symptoms.
Biophysical assessments
None of the above
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Which of the following Correct Answer:
would be considered an Documentation
important form of
communication that can The other 3 options above are incorrect.
help to promote One of the most important aspects of nursing is
consistency in the care of documentation. Documentation can promote
the patient at the consistency in the care of the patient and is also used
same time that it justifies to help justify the patient remaining in the hospital.
their stay in the hospital?
Review of care.
Documentation
Verbal reporting
None of the above
Effects of an overdose of Correct Answer:
LSD (Lysergic acid Hypertensive crisis
diethylamide) can include
all of the following Hypertensive crisis would be considered a symptom
except? of PCP overdose. Vomiting, respiratory failure and
Vomiting seizures would be considered an effect
Respiratory failure of LSD overdose.
Hypertensive crisis
Seizures
Correct Answer:
Symptoms of serotonin
nausea
syndrome include all of
the following EXCEPT:
Symptoms of serotonin syndrome can present in
insomnia
patients that have drug combinations that are
nausea
contraindicated. They can vary from restlessness and
loss of coordination
agitation to tremors, chills, headaches, and insomnia
sweating or shivering with
as well as loss of coordination. Nausea has not been
goose bumps
implicated in serotonin syndrome.
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