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1.How do anticholinergic agents reduce the side effects of antipsycho
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tic medication?
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a. By increasing the amount of adrenaline that is available.
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b. By decreasing the amount of acetylcholine that is available.
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c. By increasing the amount of acetylcholine that is available.
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d. By decreasing the amount of adrenaline that is available.: by decreasin
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g the amount of acetylcholine that is available
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2.The Psychiatric Technician is teaching the client to self-
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administer a trans- cx cx

cxdermal patch. Which of the following should be included in the patient ins
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truc- tions? cx

a) Use the same site each day.
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b) Rotate sites each time the patch is applied.
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c) Apply patch before bathing. cx cx cx

d) Apply moisturizing lotion to skin prior to applying the patch.: rotate
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sites each time the patch is applied
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3.The Psychiatric Technician is following up on the instructions given to
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a client using crutches. Which of the following instructions should the clie
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nt be told?
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a) The arms should not become fatigued.
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b) The top of the crutches should lightly touch the axilla.
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c) The crutches should be swung out at a 90 degree angle to the body.
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d) The client should report any numbness or tingling in the upper torso.:
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xthe client should report any numbness or tingling in the upper torso
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4.To allow him as much independence as possible, which of the followin
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g actions should be taken by the client who uses an ambulation aid (suc
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h as a cane or crutch)?
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a) Practice how to use the ambulation aid on various terrains.
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b) Keep the ambulation aid no further that 10 feet from the client.
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c) Don't worry about opening doors since it is easy to find someone willin
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g to help.
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d) Do not attach anything like a saddlebag to the walker.: practice how t
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o use the ambulation aid on various terrains
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5.In an effort to have the client attend to personal hygiene needs, the Psy
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chi- atric Technician should do which of the following?
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a) Drop gentle hints when the client appears ill groomed.
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b) Ask a friend of his to bring up the subject of personal hygiene.
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d) Accept that poor personal hygiene is inevitable.: help the client esta
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blish a morning hygiene routine
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6.The Psychiatric Technician needs to move the client up in bed. Which of
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the following is the first action the Psychiatric Technician should take?
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a) Have the client bend his knees.
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b) Grasp the client from behind the shoulders.
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c) Lower the head of the bed to the lowest position.
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d) Have the client grasp the trapeze.: lower the head of the bed to th
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e lowest position
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7.The elderly client is going to self-
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administer a variety of medications at home. Which of the following is the
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greatest factor in determining if this client will be compliant with the dru
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g administration regimen?
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(AKA: which factor will most affect the client's ability to self-
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administer their medicine?) cx cx

a) The client is fatigued after walking one block.
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b) The client's vision is impaired.
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c) The client's husband is a strict vegetarian.
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d) The client has a dog.: the client's vision is impaired
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8.The 47 year- cx cx

old hospitalized client is alert and oriented and reasonably active. Whi
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ch of the following activities is it reasonable to have this client partici
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pate in? cx

a) IV intake calculation.
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b) Intake and output measurement. cx cx cx

c) Pouring meds from a bottle in the med room.
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d) Using a mechanical (Hoyer) lift.: intake and output measurement
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9.The client is recovering from am mastectomy. Which of the following AD
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L is a good exercise for flexion of the shoulder?
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a) Tying the shoes. cx cx

b) Pulling on the socks. cx cx cx

c) Brushing and combing the hair. cx cx cx cx

d) Writing a letter.: brushing and combing the hair
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10.Which blood pressure reading would be regarded as hypertension in
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