Complete Test Bank For Prescriber's Guide: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology 8th Edition By Stephen M. Stahl Complete Guide

, Prescriber's Guide- Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology 8th Edition Test Bank
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Chapter 1 Chemimical Neurotransmissin
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Chapter Questions on Alcohol abstinence/Alcohol dependence/Alcohol withdrawal
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A client has been prescribed naltrexone (Trexan) for treatment of alcohol dependence. The nu
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rse has explained the drugs purpose to the client. The nurse determines that the client has unde
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rstood the instructions when the client identifies which of the following about the drug?
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A)


Causes itching if alcohol is consumed
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B)


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Reduces the appeal of alcohol v$ v$ v$ v$ v



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Improves appetite and nutritional statusv$ v$ v$ v$



v$ 2.


An adolescent client tells the nurse that he or she occasionally sniffs airplane glue. When disc
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ussing the effects of long-
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term use of inhalants, which of the following would the nurse most likely include?
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A)


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D)




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,Brain damage and cognitive abnormalities
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3.


A client tells the nurse that he is committed to trying to quit smoking. When teaching the client
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about smoking cessation, which of the following would the nurse include?
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A)


Success usually involves more than one type of intervention.
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Relapse is fairly rare within the first year of quittin
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g. C)v$




Ear acupressure is a highly proven method for quittin
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Education is key for smoking cessation. v$ v$ v$ v$ v$ v$



4.


The nurse is completing the admission of a client who is seeking treatment for alcoholism. He
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tells the nurse that the last time he had any alcohol to drink was at 10:00 AM before he left
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for the hospital. The nurse closely monitors the client. Which of the following would lead the
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nurse to suspect that the client is experiencing stage 1 of alcohol withdrawal syndrome? Select
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$all that apply.
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A)


Slight diaphoresis v$



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Hand tremors v$ v$



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Intermittent confusion v$



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, Heart rate of 135 beats/min
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Normal blood pressure v$ v$ v$



5.


A nurse is talking with a 57-year-
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old client who has been a heavy drinker for many years. The client is being treated for alcoh
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olism, and this is her second week as an inpatient on the psychiatric unit. It is 5:00 AM, and t
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he client has been having difficulty sleeping. The client is an orthopedic nurse, and although s
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he is clothed in a hospital-
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issued gown and robe, she is wearing a stethoscope around her neck that the nurse recognizes
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as belonging to one of the staff nurses.
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When the nurse asks her why she is wearing the stethoscope and where she got it, the client gi
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ves her a long and involved reply that basically describes how her nursing supervisor came to
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$visit and gave it to her to wear so shed remember to get well. The nurse suspects that the cli
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ent may be experiencing which of the following?
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A)


Wernickes syndrome v$ v$



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Korsakoffs psychosis v$ v$



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v$ 6.


A nurse is using motivational therapy with a female client with alcoholism. The client, who is
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unwilling to consider changing her drinking behavior, emphatically states, I am not an alcoholi
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c; you cant make me stop drinking. Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?
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A)


You have to stop drinking and driving; you could kill someone.
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v$ B)

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