NURS 361 Ch. Questions Exam 1 || with 100% Errorless Solutions.

The primary purpose of the Community Mental Health Center Act of 1963 was to? correct answers Move patients to their home communities for treatment Managed care is designed to? correct answers Maintain a balance between the quality and costs of health care Hospitals established by Dorothea Dix designed to provide? correct answers Asylum Hildegard Peplau is best known for her writing about? correct answers Therapeutic nurse-client relationship Mental health parity laws ensure? correct answers Equality in insurance coverage for mental illness The nurse is teaching a client taking a MAOI about foods with tyramine that he or she should avoid. Which statement indicates that the client needs further teaching? correct answers "I'm so glad I can have pizza as long as I don't order pepperoni." A client who has been depressed and suicidal started taking a tricyclic antidepressant 2 weeks ago and is now ready to leave the hospital to go home. Which is a concern for the nurse as discharge plans are finalized? correct answers The nurse will evaluate the risk for suicide by overdose of the tricyclic antidepressant The signs of lithium toxicity include which? correct answers Severe vomiting, diarrhea, and weakness Which is a concern for children taking stimulants for ADHD for several years? correct answers Growth suppression The nurse is caring for a client with schizophrenia who is taking haloperidol (Haldol). The client complains of restlessness, cannot sit still, and has muscle stiffness. Of the following prn medications, which would the nurse administer? correct answers Benztropine (Cogentin), 2 mg PO Client teaching for lamotrigine (Lamictal) should include which instructions? correct answers Report any rashes to your doctor immediately Which physician order would the nurse question for the client who has stated, "I'm allergic to phenothiazines?" correct answers Prolixin, 5 mg PO tid Clients taking which type of psychotropic medications need close monitoring of their cardiac status? correct answers Antipsychotics