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1. Interventions Remove shoestrings, curtain Rods and glass items. Give the client plastic wear to
when a client is eat with.
at risk for
suicide?
2. Signs of a bipolar Risky behavior, high self esteem
manic episode?
3. When a client is calm but firm, be consistent, short explanations, redirect energy, Identify expecta-
manic the best tions and consequences.
therapeutic com-
munication is?
4. Mini mental stat- assess dementia by assessing the client's cognitive status through a series of
ues exam (MMSE) questions such as: word recall and following directions such as drawing a clock
is used to? face
5. Clients are at they have a family history or is abused
higher risk for
suicide if?
6. Compassion fa- emotional effect that nurses and other health care workers may experience by
tigue (Secondary being indirectly traumatized when helping or trying to help a person who has
Traumatic Stress) experienced primary traumatic stress
7. Restraints are -patient is a danger to themselves or others
used if? -patient is interfering with medical therapies
8. Signs of anxiety impending doom, chest tightness, increased blood pressure
includes?
9. Lamictal(lamot- Used to treat bipolar disorder and can cause a rash called steven-Johnson syn-
rigine) drome
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Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) (Latest Update 2025) UPDATE
10. Celexa (citalo- depression
pram) used to
treat?
11. Citalopram and not be combined. It can cause serotonin syndrome. Signs include confusion,
selegiline hallucination, seizure, changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, blurred
should? vision, tremor, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Severe cases may result in coma or
death
12. Fluvoxamine (Lu- OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) side effects are sexual dysfunction and
vox) used to suicidal thinking
treat?
13. Obsessions are what they think thoughts
what?
14. A compulsion is what they do actions
what?
15. Compulsions in- repetitive or irresistible behaviors like counting, chanting, checking, washing,
cludes? tapping and ordering
16. . Buspirone used anxiety
to treat? side effects are sedation
17. Valproic Acid (De- anticonvulsant also used as a mood stabilizer
pakote) used to treat bipolar disorder. You must monitor liver function. Side effects include
birth defects
18. Tricyclic Antide- Antidepressants that increase the action of neurotransimtters by blocking their
pressants (TCAs) removal (reuptake) from the synapses (spaces between nerve cells). (1)
Side effects: dry mouth, blurred vision, urine retention, tachycardia, constipation