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The nurse is going to teach the parents of a child who has ADHD about the medication called:
1. Buspirone (BuSpar)
2. Haloperidol (Haldol)
3. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
4. Methylphenidate (Ritalin) - Answer 4. Methylphenidate (Ritalin)
Priority nursing diagnosis for a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is:
1. Anxiety
2. Risk for injury
3. Defense coping
4. Impaired verbal communication - Answer 2. Risk for injury
A child age 3 has Autism Spectrum Disorder. A finding associated with this disorder is:
1. Child has occasional toileting accidents
2. Child is unable to read children's book
3. Child cries when separated from a parent
,Pt with autism is rocking constantly without any danger to the child's safety. Nurse should:
1. Hold the child until the child's rocking stops
2. Ignore the child's rocking behaviors
3. Place the child in a "time out"
4. Give the child a task to perform - Answer 2. Ignore the child's rocking behaviors
A common symptom of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is:
1. Angry Outburst
2. Disobedience
3. Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors
4. Inattention - Answer 4. Inattention
A side effect of Ritalin (methylphenidate) is:
1. Insomnia
2. Sedation
3. Increased appetite
4. Constipation - Answer 1. Insomnia
Child has frequent angry outburst, purposely annoys others, hostility. Child has symptoms of:
,3. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
4. Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Answer 4. Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Early onset of conduct disorder increases the risk of the child developing what as an adult:
1. Major Depression
2. Schizophrenia
3. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
4. Antisocial personality disorder - Answer 4. Antisocial personality disorder
A child has Tourette's Syndrome. The med used to treat this disorder is:
1. Prozac (fluoxetine)
2. Luox (fluvoxamine)
3. Eskalith (lithium)
4. Haldol (haloperidol) - Answer 4. Haldol (haloperidol)
Child has impairments in gross / fine motor skills. Purposeless, repetitive movements:
1. Conduct disorder
2. Tics
, Child has an emotional disorder. The nurse teaches the family:
1. Treatment is optional as a child
2. If not treatment child can develop mental illness as adult
3. This is no options for treatment as a child - Answer 2. If not treatment child can develop
mental illness as adult
Treatment for mental illness in children is impacted by:
1. Doctors wait long time to see if problem is serious or not
2. There are a lot of child adolescent psychiatric doctors - Answer 1. Doctors wait long time to
see if problem is serious or not
Children can be at risk for developing mental illness. Some risks are:
1. High class income, loving parents
2. Poverty, abuse, homelessness, parents with substance use
3. Doing well in school
4. Disasters, wars, age parents had child is not a factor - Answer 2. Poverty, abuse,
homelessness, parents with substance use
Co-morbidities that are common to exist with Anorexia Disorder include:
1. Schizophrenia
2. Gender Dysphoria