Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very unkempt and apathetic.
Although several months have passed since his wife's death he
... [Show More] has not progressed at all through
his grieving. You assess this condition as which of the following?
disenfranchised grief
panic disorder
complicated grief
physiologic grief ✔✔Correct Answer:
complicated grief
A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical, psychological, cognitive
and spiritual responses to the death of a significant other. But when the person shows persistent
maladaptive behaviors such as not taking care of personal hygiene and/or appearance and does not
progress through the mourning process, this is complicated grief.
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following atypical antidepressants should
not be prescribed within the recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine ✔✔Correct Answer:
Trazodone
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery phase, the patient should not be
prescribed this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the patient to develop orthostatic
hypotension and priapism.To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader which of the following would be
most appropriate?
Use longer sentences.
Use abstract concepts.
Discourage questioning.
Use examples and review. ✔✔Correct Answer:
Use examples and review.
To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples and review. The other choices are not helpful.
You should use short sentences and easy to read layouts; be concrete rather than abstract; and teach
them how to ask questions about their health. Also, tell context first and use visual, use common
words and examples, and explain meaning.
A 21-year old woman presents with complaints of milky discharge from her breasts. She doesn't
have any other symptoms and is not pregnant, nor has been before. She tells the nurse about each
medication that she takes. Which of these drugs may be implicated as the cause of the symptom? [Show Less]