PRN 1562 Mental Health Exam 2 Questions and Correct Answers
Interventions when a client is at risk for suicide? - Correct Answer: Remove shoestrings,
... [Show More] curtain Rods and glass items. Give the client plastic wear to eat with.
Signs of a bipolar manic episode? - Correct Answer: Risky behavior, high self esteem
When a client is manic the best therapeutic communication is? - Correct Answer: calm but firm, be consistent, short explanations, redirect energy, Identify expectations and consequences.
Mini mental statues exam (MMSE) is used to? - Correct Answer: assess dementia by assessing the client's cognitive status through a series of questions such as: word recall and following directions such as drawing a clock face
Clients are at higher risk for suicide if? - Correct Answer: they have a family history or is abused
Compassion fatigue (Secondary Traumatic Stress) - Correct Answer: emotional effect that nurses and other health care workers may experience by being indirectly traumatized when helping or trying to help a person who has experienced primary traumatic stress
Restraints are used if? - Correct Answer: -patient is a danger to themselves or others
-patient is interfering with medical therapies
Signs of anxiety includes? - Correct Answer: impending doom, chest tightness, increased blood pressure
Lamictal(lamotrigine) - Correct Answer: Used to treat bipolar disorder and can cause a rash called steven-Johnson syndrome
Celexa (citalopram) used to treat? - Correct Answer: depression
Citalopram and selegiline should? - Correct Answer: not be combined. It can cause serotonin syndrome. Signs include confusion, hallucination, seizure, changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, blurred vision, tremor, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Severe cases may result in coma or death
Fluvoxamine (Luvox) used to treat? - Correct Answer: OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) side effects are sexual dysfunction and suicidal thinking
Obsessions are what? - Correct Answer: what they think thoughts
A compulsion is what? - Correct Answer: what they do actions
Compulsions includes? - Correct Answer: repetitive or irresistible behaviors like counting, chanting, checking, washing, tapping and ordering
. Buspirone used to treat? - Correct Answer: anxiety
side effects are sedation
Valproic Acid (Depakote) - Correct Answer: anticonvulsant also used as a mood stabilizer
used to treat bipolar disorder. You must monitor liver function. Side effects include birth defects [Show Less]