PRN 1562 Mental Health Exam 2 Most Recent Exam
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Clients are at higher risk for suicide if? - Answer-they have
a family history or is abused
Compassion fatigue (Secondary Traumatic Stress) -
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? - Answer--patient is a danger to
themselves or others
-patient is interfering with medical therapies
Signs of anxiety includes? - Answer-impending doom,
chest tightness, increased blood pressure
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Lamictal(lamotrigine) - Answer-Used to treat bipolar
disorder and can cause a rash called steven-Johnson
syndrome
Celexa (citalopram) used to treat? - Answer-depression
Citalopram and selegiline should? - 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
Interventions when a client is at risk for suicide? - Answer-
Remove shoestrings, curtain Rods and glass items. Give
the client plastic wear to eat with.
Signs of a bipolar manic episode? - Answer-Risky
behavior, high self esteem
When a client is manic the best therapeutic
communication is? - Answer-calm but firm, be consistent,
short explanations, redirect energy, Identify expectations
and consequences.
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Mini mental statues exam (MMSE) is used to? - 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
Fluvoxamine (Luvox) used to treat? - Answer-OCD
(obsessive compulsive disorder) side effects are sexual
dysfunction and suicidal thinking
Obsessions are what? - Answer-what they think thoughts
A compulsion is what? - Answer-what they do actions
Compulsions includes? - Answer-repetitive or irresistible
behaviors like counting, chanting, checking, washing,
tapping and ordering
. Buspirone used to treat? - Answer-anxiety
side effects are sedation
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Valproic Acid (Depakote) - Answer-anticonvulsant also
used as a mood stabilizer
used to treat bipolar disorder. You must monitor liver
function. Side effects include birth defects
Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) - Answer-
Antidepressants that increase the action of
neurotransimtters by blocking their removal (reuptake)
from the synapses (spaces between nerve cells). (1)
Side effects: dry mouth, blurred vision, urine retention,
tachycardia, constipation
Lithium - Answer-First line drug to treat bipolar. There is a
narrow therapeutic range that places the client at a high
risk for toxicity signs of toxicity are vomiting, diarrhea,
thirst, slurred speech, and muscle weakness coma,
cardiac dysrhythmias, and death.
Agnosia definition - Answer-a symptom of dementia: The
loss of sensory ability to recognize objects
The primary symptom of PTSD is - Answer-flash backs
and are often in conjunction with substance abuse