pharmacology psychiatric/mental final
hesi evolve EXAM NEWEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
A depressed client is prescribed citalopram
hydrobromide. Six days later the client tearfully says
to the nurse, "I'm taking an antidepressant, but it's
not working. I'm hopeless." What is the best
response by the nurse? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-"It takes
2 or 3 weeks before it begins to relieve depression."
What drug does a nurse anticipate that the primary
healthcare provider will prescribe for a client
demonstrating clinical manifestations associated
with an opioid overdose? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Naloxone
A nurse is administering medications to clients on a
psychiatric unit. What does the nurse identify as the
reason that so many psychiatric clients are given the
drug benztropine or trihexyphenidyl in conjunction
, with the phenothiazine-derivative neuroleptic
medications? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-They combat the
extrapyramidal side effects of the neuroleptic drug.
A client asks the nurse how psychotropic
medications work. How does the nurse reply? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-"These medications affect the
chemicals used in communication between nerve
cells."
Which client condition is contraindicated for
prescribing clozapine? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Bone
marrow depression
A nurse is counseling a client who abuses cocaine.
The nurse recognizes that this drug is representative
of which drug category? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-A
stimulant
Which toxic effect would the nurse find in a client
who has overdosed on isocarboxazid? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Circulatory collapse
A client who has been taking a conventional
antipsychotic for several days comes to the clinic
complaining of neck spasms. The figure illustrates
the client's physical status observed by the nurse.
hesi evolve EXAM NEWEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
A depressed client is prescribed citalopram
hydrobromide. Six days later the client tearfully says
to the nurse, "I'm taking an antidepressant, but it's
not working. I'm hopeless." What is the best
response by the nurse? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-"It takes
2 or 3 weeks before it begins to relieve depression."
What drug does a nurse anticipate that the primary
healthcare provider will prescribe for a client
demonstrating clinical manifestations associated
with an opioid overdose? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Naloxone
A nurse is administering medications to clients on a
psychiatric unit. What does the nurse identify as the
reason that so many psychiatric clients are given the
drug benztropine or trihexyphenidyl in conjunction
, with the phenothiazine-derivative neuroleptic
medications? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-They combat the
extrapyramidal side effects of the neuroleptic drug.
A client asks the nurse how psychotropic
medications work. How does the nurse reply? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-"These medications affect the
chemicals used in communication between nerve
cells."
Which client condition is contraindicated for
prescribing clozapine? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Bone
marrow depression
A nurse is counseling a client who abuses cocaine.
The nurse recognizes that this drug is representative
of which drug category? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-A
stimulant
Which toxic effect would the nurse find in a client
who has overdosed on isocarboxazid? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Circulatory collapse
A client who has been taking a conventional
antipsychotic for several days comes to the clinic
complaining of neck spasms. The figure illustrates
the client's physical status observed by the nurse.
