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A nurse is interviewing a client with dysthymia. Which of the following fin
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dings should the nurse plan to discover the client experiencing? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The symptoms last for at least two years
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The nurse clarifies that dementia is a slow, progressive loss of brain f
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unction, which is an organic mental disease secondary to: -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > cerebral disease.
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The nurse observes a client's behavior to assess thought process disorder
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s characterized by bizarre, non reality thinking. This behavior is indicative
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of the most profound, disabling mental illness, which is: -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > schizophrenia
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A client with depression has all of the following symptoms. For which s
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ymptom is he or she likely to receive treatment at an in client facility rat
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her than as an out client? -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Suggesting a plan to hurt oneself
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,A client who was prescribed citalopram (Celexa) 1 week ago for depressi
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on reports feeling no different now from 1 week ago and wants to stop ta
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king the drug. What is the nurse's best response? -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "Most drugs for depression take at least 2 we
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eks to start making you feel better."
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A client is prescribed bupropion (Wellbutrin SR) 100 mg twice daily. It is ti
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me for the second dose today and the drug sent up from the pharmacy is
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Wellbutrin 100 XL. What is the nurse's best action? - b b b b b b b b b



b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Call the pharmacy and obtain a Wellbutrin SR
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100 mg tablet. b b




During an interview with a 15-year- b b b b b



old female client admitted for depression, the nurse is disappointed to le
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arn that the client recently became pregnant and had an abortion. The n
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urse is contradicting the effective interview guideline of -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Avoiding one's personal values that may clou
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d professional judgment
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The nurse relates most common and most frequently underdiagnosed m
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ental health disorders of late adulthood? -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Depression b b b b




Which assessment is most important for the nurse to measure or perfor
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m before administering the first dose of amitriptyline (Elavil) to a client? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Heart rate and rhythm
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,Which are common treatment methods for depression? Select all that ap
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ply. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Shock therapy,
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Counseling, Medicatio b




n therapy
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Which emotional signs and symptoms of depression in the elderly must t
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he nurse be aware of and monitor for? Select all that apply. -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Feels he or she has no purpose,
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Increased anxiety or dependence, Fatigu
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e


When the client who is thought to be a danger to self or others, the admis
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sion to the hospital is by: - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > probating.
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition, text revision (DSM- V-
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TR), is used by most hospitals and is the current tool used to examine me
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ntal health and illness. This tool is a(n): -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > multiaxial system.
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Which statement best describes the key advantage of using groups in psy
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chotherapy? - b



b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Fosters a new learning environment
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, A client who has just had electroconvulsive therapy (ETC) asks for a drink
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of water. Which intervention would be the nurse's priority? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Assess the gag reflex.
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The nurse recognizes that researchers have identified that hereditary fact
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ors account for what percentage of mood disorders? -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 60% to 80%b b b b b b




A client with major depression asks why he is taking mirtazapine (Remer
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on), a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, instead of imipramine (Tofranil), a tri
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cyclic antidepressant. Which explanation is most accurate? -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The serotonin reuptake inhibitors have few a
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dverse effects. b




The nurse alters the care plan for a client with depression to include a
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ctivities such as a: - b b b b



b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > group outing to view wildflowers.
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The nurse preparing a client for a scheduled appointment for electrocon
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vulsive therapy (ECT) reminds the client to: -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > arrange for transportation to and from the ap
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pointment.


The client is concerned about confidentiality and asks the nurse not to tel
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l anyone what is said. The nurse's best response is: -
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b✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "I am required to report any intent to hurt yo
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urself or others." b b