A patient is diagnosed with severe depression. The nurse will prepare a plan to teach the patient about medications that improve brain availability of which neurotransmitter? Select all that apply
a. Serotonin
b. Dopamine
c. Norepinephrine
d. Acetylcholine
e. Substance P
A, C
Two neurotransmitters believed to be in low concentration at brain synapses of patients with depression are norepinephrine and serotonin. Most antidepressants act to increase availability of one or both of these neurotransmitters. Dopamine is implicated in schizophrenia; acetylcholine is implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Substance P modulates pain.
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ANS:
A nurse can assess cyanosis in a dark-skinned patient by noting the color of the:
a. conjunctiva. b. sclera. c. lips and mucous membranes. d. soles of the feet.
After teaching a group of nursing students about nursing diagnoses, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as most useful related to the nursing diagnoses developed by the
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)? A) Identifying patient problems related to drug therapy B) Classifying the patients according to their age groups C) Categorizing the drugs based on their therapeutic actions D) Identifying the expected outcomes of treatments given
The patient gets hemodialysis 3 days a week. He is 74 inches tall and weighs 100 kg. In planning the care for this patient, the nurse recommends:
a. 2500 to 3500 kcal diet per day. b. protein intake less than 50 grams per day. c. potassium intake of 10 mEq per day. d. fluid intake of less than 500 mL per day.