A client who loses his temper, experiences difficulty in controlling his anger, and often loses control is most likely experiencing a deficiency in which neurotransmitter?
A) Dopamine
B) GABA
C) Serotonin
D) Testosterone
C
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The student of nursing history learns what information about the advent of nursing education?
a. Baccalaureate programs caught on quickly after being started. b. Collegiate forces advocated for early university education. c. Early programs were patterned after the Nightingale model. d. Physicians were against using any trained nurse in hospitals.
A patient who has been prescribed sertraline (Zoloft) reports to the nurse that she uses St. John's Wort. What danger does the nurse recognize?
1. Tardive dyskinesia 2. Serotonin syndrome 3. Stevens-Johnson rash 4. Anaphylactic reaction
A 56-year-old patient has had late-onset type 2 (NIDDM) diabetes for the past 5 years. He has been taking a variety of oral hypoglycemic agents, but his blood sugar level is getting higher
He comes in today with blurred vision, lethargy, polyuria, polyphagia, and polydipsia. The doctor may suggest: 1. switching to another oral hypoglycemic agent because the patient has developed insulin resistance. 2. switching to another oral hypoglycemic agent because the patient has developed Somogyi effect. 3. switching to another oral hypoglycemic agent because the patient has developed an allergy to the product. 4. switching to insulin because the oral pills have been ineffective.
A client has a staging procedure for cancer of the breast and ask the nurse which type of breast cancer has the poorest prognosis. Which information should the nurse offer the client?
A) Stage II. B) Invasive infiltrating ductal carcinoma. C) T1N0M0. D) Inflammatory with peau d'orange.