After educating a group of nursing students about the neurobiologic theories of depression, the instructor determines the need for additional education when the students identify which neurotransmitter as playing a role?
A) Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
B) Norepinephrine
C) Serotonin
D) Dopamine
Ans: A
According to the neurobiologic theories, major depression is caused by a deficiency or dysregulation in central nervous system concentrations of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin, or in their receptor functions. GABA has not been implicated.
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a. begin acetaminophen (Tylenol) every 4 hours for 24 hours. b. supplement with nonpharmacological in-terventions. c. administer a single low dose of short-acting opioid and monitor for relief. d. titrate dosage of a short-acting opioid up-ward over 24 hours to achieve relief.
A Native American client admitted to the hospital for surgery asks if his medicine man can perform a 30-minute healing ceremony prior to surgery. The nurse should:
a. tell him that such rituals are not part of the preoperative routine. b. explain that in modern health care, there is no need for the medicine man. c. provide the space and privacy for the ceremony. d. request the hospital chaplain to pray with the client.
The nurse teaching the topic of weaning infants with a group of mothers with infants. Which statement should the nurse make that is related to weaning an infant?
A) "It is best to just pick a day and stop breast- or bottle-feeding and wean the infant to a cup." B) "If the infant is eating from a dish and drinking from a cup they no longer need a bottle or breast-feeding." C) "It is important to let the infant set the pace for weaning, no matter what age they are." D) "The infant who is interested in watching others drink from a cup is ready to be weaned."