Helen, a 47-year-old client with a history of severe depression, has not responded to antidepressant medications or psychotherapy. The nurse caring for the client knows that the treatment of choice for Helen would be:
A) Lithium
B) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
C) Light therapy
D) Neurolinguistic programming
B
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A critical care patient is diagnosed with massive head trauma. The patient is receiving brain tissue oxygen pressure (PbtO2) monitoring. The nurse recognized that the goal of this treatment is to maintain PbtO2
a. greater than 20 mm Hg. c. between 15 and 20 mm Hg. b. less than 15 mm Hg. d. between 10 and 20 mm Hg.
When assisting a patient to eat and drink, you, the student nurse, should ______.
a. stand up b. sit down c. kneel down
Short stay/ambulatory settings are suitable for all patients provided:
a. they are having a procedure where there is little or no risk of bleeding. b. they are between 5 and 75 years of age. c. they are able to manage their postoperative care without assistance. d. they do not have dementia.
The presence of HCl in the stomach is neutralized by which drug classification?
A. anticholinergics B. antacids C. histamine H2-receptor antagonists D. astringents