A single mother of four escapes her burning row house but is able to rescue only two of her children. She cries, "I should have gone back in to get them. I should have died, not them. I'm such a terrible mother
God, please forgive me!" The nurse understands that the client is experiencing:
A) A crisis resulting from traumatic stress.
B) A crisis of anticipated life transition.
C) A maturational/developmental crisis.
D) A psychiatric emergency.
A
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Regarding client use of psychotropic medication, the activities in which the basic level psychiatric
mental health nurse can engage in include (more than one answer may be correct) A. listening to the client's concerns about medication dose. B. noting and addressing medication side effects. C. adjusting medication dosage as symptoms change. D. providing understandable medication teaching.
During a health assessment the nurse becomes concerned that a patient is at high risk for pancreatic cancer. What assessment findings caused this concern?
Select all that apply. 1. The patient smokes cigarettes. 2. The patient has a body mass index of 32.5. 3. The patient has been treated for osteoarthritis. 4. The patient's uncle died from pancreatic cancer. 5. The patient has been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis.
The nurse conducting a food recall assessment on an older adult patient shows an understanding of the requirements of the process when
a. having the patient identify any existing food allergies. b. asking the family to verify the patient's statements. c. asking how the food being discussed was prepared. d. correlating diet information with signs of malnutrition.
The nucleus accumbens in the brain appears to be associated with what feature of many psychoactive drugs?
A. their sedative (sleep-inducing) effects B. their stimulating effects C. their rewarding or reinforcing effects D. their hallucinogenic effects