A patient with low vision and peripheral field defects may require assistance with which of the following activities?
A) Eating a meal
B) Mobility
C) Dressing
D) Brushing teeth
Ans: B
Feedback: People with low vision and peripheral field defects may have difficulty with mobility.
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a. 1 b. 4 c. 6 d. 10
A client tells the nurse that his wife passed away 3 years ago and he has nothing to do except visit with acquaintances at the neighborhood bar. The nurse realizes this client is demonstrating evidence of:
1. Bipolar disorder. 2. Depression. 3. Extended grief. 4. Sadness.
The parents of an adolescent who has a history of depression are concerned because the physician has prescribed an SSRI antidepressant for their child. What information should the nurse use to formulate a response to these parents' concerns?
1. These medications are addictive and difficult to discontinue when the depressive incident is past. 2. It is difficult for teenagers to manage the dosage regimen for many of these drugs because they must be taken with a full meal. 3. There is an FDA warning regarding antidepressant use in teenagers and the increased risk of suicide. 4. Most of the SSRI antidepressant medications will deliver a marked improvement in depression within 3 to 4 days of the first dose.
The following events are important in the development of psychiatric–mental health nursing practice. Which event occurred first?
A) Publication of Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by the ANA B) Publication of Standards of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice C) Establishment of the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing at Rutgers University D) Publication of the first psychiatric nursing text, Nursing Mental Disease, by Harriet Bailey