A nurse advocating for an anxious patient newly diagnosed with a life-threatening illness would ask the health care provider to prescribe which type of medication?
a. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
b. Monoamine oxidase inhibitor
c. Tricyclic antidepressant
d. Benzodiazepine
D
The patient's symptoms of anxiety need not meet the criteria for a formal psychiatric diagnosis in order to be treated. Pharmacological treatment with benzodiazepines is common practice, and nurses should initiate requests for a prescription if the patient does not already have one.
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