The client who has been diagnosed as having schizophrenia is usually medicated with an ____ drug
1. antianxiety
2. antipsychotic
3. antidepressant
4. antihypertensive
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Medications used to treat psychoses are called antipsychotic or neuroleptic drugs.
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A client in the emergency department is taking rifampin (Rifadin) for tuberculosis. The client reports yellowing of the sclera and skin and bleeding after minor trauma. What laboratory results correlate to this condition? (Select all that apply.)
a. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN): 19 mg/dL b. International normalized ratio (INR): 6.3 c. Prothrombin time: 35 seconds d. Serum sodium: 130 mEq/L e. White blood cell (WBC) count: 72,000/mm3
The limit-setting technique most likely to precipitate violence when intervening with an angry client
is a. "Your behavior is unacceptable.". b. "Go to your room for a time out.". c. "I can see you are angry. Let's talk.". d. "You are pretty upset just now.".
Which of the following persons, known as the father of modern medicine, is credited with noting that the beliefs of the patient and physician are more important than what the physician actually does?
a. Descartes b. Galen c. Hippocrates d. Osler
A client asks the nurse what atherosclerosis is. The nurse states:
A) It is the buildup of fat on the walls of the arteries? B) Atherosclerosis is thickening of the pulmonary artery? C) A client with atherosclerosis has no pulse in the feet? D) Atherosclerosis causes pain in the lower extremities?