The nursing role in the mental health setting that relates to medications, assessments of physical and psychiatric conditions, maintenance of safety, and management of environ-mental factors is the ____ role
1. advocate
2. teaching
3. technical
4. supervisor
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The technical role for mental health nurses includes administering, monitoring, and evaluat-ing medications; managing medical problems; assessing the difference between physical and psychiatric conditions; maintaining safety; and controlling environmental factors.
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a. Remove all tubes and wires in preparation for the medical examiner. b. Limit the number of visitors to minimize the family's trauma. c. Consult the bereavement committee to follow up with the grieving family. d. Communicate the client's death to the family in a simple and concrete manner.
A patient is to receive linezolid (Zyvox) 300 mg orally. You have on hand linezolid tablets of 600 mg/tablet. How many tablets will you give for a 300 mg dose?
a. 3 tablets b. 2 tablets c. 1 tablet d. 0.5 tablet
Which of the following statements about caffeine are true? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caffeine can cause toxic side effects in large doses. 2. Women and adolescents consume the most caffeine in the United States. 3. The amount of caffeine found in coffee and tea varies by brand. 4. Caffeine increases gastric acid. 5. Soda contains more caffeine than either coffee or tea.
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a. Suprapubic pain b. Bladder distention c. Foul-smelling urine d. Costovertebral tenderness