The nurse realizes that medication teaching has been ineffective when the client with an anxiety disorder states, "My Prozac is not working, even though I have been taking it for:
1. "One week.".
2. "Four weeks.".
3. "Eight weeks.".
4. "Twelve weeks.".
1. "One week.".
Rationale:
Fluoxetine (Prozac) is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). Typically, this classification of medications takes 4 weeks to demonstrate a therapeutic response and up to 8-12 weeks to see a full response to the drug.
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1. Immediately 2. Within the hour 3. At the end of the shift 4. Within 4 hours
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a. embarrassment about the subject. b. lack of understanding. c. cultural beliefs about eye contact. d. a submissive attitude.
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a. death by choice c. illegal death b. quick death d. good or gentle death