Anxiety
Excessive and unrealistic worry about 2 or more life circumstances for 6 months or more:
Generalized anxiety disorder
A patient comes to your clinic reporting depression. What is the priority nursing assessment?
Suicidal ideations
Lithium is the drug of choice for which of the following disorders?
Bipolar disorders
Treatment for acute dystonic (EPS) reactions
Injection of diphenhydramine
The general formula to evaluate almost every drug calculation question
D/H * Q
Drug class of Vistaril
Antihistamines
Avoid these foods when taking an MAOI
Tyramine
Therapeutic level of Lithium
Normal serum level is 0.4-1.2 mEq/L
Most common cause of nonadherence to antipsychotic therapy
EPS
The calming neurotransmitter
GABA
Most common drug class used for anxiety
Benzodiazapines
Anti-depressants take how long before they start to work
1 week
Delusion that one has great talents or special powers
Grandiose delusions
A person taking antipsychotic develops tongue protrusion, jaw spasms, and neck torsions. What are these EPS symptoms referred to as?
Dystonias
Delusion vs hallucination
Delusions-- abnormal thoughts
Hallucinations-- abnormal sensory input (auditory or visual)
Drug of choice for obsessive-compulsive disorder
Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
This type of insomnia results in difficulty staying asleep
terminal insomnia
Bipolar disorder was formally known as
manic depression
Patient exhibits rigidity, hyperthermia, tachycardic, hypertensive, altered LOC. Probable diagnostic?
neroleptic malignant syndrome
Common scale used to assess suicidal ideation/ risk
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale
Provide 3 symptoms of benzodiazepine withdrawl
restlessness, worsening of anxiety/ insomnia, tremors, muscle tension, increased heart rate, auditory hypersensitivity, delirium, tonic-clonic seizures
When a patient switches from an MAOI to another anti-depressant, the nurse must wait _______ days after discontinuing the MAOI to start another drugs.
14
It is recommended that you must wait 14 days after discontinuing MAOI before starting SSRI/SNRI, etc.
The patient with bipolar disorder presents with: persistent vomiting/ diarrhea, hyperreflexia, excessive thirst, & tremors. Possible diagnosis?
Lithium toxicity
Type of EPS:
tremor, muscular rigidity, masklike expression, shuffling gain, loss of motor function
Pseudoparkinsonism
This neurotransmitter is commonly referred to as the "learning" neurotransmitter. Involved in thought, learning, muscle action, & awakening
Acetylcholine