Drugs n' Stuff
These three meds require blood monitoring.
What are clozapine, lithium, and valproic acid?
3 metabolic side effects related to atypical antipsychotics
What is elevated blood sugar, elevated cholesterol, and weight gain?
Characterized by unstable, intense relationships, impulsivity, rapid mood shifts, self-mutilation, fear of abandonment, splitting, and anger.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
The nursing student comes up with a dosage calculation of Ativan IM 1.27mL NSGA154 exam.
What is a score of 0 for the answer on the student's exam because of not rounding to the tenth?
Hallucinations, delusions, alterations in speech and bizarre behavior are considered these type of symptoms of schizophrenia.
What are positive symptoms?
This class of meds is used for alcohol detox
What are benzodiazepines?
A patient with schizophrenia is withdrawn, lacks energy, and feels guilty. He displays this type of symptom.
What are negative symptoms?
A client experiencing inflexibility about the the way in which things must be done, has this personality disorder.
What is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)?
Getting a patient back to functioning after a crisis has passed.
What is the minimal goal of crisis intervention?
He is a bad nurse and she is good nurse
What is splitting?
Class of drugs used to address both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
What are atypical anti-psychotics?
Nurses must protect this basic ethical right, allowing patients to make their own healthcare decisions.
What is autonomy?
This personality disorder is characterized by dramatic, attention-seeking behavior
What is histrionic personality disorder?
Priority nursing interventions for a patient with hallucinations focus on this.
What is safety?
Lab is associated with monitoring Clozapine.
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This outpatient med will make you really sick if you try to ingest any substance containing alcohol
What is disulfiram?
Jaw movement, grinding teeth, tongue flicking are all signs of this serious side effect.
What is tardive dyskinesia?
This medication may be given to lower ammonia levels in cirrhosis patients.
What is lactulose?
The nursing students put on a poster presentation for disordered eating at Tri-North school.
What is primary prevention?
This is the most important initial nursing intervention for a patient showing signs of delirium.
What is assessing for the underlying cause (i.e. fever, infection, etc)
Given to counteract EPS.
What is benztropine (Cogentin)?
Motor inner driven restless (tapping foot incessantly, rocking in chair)
What is akathisia?
Hepatitis A is most commonly transmitted through this route.
What is the fecal-oral route?
Staff meetings and treatment plan are used to maintain control and minimize manipulation by a patient. The goal is to provide this for the patient.
What is consistency?
During the “assessment” phase of crisis intervention, the nurse should identify this first.
What is the precipitating event?