Brain
What is the heaviest organ in the human body?
What happens to your heart rate under stress?
increases
In what disorder are serotonin and norepinephrine decreased in the brain?
Depression
What happens when a client taking psychotropic medications drinks alcohol?
Additional CNS depression
What should the nurse teach clients taking psychotropic medications about alcohol?
avoid drinking alcohol
What part of the brain is responsible for thought, learning, and problem solving?
Is using social support an adaptive or maladaptive response to stress?
adaptive (healthy)
What disorder is characterized by episodes of both depression and mania?
Bipolar disorder
What blood pressure change happens when the client stands up quickly and can be a side effect of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications?
Orthostatic hypotension
Who is the best source of info about how a client's thoughts are responding to antipsychotic medications?
Client
What part of the brain is responsible for balance and muscle function?
Cerebellum
What happens when nurses work long and hard without support and lose hope that things can get better?
Burnout
People with what disorder often have hallucinations and delusional thinking and often do not realize that they are ill?
Schizophrenia
Your client struggles to remember to take their antipsychotic medication. What form of medication should be considered?
Long acting injectable
Name one aspect of mental status besides "alert & oriented."
Any one of: behavior, appearance, speech, thought content, judgement, memory, mood
What part of the brain is responsible for automatic functions such as breathing?
brain stem
What happens to the adrenal glands during stress?
they secrete epinephrine and norepinephrine
A client with what disorder might say, "I can't get out of bed. I feel like there is no hope for the future?"
Depression
Name one of the anticholinergic side effects
any one: increased HR, constipation, dry mouth, orthostatic hypotension
What important safety issue should the nurse assess in all clients with severe depression?
Suicidal thinking
What part of the brain is involved in motivation, decision-making, and goal-oriented behavior?
frontal lobes
What makes a client more likely to have the negative effects of stress?
Any one of the following: many stressors, clients perception that the stress is severe, poor coping skills.
A client with what disorder might say "I jumped off the roof because an alien named Bob told me to?"
Schizophrenia or delusional thinking
What is a drug caused movement disorder with late onset that can be permanent?
tardive dyskinesia
When a client is hallucinating and sees a giant spider coming to bite her, what should the nurse say first?
"There is no spider. You are safe in the hospital"