In what disorder are serotonin and norepinephrine decreased in the brain?
What is Depression
100
What happens when a client taking psychotropic meds drinks alcohol?
What is additional CNS depression. CNS depression refers to physiological depression of the central nervous system that can result in decreased rate of breathing, decreased heart rate, and loss of consciousness possibly leading to coma or death
100
What should the nurse teach clients taking psychotropic meds about alcohol?
What is Avoid Drinking Alcohol
200
What part of the brain is responsible for thought, learning, and problem solving?
What is the Cerebrum
200
Is using social support an adaptive or maladaptive response to stress?
What is Adaptive (healthy)
200
What disorder is characterized by episodes of both depression and mania?
What is Bipolar
200
What blood pressure change happens when the client stands up quickly and can be a side effect of anti- depressant and antipsychotic drugs?
What is Orthostatic hypotension
200
Who is the best source of info about how a client’s thoughts are responding to antipsychotic medication?
What is The client
300
What part of the brain is responsible for balance and muscle function?
What is the Cerebellum
300
What happens when nurses work long and hard without support and lose hope that things can get better?
What is Burnout
300
People with what disorder often have hallucinations and delusional thinking and often do not realize that they are ill?
What is Schizophrenia
300
What is the most important advantage of the depot injection antipsychotic meds?
What is They are long acting (1-4 weeks)
300
Name one aspect of mental status besides “alert & oriented”
What is Any one of: behavior, appearance, speech, thought content, judgment, memory, mood
400
What part of the brain is responsible for automatic functions such as breathing?
What is the Brain Stem
400
What happens to the adrenal glands during stress?
What is They secrete epinephrine and norepinephrine.
400
A client with what disorder might say, “I can’t get out of bed. I feel like there is no hope for the future?”
What is Depression
400
Name one of the anticholinergic side effects.
What is Any one: increased heart rate, constipation, dry mouth, orthostatic hypotension
400
What important safety issue should the nurse assess in all clients with severe depression?
What is Suicidal thinking
500
What part of the brain is involved in motivation, decision- making, and goal-oriented behavior?
What is the Frontal Lobes
500
What makes a client more likely to have the negative effects of stress?
What is Any one of following: Many stressors. Client’s perception that the stress is severe. Poor coping skills.
500
A client with what disorder might say, “I jumped off the roof because an alien named Bob told me to?”
What is Schizophrenia or delusional thinking
500
What is a drug- caused movement disorder with late onset that can be permanent?
What is Tardive dyskinesia
500
When a client is hallucinating and sees a giant spider coming to bite her, what should the nurse say first?
What is “There is no spider. You are safe in the hospital.”