Disorders
This disorder is characterized by delayed language development, ritualistic behavior, spinning a toy repeatedly, continuous rocking, and sometimes aggressive behavior.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Name 1 Potentially Life-threatening adverse effect of the medication Haloperidol.
What is Dysrhythmias?
This is the priority action for the client at risk for self harm.
What is Provide One on One observation, prevent harm, promote safety?
The goal is to have the client sign a no-harm contract
A complication of taking meds like fluoxetine, symptoms include; agitation, diaphoresis, hallucinations, labile blood pressure, hyperthermia.
What is Serotonin Syndrome?
Seclusion is contraindicated for these clients
What is Clients following a suicide attempt? These client's should not be left alone.
This disorder is characterized by ritualistic behavior, difficulty relaxing, rule conscious behavior, perfectionism, performs these acts to decrease anxiety. In which the nurse should provide time to allow these rituals.
What Is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
The nurse should not give this medication for a white blood cell count less than 3500.
What is Clozapine?
(any 2nd gen antipsychotic) Risk of agranulocytosis, monitor for fever and sore throat.
The priority nursing care for a client experiencing alcohol detox.
Providing for adequate hydration and rest.
A major complication of 1st generation antipsychotics involving muscle spasms in the neck, fidgeting behavior, tremors of the hands.
What is Extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) ?
The client experiencing depersonalization, a state of shock, palpitations, hyperventilation, dyspnea,distorted perception, loss of rational thought and immobility; state of anxiety.
What is Panic?
This disorder experiences auditory and visual hallucinations, flat affect, lack of energy, and is prescribed 2nd generation antipsychotics as a first line of treatment.
What is Schizophrenia?
When the client states their heart is pounding out of their chest, the nurse should consider administering which PRN medication?
What is Benzodiazepine?
Alprazolam , Diazepam, Lorazepam etc.
When a client becomes angry and throws an object, the first nursing intervention should be
a. admin prn anti anxiety
b. attempt to talk down client
c. restrain client
d. seclusion
What is attempt to talk down client?
This complication is characterized by Tongue thrusting and lip smacking, Facial grimacing and eye blinking, Repetitive involuntary movements.
What is Tardive Dyskinesias ?
The goal of this is learning adaptive coping, interaction, and relationship skills that can be generalized to other aspects of his or her life.This creates an environment that is supportive, therapeutic, and safe.
What is Milieu Therapy?
This disorder is characterized by splitting and fear of abandonment, and highly manipulative.
What is Borderline-Personality Disorder?
Early toxicity signs from this medication include;
Nausea/vomiting, slurred speech, muscle weakness, diarrhea, thirst, polyuria, fine hand tremor
What is Lithium?
Clients taking lithium need to maintain effective sodium levels and fluid intake, as well as refrain from strenuous activity that depletes electrolytes causing toxicity.
When arguments begin to increase in frequency this indicates which phase of violence?
What is phase 1?
Nausea, vomiting, tremors, restlessness, insomnia, depressed mood or irritability, tonic-clonic seizures, illusions are all symptoms experienced when withdrawing from this substance.
What is Alcohol?
"Clients who are involuntarily admitted have the right to informed consent."
True or False
What is True?
This disorder should be assigned the private room away from the nurses station when experiencing this phase.
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Bipolar Disorder experiencing Mania
This medication is the short term treatment for managing anxiety; whereas this medication is preferred for long term treatment.
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What is Benzodiazepine? What is Bupropion?
Neurotransmitters are found here.
This is the Neurotransmitter responsible for memory and concentration.
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What is all throughout the body?
What is Norepinephrine?
This complication is characterized by high blood pressure, tachycardia, hyperpyrexia, and muscle rigidity. You will give this medication to treat it.
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What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome?
What is Dantrolene?
List all 5 of Kubler Ross's stages of grief.
1.Denial,
2.Anger,
3.Bargaining,
4.Depression, and
5.Acceptance