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Schizophrenia and Bipolar
Depressive & Anxiety Disorders
Eating & Addictive Disorders
neurocognitive and suicide
violence and sexual assult
100
A nurse is trying to figure out if the client they are caring for has schizophrenia or Bioplar.  They would reference what?
DSM-5
100
Most prevalent type of mental disorder in the United States?
What is Anxiety
100
priority assessment question when a patient gets admitted to a facility with a history of alcohol intake
what is "when was your last drink"
100
A nurse needs to assess what of the suicide plan
what is lethality of the plan
100
A place where women can go and stay if they have no support after they have been abused
What is a womens shelter or DVC
200
When A client complains hearing, see, feeling things out of the ordinary they are experiencing
What is hallucinations
200
In order to teach someone with severe anxiety the nurse must:
What is lower the patients anxiety level
200
once patients get done with inpatient treatment for addiction disorders they need
what is ongoing treatment
200

someone taking antidepressant medications overdoses, what is the priority  nursing diagnosis

what is Risk for Suicide
200
Hand marks, bites, burns are characteristics of what.
High suspcision of child abuse
300
A client is taking lithium for their bipolar disorder a test that should be taken when clients are on lithium is
what is a lithium level
300
Patients who are taking alprazolam for anxiety should avoid is
What is alcohol
300
clients under the influence have what priority nursing diagnosis
What is Risk for injury
300
People who come back from war should be assessed for what two things
What is TBI and PTSD
300
What is mandated for nurses to do when it comes to children and elders
what is reporting the abuse
400
what sign or symptom may a person with schizophrenia have
what is hyperactivity or poor judgement
400
A person who is ritualistic doing things the same every time may have
what is obsessive compulsive behavior
400
A patient with a low BMI such as 14 is extremely skinny (another name)
what is cachexia
400
When clients verbalize that they will not harm or kill themselves in a 24 hr period
What is a suicde contract
400
cycle of violence when the partner tries to make up for the behaviors by seeming loving and caring
what is the honeymoon phase
500
Haldol medication that caused stiffness of the head turning to one side is experiencing what symptom
acute dystonic reaction
500
a client with depression may have what signs or symptoms

downward pointed eyes

feeling of hopless or helplessness

500
Nursing diagnosis common for someone with anorexia nervosa
Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements
500
A nurses main focus when a patient is experiencing delirium is
what is safety
500

what nurses emotion could interfere with care of an abused child

anger