Psychopharmacology
The common side effects of dry mouth, insomnia, weight gain, sexual dysfunction are related to prescriptions for which antidepressant medication class?
SSRIs
In what stage of the nurse/client relationship does the nurse encourage the client to express feelings of concern, explore coping strategies for stress management, and reinforce client progress toward their goals?
Working Phase
Inpatient psychiatric units, outpatient clinics, schools and educational settings, prisons
Settings for mental health nursing
What defense mechanism would be in use when a nurse is angry at her supervisor but instead expresses anger at her colleague?
Displacement
Type of communication exhibited when sitting facing client, leaning forward to listen, creating a relaxed, respectful, and accepting milieu?
Active Listening
When a client has been taking an antianxiety medication that is effective and without side effects they may indicate this by saying?
"I feel calmer"
Phase of the nurse client relationship when nurse obtains valuable information about the client from family or significant other?
Pre-interaction phase
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.; also includes a range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors
Social Determinants of Health
According to Kubler-Ross Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Acceptance, Depression these are the stages of?
The 5 Stages Grief
Make sure that less restrictive interventions have been attempted and documented before what can occur in a patient that is dangerous to themselves or others
Applying restraints
Neurotransmitter in the CNS that is involved in mood regulation, feelings of pleasure and reward and also associated with Parkinson's disease?
Dopamine
A client is discharged 3 weeks ago sends a card to the nurse with tickets for a concert ticket inside. What does the nurse need to consider when deciding to keep the tickets or not?
Professional Boundaries
Neurotransmitter associated with panic anxiety and the "fight or flight response"
Norepinephrine
What nursing actions that are the most appropriate when client shows signs of panic anxiety
Stay with client provide clam and supportive care
"Things will look better in the morning" is an example of which communication technique and is it therapeutic or nontherapeutic?
Nontherapeutic technique of "giving false reassurance"
Nausea taking Lithium
Early sign of toxicity and confusion as toxicity worsens
A client is exhibiting paranoid schizophrenic symptoms and believes the staff are out to hurt him how should the nurse respond?
Clarity, Coherence, Fluency, Volume and Rate are assessments of what patterns in the MSE
Components of speech patterns in the MSE assessment used during therapy
What defense mechanism is being used when a young person has a crush on a classmate, but teases and make jokes about them instead?
Reaction Formation
Summarizing
Taking a long term antipsychotic medication can develop this extrapyramidal symptom; involuntary rhythmic movement of the tongue and lips?
Tardive Dyskinesia
For which medication for depression should the nurse provide dietary instruction to avoid foods high in tyramine such as aged cheese, cured meats and red wine?
The MAOI Phenelzine
Feelings of fear, anxiety and hope are associated with which part of the brain involved in our behavioral and emotional response?
Limbic System
Type of defense mechanism used when a client expresses anger towards their nurse or therapist and later gives them a gift?
Undoing
A client just admitted to the behavioral health unit says " I am afraid you are doing to lock me in a room and leave me alone" Best response by the nurse and what type of communication technique is used?
"I can see you are frightened about being here?" Making Observations