Skin
This type of dermatitis is caused by direct chemical irritation rather than an immune response.
What is contact dermatitis?
This type of burn involves redness and pain without blisters.
What is a superficial (first-degree) burn?
This term describes the connection between mental and physical health.
What is Body-mind connection?
These substances increase CNS activity and alertness.
What are stimulants?
This condition is acute and reversible confusion.
What is delirium?
This mood disorder is characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
This level of anxiety improves learning and alertness.
What is mild anxiety?
This condition presents with silvery scales on red plaques and is autoimmune in nature.
What is psoriasis?
What is the FIRST priority in burn management?
What is airway management?
These disorders present with physical symptoms but have psychological origins.
What are psychobiologic disorders?
Needing more of a drug to achieve the same effect is called this.
What is tolerance?
This nursing intervention helps reduce confusion in dementia patients.
What is maintaining a routine?
This class of antidepressants can cause anticholinergic side effects such as dry mouth, constipation, and urinary retention.
What are TCAs?
A patient is in panic-level anxiety. What is the nurse’s priority action?
What is staying with the patient?
A client with psoriasis develops fever and widespread redness. What serious complication is suspected?
What is erythrodermic psoriasis?
Fluid resuscitation is critical in these patients due to this major risk.
What is hypovolemic shock?
This is the priority when a patient reports new unexplained physical symptoms.
What is ruling out medical causes?
The treatment for Alcohol withdrawal
What is banana bag, benzo, and CIWA?
A client with Alzheimer’s disease is losing weight because they forget to eat and cannot use utensils properly. What is the most appropriate nursing intervention?
What is providing finger foods and offering small, frequent meals?
What is the highest priority when assessing a depressed client?
What is suicide risk?
This type of communication uses short, simple statements for highly anxious clients.
What is therapeutic communication?
This skin condition presents with facial redness, telangiectasia, and no comedones.
What is rosacea?
A burn patient is at increased risk of gastric ulcers; why?
What is histamine?
This neurotransmitter is most associated with mood regulation.
What is Serotonin?
Treatment for Opiate withdrawal
What is buprenorphine or methadone?
What is the most appropriate nursing intervention to promote safety in a client with moderate dementia who wanders frequently?
What is implementing safety measures such as alarms or close supervision?
This emergency condition is caused by excessive serotonin.
What is serotonin Syndrome?
This disorder includes symptoms such as restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbances.
What is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
This skin condition is a cluster of interconnected boils that extend into deeper layers of the skin and often require drainage.
What is a carbuncle?
A burn patient develops decreased urine output and hypotension. What complication is occurring?
What is hypovolemic shock?
This stage of General Adaptation Syndrome involves prolonged coping with stress.
What is the resistance stage?
This medication reduces cravings and withdrawal symptoms in patients with opiate dependence?
What is methadone?
A client with dementia becomes confused and says, “I need to go home to my mother.” What is the nurse’s best therapeutic response?
What is using validation therapy, such as “Tell me about your mother,” rather than correcting the client?
Depression results from a deficiency of neurotransmitters—specifically serotonin (5-HT), norepinephrine (NE), and dopamine (DA)
What is the monoamine hypothesis?