Safety/Suicide
The nurse is caring for an actively suicidal client on the psychiatric unit.This is the nurse's priority intervention
What is to place the client on suicide precautions with one-to-one observation
This is the inability to perform motor activities despite intact motor function
What is apraxia
This is chronic, unrealistic, and excessive anxiety and worry.
What is generalized anxiety disorder
The patient has recently been diagnosed with mild to moderate N C D due to A D. This is the prescription the provider would most likely prescribed for the client
What is Donepizil
Milieu therapy assists the client in learning and practicing these type of skills
What is coping skills
The acronym utilized in Mental Health First Aid is this
ALGEE
This disorder usually begins abruptly and the duration is usually brief.
What is delirium
This is recurrent thoughts, impulses, or images experienced as intrusive and stressful, and unable to be expunged by logic or reasoning
What is obsessions
What safety consideration should the nurse plan to teach a client who is taking alprazolam (Xanax) three times a day?
What is do not abruptly stop taking the medication
This is often present when a person gives away special or prized possessions
What is suicidal ideatiion
This is suicide ideas that are current and active
What is suicidal ideation
This is the inability to recognize or identify familiar objects despite intact sensory function
What is agnosia
What is repetitive ritualistic behavior or thoughts, the purpose of which is to prevent or reduce distress or to prevent some dreaded event or situation
What is compulsions
An adverse reaction to antipsychotics which could be life threatening is this
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
This is characterized by bizarre facial movements, tongue movements, stiff neck, and difficulty swallowing
What is Tardive Dyskinesia
This is the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline phone number
What is 988
The hospitlizied client diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease when asked about the previous evening, describes a wonderful evening spent on a cruise.The client is exhibiting this symptom
What is confabulation
A newly admitted client diagnosed with O C D, spends 1 hour packing and unpacking, folding and refolding personal belongings. This is the most-likely reason for the behavior
What is it relieves anxiety
Anxiolytics and this class of medication may be prescribed for anxiety disorders
Antidepressants
This is introduction of a grand mal seizure through application of electrical current to the brain
What is ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)
The Mental Health First Aid ALGEE method is not this
Linear
This is the treatment of choice for a client with a diagnosis of delirium
What is treat the underlying cause
For the last year, a college student continually and unrealistically worries about academic performance and love life performance. The student is irritable and suffers from severe insomnia.This is the diagnosis associated with these behaviors
What is generalized anxiety disorder
This is noted by tremor, drooling, rigidity, and shuffling gait and may be caused by antipsychotic medications
What is extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)
The most common side effect of ECT (electroconfulsive therapy) is this