Medications
This benzodiazepine is often administered to a person suffering from an acute panic attack.
What is lorazepam/diazepam?
This act of child abuse is considered neglect.
What is omission?
This is a normal response to a loss that should gradually improve, but can affect a person's sleeping, eating, and coping habits.
What is grief?
This is a treatment option for a person who has an intense, irrational fear, in which the person is repeatedly exposed to whatever produces their anxiety, until the anxiety decreases.
What is exposure therapy?
Heroin withdrawal is typically treated with this.
What is methadone?
This is the antidote for benzodiazepines.
What is flumazenil?
The act of commission includes these forms of child abuse.
What is physical, psychological, and sexual abuse?
This is an appropriate nursing intervention for a client who is suffering from depression.
What is passive participation in an activity?
A person experiencing this should never be left alone.
What is severe anxiety/panic?
A red rash around the mouth and nose is usually indicative of this.
What is inhalant abuse?
This is the antidote for opioids.
What is naloxone?
An elderly person who lacks money to purchase food may be the subject of this type of abuse.
What is financial abuse?
A client taking newly prescribed antidepressants should be assessed for this, within the first few weeks.
What is suicide/suicidal ideation/suicidal thoughts?
This is a nursing intervention for someone experiencing severe/overwhelming anxiety/panic.
What is breathing exercises?
This is what a person with a history of hallucinogenic drug use may experience, even years after not using.
What are flashbacks?
OTC cough and cold medications often contain alcohol and should be avoided when a person is given this prescription medication for alcohol abuse.
What is disulfiram?
What is report to child protective services (CPS)/mandatory reporting?
Nursing interventions for a client suffering from major depressive disorder should include this.
What is allowing extra time for the client to complete tasks and discuss feelings, cluster night care so the client is able to rest, educate on proper nutrition, monitor for suicidal thoughts.
Heart palpitations, shortness of breath, diaphoresis, and dizziness are symptoms of this.
What is panic attack?
A client with a history of substance abuse, experiencing this, should be a priority.
What is chest pain/pressure?
A person taking paroxetine and displaying symptoms such as tachycardia, hypertension, dilated pupils, and positive deep tendon reflexes, may be experiencing this adverse affect.
What is serotonin syndrome?
This type of child abuse often includes verbal assault, belittling, placing blame, and withholding affection.
What is psychological abuse?
A person with depression and suicidal ideations should be assessed for this?
What is a plan?
For a client suffering from a phobia, using the word of a feared object is the first act performed in this intervention.
What is systemic desensitization?
Education for this should include: monitoring injection sites for infection, discarding used ones in an approved, puncture proof bin, understanding of overdose symptoms and when/how to use naloxone, and not sharing these with others.
What is use of IV heroin/drugs?