Exam 35: Care of the Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder

The nurse instructs a patient who has just been prescribed a protocol of fluoxetine HCl (Prozac)that the drug takes ____ to ____ weeks to take effect.

A patient believes himself to be the president of the United States and that terrorists are trying to kidnap him.The nurse records these observations as:

A long-term and intense form of psychotherapy developed by Sigmund Freud that allows a patient's unconscious thoughts to be brought to the surface is called:

The nurse alters the care plan for a patient with depression to include activities such as a:

The nurse is caring for a patient with a diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia.The behavior consistent with this diagnosis is the patient:

The home health nurse assesses a patient who creates elaborate excuses for not leaving home.Further questioning reveals the patient had not left home for 6 months.The nurse documents these findings as:

When a young man with malaria spikes a temperature of 105° F and begins to hallucinate,the nurse assesses this as:

A patient who is taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI)asks the nurse about the addition of St.John's wort to help with his depression.The nurse's best response is:

The nurse observes a patient's behavior to assess thought process disorders characterized by bizarre,nonreality thinking.This behavior is indicative of the most profound,disabling mental illness,which is:

The nurse explains that an alternative therapy that uses essential oils and scented candles to help a patient relax and focuses on the atmosphere of the moment is ______________.

A 14-year-old survivor of a school shooting screams and dives under a table when firecrackers go off.The nurse recognizes this behavior as a manifestation of:

A home health nurse cautions the patient taking lithium that she should be sure to:

If the nurse asks a patient with schizophrenia if any visitors came on Sunday,the response that indicates loose association is:

The nurse recognizes that researchers have identified that hereditary factors account for what percentage of mood disorders?

Adjunctive therapies are used for which reason(s)? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse clarifies that dementia is a slow,progressive loss of brain function,which is an organic mental disease secondary to:

The patient talks with his dead brother and arranges furniture so that his brother will have a place to sit.The nurse documents this behavior as:

When all five axes of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual,4th edition,text revision (DSM-IV-TR)are used,it provides an assessment approach to comprehensive care called:

The nurse is told that a patient believes he was born into the wrong body.The nurse recognizes this desire to have the body of the opposite sex as:

The nurse recognizes that a woman who has experienced physical abuse and has inadequate income to care for herself and her family would be categorized under Axis ______.