Mental Health Pediatrics Nursing Exam 2024 Questions With Verified Solutions || Graded A+
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Mental Health Pediatrics Nursing
Mental Health Pediatrics Nursing
Exam 2024 Questions With Verified
Solutions || Graded A+
Which symptoms does the nurse observe in a 34-year-old client
diagnosed with neurocognitive disorder (NCD) due to
Huntington's disease? Select all that apply. - ANSWER
Twitching of limbs
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Mental Health Pediatrics Nursing
Exam 2024 Questions With Verified
Solutions || Graded A+
Which symptoms does the nurse observe in a 34-year-old client
diagnosed with neurocognitive disorder (NCD) due to
Huntington's disease? Select all that apply. - ANSWER ✔
Twitching of limbs
Emotional impairment
Short-term memory loss
A 40-year-old patient cries and has a tantrum when the health
care provider refuses to give her a prescription for diet pills. The
nurse realizes that this is the use of which defense mechanism? -
ANSWER ✔ Regression
When the patient who overeats insists that weight gain is related
to retained fluids, the nurse recognizes the patient is using which
defense mechanism? - ANSWER ✔ Rationalization - only retain
fluid
After finding the patient with diabetes eating candy, the nurse
reminds the patient that the candy will elevate blood sugar levels.
The patient's response is: "It's only a little bit, and it won't do
anything." Which defense mechanism is the patient using? -
ANSWER ✔ Denial
, The patient complains to the nurse that the health care provider
does not like him and wants him to fail at following the diet
prescribed. The nurse recognizes that the patient is using which
defense mechanism? - ANSWER ✔ Projection
Methylpheidate (Ritalin,Conceta) Side Efects CNS STIMULANT
ANSWER ✔
- Headache
- Feeling aggressive, irritable, depressed, anxious or tense
- Trouble sleeping (insomnia)
- Loss of appetite - this can lead to weight loss or poor weight
gain
- Stomach ache
- Dry mouth
- Feeling or being sick
Dextroamphetamine (Adderall) Side Effects ANSWER ✔
- Nervousness
- Headache
- Changes in sex drive or ability
- Painful menstrual cramps
- Dry mouth
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Nausea
- Weight loss
WARNING: CNS Stimulants ANSWER ✔
- During Treatment Psychiatric Symptoms such as bipolar
disorder can WORSEN!
Substance Abuse and Bipolar Disorder
Must be Treated before treating other symptoms!!!
Concerta, Ritalin (methylphenidate)
Usually Taken Once a Day with/without food
Alpha Agonists + MAOI's ANSWER ✔
can cause hypertension crisis
Side Effects: Palpitations, Tachycardia, or Bradycardia,
Constipation, Dry Mouth, Sedation, and Rebound syndrome if
stopped abruptly
Buproprion (Wellbutrin, Zyban) Side Affects ANSWER ✔
- Insomnia
- Dry mouth
- Nausea
- Headache
- Constipation or diarrhea
, - Increased heart rate
- Sweating
- Seizures (rare, especially at high doses)
Buproprion (Wellbutrin, Zyban) + MAOI's Could Cause
Acute Toxicity (Effects) ANSWER ✔
- Palpitations
- Tachycardia
- Anorexia
- Weight Loss
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Constipation
PTS WITH HX OF SEIZURES OR EATING DISORDERS
SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS
Sensorimotor ANSWER ✔
(birth to approximately 2 years) Infants learn through their senses
and motor actions, developing object permanence and basic
problem-solving skills.
Preoperational ANSWER ✔
(2 to 7 years) Children begin to use symbols and language but
struggle with abstract thinking and conservation.
Concrete operational ANSWER ✔
(7 to 11 years) Children can think logically about concrete objects
and understand concepts like conservation and reversibility.
Formal operational ANSWER ✔
(11 years and older) Adolescents and adults develop the ability to
think abstractly, reason hypothetically, and consider multiple
perspectives.
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