Electroconvulsive therapy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ATI proctored mental health retake 2019 A. Place the child in seclusion 1. A nurse is caring for a school-aged child who has conduct disorder and is being physically aggressive toward other children in the unit. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? a. Place the child in seclusion b. Use therapeutic hold technique c. Apply wrist restraints d. Administer risperidone A. Dependent 3. A nurse is caring for a client who exhibits excessive compliance, passivity, and sel...

1. A nurse administers pure oxygen to a client during and after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Which statement describes the rationale for this procedure? 1. To prevent increased intracranial pressure resulting from anoxia 2. To prevent hypotension, bradycardia, and bradypnea due to electrical stimulation 3. To prevent anoxia due to medication-induced paralysis of respiratory muscles 4. To prevent blocked airway resulting from seizure activity correct answers 3. This is correct. The n...

What is electroconvulsive therapy? correct answers The induction of a grand mal (generalized) seizure through the application of electrical current to the brain. Which diseases is electroconvulsive therapy helpful for? correct answers major depression mania schizophrenia OCD personality disorders What are the contraindications for electroconvulsive therapy? correct answers increased intracranial pressure (from brain tumor, recent cardiovascular accident, or other cerebrovascular les...

2023 ATI MENTAL HEALTH VERSION A , B , C , PROCTORED EXAM AND ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED RETAKE EXAM |AGADE VERSION A 1.A nurse is teaching a client who has schizophrenia about her new prescription for risperidone. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? a) "You should continue this medication if you develop muscle rigidity". b) "You will experience weight loss while taking this medication." c) "You will notice your symptoms improve within 24 hou...

What is the common media portrayal of ECT? correct answers Punishment *Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)* - How does it work? correct answers *Series of brief treatments under general anesthesia* - brief controlled seizure lasting 30-90 secs. - 2-3 times per week - *not a one time thing* *Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)* - What is done to *reduce cognitive side effects*? correct answers 1. *Right Unilateral* placement of electrode -As opposed to Bitemporal/bilateral - near-equivalen...

Hondros NUR 180 FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers 2024/2025 (100% Correct) You have a patient running down the hallway shouting "I'm going to explode!" What would you do? - CORRECT ANSWER Stop them, tell them to take a deep breath. Which assessment finding would you report to the PCP of a patient that has anorexia nervosa? - CORRECT ANSWER Potassium level of 3.2 How do you respond to a patient that frequently manipulates other patients and staff? - CORRECT ANSWER "Tell me what prompte...

2023 ATI MENTAL HEALTH FORM A & FORM B WITH NGN PROCTORED EXAM (140 Q & A)/ MENTAL HEALTH ATI PROCTORED EXAM FORM A & B GRADED A 1. A nurse is caring for a school-aged child who has conduct disorder and is being physically aggressive toward other children in the unit. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? a. Place the child in seclusion b. Use therapeutic hold technique c. Apply wrist restraints d. Administer risperidone 2. A nurse is caring for a client who has a...

What is electroconvulsive therapy? correct answers a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient, intentionally triggering a brief seizure When was it introduced as a treatment modality? And by whom? correct answers 1938 by Cerletti & Bini What are the basis for ECT? correct answers Postulated antagonism between schizophrenia and convulsion such that one will exclude the other i.e are mutually ...

Varcarolis‘ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 8th Edition Halter: Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 8th Edition A+ Varcarolis‘ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 8th Edition UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS IN THEORY 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness 2. Theories and Therapies 3. Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology UNIT II: FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE 4. Treatment Settings 5. Cultura...

Test Bank For Davis Advantage for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 10th Edition By Karyn I. Morgan; Mary C. Townsend 1: The Concept of Stress Adaptation 2: Mental Health and Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts 3: Concepts of Psychobiology 4: Psychopharmacology 5: Ethical and Legal Issues 6: Relationship Development 7: Therapeutic Communication 8: The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 9: Therapeutic Groups 10: Intervention With Families 11: Milieu Therapy—The...