Paranoid schizophrenia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Question: 1 NRNP 6675 Week 11 Fall Final Exam Questions and Verified Answers 2024/2025 Concerns when treating geriatric patients with psychotherapeutic drugs include all of the following EXCEPT: A. Elderly persons may be more susceptible to adverse effects of psychotherapeutic drugs. B. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly. C. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more rapidly. D. Elderly persons may excrete psychotherapeutic drugs more slo...

ATI COMPREHENSIVE EXIT TEST PREP | 700+ Questions and Verified Answers| 2023/ 2024 Q: A nurse is caring for a client who has paranoid schizophrenia and believes that she is being followed by FBI agents who are pretending to be psychiatric staff. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? A. "Why do you feel the staff is the FBI?" B. "What makes you think the staff is following you?" C. "The psychiatric staff is not FBI. They are here to help you." D. "This must be ve...

Mental Health Final HESI ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE 2023 At the first meeting of a group at a daycare center for older adults, the nurse asks one of the members what kinds of things the client would like to do with the group. The older adult shrugs and says, "You tell me. You're the leader." What would be the best response for the nurse to make? A."Yes, I am the leader today. Would you like to be the leader tomorrow?" B."Yes, I will be leading this group. What woul...

David Carter vSim questions and answers 100% pass The patient asks the nurse "What type of disease is schizophrenia?" Which statement is the nurse's best response? Schizophrenia is a syndrome with many different types and symptoms What is the average age of peak onset of symptoms of schizophrenia? Men 15-25 years Women 25-35 years Schizophrenia is characterized by both positive and negative symptoms. which of the follow is an example of a positive symptom? Auditory hallucinations David ha...

Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry 12th Edition Test Bank. A patient with depression mentions to the nurse, My mother says depression is a chemical disorder. What does she mean? The nurses response is based on the theory that depression primarily involves which of the following neurotransmitters? 1. Cortisol and GABA 2. COMT and glutamate 3. Monamine and glycine 4. Serotonin and norepinephrine 2. A patient has experienced a stroke (cerebral vascular accident) that has resulted ...

Mental Health ATI A with NGN 100% Pass A nurse is planning care for a client who is experiencing acute mania. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan to promote sleep? Encourage frequent rest periods throughout the day A nurse is delegating client care tasks to a LPN and an assistive personnel. Which of the following tasks should the nurse assign to the LPN? Change the dressings of a client who has borderline personality disorder and superficial self-inflected...

Question 1 A c. What document should be in guiding the care of this client? A) Client Self Determination Act B) Physician's treatment orders C) Advance Directives. D) Clinical Pathway protocols Review Information: The correct answer is: C) Advance Directives. This document specifies the client's wishes Question 2 You are the of a health care team that consists of one licensed practical/vocational nurse, one nursing assistant , a nursing student and yourself. To whom i...

Kaplan and Sadock's Chapter 13 & 26 from Study Guide: Schizophrenia and personality disorders|13.1. Which of the following statements about the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is true? A. Dysregulation of dopaminergic neurotransmission is caused by postsynaptic sensitivity. B. Dopamine release caused by amphetamine challenge is higher during remission. C. Higher amphetamine-provoked dopamine release predicts worsening of psychotic symptoms. D. Overactivity of dopamine in the subcortica...

PSYCH EOR questions and answers 100% correct What is the treatment of choice for refractory schizophrenia? A: Haloperidol B: Clozapine C: Risperidone D: Fluphenazine E: Lithium B: Clozapine has come to be the accepted as the treatment of choice in patients with schizophrenia that is refractory to other treatment methods A 52 year old Caucasian female is brought to the emergency room by her brother who found her unconscious in her living room this afternoon. He reports that this is ...

NURS 5352 Advanced health Assessment; Test Questions With Correct and Verified Answers Latest Update Answers 2023/2024 Graded A+. Nasal symptoms that imply an allergic response include: Deviated septum Bluish grey or pale pink turbinates Purulent nasal discharge Small atrophied nasal mucous membranes NOSE: An allergic finding includes bluish gray or pale pink nasal turbinates that are swollen and boggy and a transverse crease at the junction between the cartilage and the bone of the nose...