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A client in the mental health clinic has a phobia about closed spaces. Which desensitization method should the nurse expect to be used successfully with this client?Imagery What treatment should a nurse anticipate will be prescribed for a client with severe, persistent, intractable depression and suicidal ideation?Electroconvulsive therapy An older adult, accompanied by family members, is admitted to a long-term care facility with symptoms of dementia. During the admission procedure the ...

Test Bank for Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider 4th Edition by Authors: Marilyn Edmunds and Maren Mayhew   Table of Contents PART ONE: ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS FOR THE PRESCRIPTION OF MEDICATIONS Unit 1: Foundations of Prescriptive Practice 1. Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. Change 2. Historical Review of Prescriptive Authority: The Role of Nurses (NPs, CNMs, CRNAs, and CNSs) and Physician Assistants Unit 2: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 3. General Phar...

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology 5th Edition 8573 5857 X, 6, 8573, 1638, 8, 6, 5857, 1217 1 Chemical Neurotransmission 2 Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action 3 Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action 4 Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin, and Glutamate 5 Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood, and Beyond: So-Called “Antipsych 6...

A 63-year-old man has a 4-minute period of documented expressive aphasia that completely resolved. A workup reveals 70% left internal carotid stenosis and a 50% right internal carotid stenosis. In addition to best medical management, which of the following is the most appropriate treatment? - A. Left CEA An 84-year-old woman has diabetes and congestive heart failure that is refractory to medical treatment. A right carotid bruit is detected on physical examination. A duplex study suggests a ...

S/S of dementia Answer- Memory LAPSE: Memory Language Attention Perceptual (motor) Social cognition Executive function Treatment for dementia Answer- Aricept, Namenda, Exelon patch What are diagnostic tools for dementia? Answer- MMSE, MRI SIGECAPS Answer- S - sleep I - interest deficit G - guilt E - energy C - concentration A - appetite P - psychomotor retardation S - suicidality If a patient has less than 5 symptoms of depression, but are in a period of depression, what c...

NURS 534 Final Exam 2024/2025 With 100%Verified Answers. What are the medical treatments for hot flashes? - ANSWER -Estrogen- principal treatment -progestins- can be used if contraindicated for estrogen BUT increased RISK for BREAST CA - Clonidine- centrally acting alpha agonist - SSRI and SNRI -Gabapentin- decrease HF b 50-80% what factors lower the menopause date? - ANSWER smoking, nulliparity, menstrual regularity and shorter cycle length, family hx of early menopause, increased gala...

6630 final exam with 100% correct answers 2024 What is the strongest established risk factor for bipolar disorder? -Answer-Family history which of the following medications are known as selective serotonin re-uptake inibitors (SSRIs)? -Answer-Nortriptyline Citalopram Duloxetine fluoxetine venlafaxine Which disease state o a non-adherent patient is at greater risk for substance use violence, and victimization as well as worse overall quality of life? -Answer- Schizophrenia Patient is a...

A patient diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder has been taking a high-dose SSRI and is participating in therapy twice a week. He reports an inability to carry out responsibilities due to consistent interferences of his obsessions and compulsions. The PMHNP knows that the next step would be which of the following? Selected Answer: B. Decrease his SSRI and add an MAOI.  Question 2 0 out of 1 points Which statement best describes a pharmacological approach to treating patients ...

NRNP 6665-01 Week 11 Final Exam 2022/2023 (100% Correct Answers & Explanations) 1) Question: An illness of symptoms or deficits that affect voluntary motor or sensory functions, which suggest another medical condition but that is judged to be caused by psychological factors because the illness is preceded by conflicts or other stressors in known as which of the following? A. functional neurological symptom disorder 2) Question: A condition characterized by the person giving approxim...

Test Bank For Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology 4th Edition By Stephen M. Stahl 5981, 2 , 3462, 4 1 Chemical neurotransmission 2 Transporters, receptors, and enzymes as targets of psychopharmacological drug action 3 Ion channels as targets of psychopharmacological drug action 4 Psychosis and schizophrenia 5 Antipsychotic agents 6 Mood disorders 7 Antidepressants 8 Mood stabilizers 9 Anxiety disorders and anxiolytics 10 Chronic pain and its treatment 11 Disord...