ATI 2023 1 Flashcards
Trauma pt
They do or don’t want to talk about
trauma event?
They DO NOT talk about it, but talking about the event help
What is conduct disorder?
Aggressive behavior toward others
A nurse is planning recreational activities for a pt who has an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia.
What is the best?
Walking with the staff
Alzheimer’s med of donepezil
What to do the pt?
improve cognitive functioning during the earlier stage
Which eating disorder appears lanugo?
Anorexia nervosa
School-age pt who begins wetting the bed after finding out that her parents are getting the divorce.
What is this?
Regression
Schizophrenia
Positive sing
Hallucination
A schizophrenia pt taking chlorpromazine.
What sing indicates this med works?
Less hallucination
Valproic acid
What info should include?
liver function levels monitored regularly
The pt who has an alcohol disorder refusing treatment and is leaving the facility.
What nurse to do?
Ask the pt to sign an against medical advice(AMA) form.
Unless involuntarily committed
Venlafaxine
What info should include?
This med should not be stopped abruptly
SNRI
A pt has undergone ECT.
What intervention should perform?
Reorient the pt to the environment after ECT
ECT
What is a potential complication of the procedure?
Cardiac arrhythmia
A nurse is caring for a pt who is showing evidence of addiction to drugs, but he stated this is not an illegal drug.
What defense mechanism is this?
Rationalization
=justification of unacceptable behavior’s
A nurse is providing care for bipolar disorder and is experiencing a manic episode.
What plan should provide?
frequently with high calorie finger food
A pt who has schizophrenia takes haloperidol and developed involuntary writhing movement. What is this?
Tardive dyskinesia