Healthcare and Nursing Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing 2

Question 1

A patient taking lithium reports nausea, tremors, and blurred vision. The nurse's priority action is to:

Accepted Answer

Check the serum lithium level immediately

Answer

Administer an antiemetic

Answer

Encourage increased fluid intake

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Reassure the patient these are expected side effects

Question 2

Which is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

Auditory hallucinations

Answer

Flat affect

Answer

Alogia

Answer

Avolition

Question 3

What is the correct approach when a patient is experiencing a panic attack?

Accepted Answer

Stay with the patient, speak calmly, and guide slow breathing

Answer

Leave the patient alone to calm down

Answer

Encourage the patient to discuss the cause of the panic

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Administer an antidepressant immediately

Question 4

A nurse is using the CAGE questionnaire. What condition is it used to screen for?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol use disorder

Answer

Depression

Answer

Schizophrenia

Answer

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 5

Which medication requires dietary tyramine restriction to prevent hypertensive crisis?

Accepted Answer

MAOIs

Answer

SSRIs

Answer

Atypical antipsychotics

Answer

Benzodiazepines

Question 6

A patient in alcohol withdrawal is at greatest risk for which life-threatening complication?

Accepted Answer

Seizures and delirium tremens

Answer

Hypoglycemia

Answer

Pulmonary embolism

Answer

Acute kidney injury