Psychiatric Nursing

Module 14 • 20 Questions

Question 1

What is the average mortality rate with ECT (modified)?

Question 2

What is considered as the gold standard for confirmation of seizure in ECT?

Question 3

Which of the following drugs is associated with lower seizure thresholds when administering ECT?

Question 4

The first therapeutic use of electrically induced seizures in the treatment of mental disorders is related to

Question 5

The meaning of remission is-

Question 6

A tentative prediction or explanation or an educational guess of the relationship between two or more variables is called

Question 7

Virtual memory is used for ?

Question 8

A client with late moderate stage dementia has been admitted to a long-term care facility. Which of the following nursing interventions will help the client to maintain optimal cognitive function-

Question 9

Which of the following interventions is most appropriate in helping a client with early-stage dementia complete activities of daily living (ADLs)-

Question 10

A client with delirium is attempting to remove the in-travenous tubing from his arm, saying to the nurse, Get off me! Go away!” The client is experiencingwhich of the following?

Question 11

Which of the following statements by the caregiver of a client newly diagnosed with dementia requires further intervention by the nurse-

Question 12

The nurse has been teaching a caregiver about donepe-zil (Aricept). The nurse knows that teaching has been effective by which of the following statements-

Question 13

The nurse is talking with a woman who is worried that her mother has Alzheimer’s disease. The nurse knows that the first sign of dementia is-

Question 14

The nurse recognizes which of the following as a common behavioral sign of autism-

Question 15

An effective nursing intervention for the impulsive and aggressive behaviors that accompany conduct disorder is-

Question 16

Which of the following is used to treat enuresis-

Question 17

Which of the following is normal adolescent behavior-

Question 18

The nurse would expect to see all the following symptoms in a child with ADHD except-

Question 19

Teaching for methylphenidate (Ritalin) should include which of the following-

Question 20

A child is taking pemoline (Cylert) for ADHD. The nurse must be aware of which of the following side effects-

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