Electroconvulsive - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

TEST BANK Varcarolis's Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Cheryl L. Pollard, and Sonya L. Jakubec 3rd Edition extra per year? Table of Contents Chapter 01 Mental Health and Mental Illness 1 Chapter 02 Historical Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 13 Chapter 03 Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Care Within Various Settings 19 Chapter 04 Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice 32 Chapter 05 Understanding Responses to Stress 47 Chapter 06 The N...

2023 ATI MENTAL HEALTH VERSION A , B , C , PROCTORED EXAM AND ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED RETAKE EXAM |AGADE VERSION A 1.A nurse is teaching a client who has schizophrenia about her new prescription for risperidone. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? a) "You should continue this medication if you develop muscle rigidity". b) "You will experience weight loss while taking this medication." c) "You will notice your symptoms improve within 24 hours of...

NURS 2101 (Electroconvulsive Therapy and Informed Consent) CASE STUDY MARYLAND UNIVERSITY

Friedberg 1976; Breggin 1991 correct answers barbarous psychiatric past, associated with the era of bleeding & purging than with penicillin and L-dopa APA 1990 correct answers ECT is a safe, very effective, and often life-saving treatment. It has a better side-effect profile than drugs and, for some patients, is the only effective or medically-tolerated treatment Early history of convulsive therapy correct answers - Ancient Rome - Pliny applied electric fish to head as cure for pain of chi...

ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) correct answers The induction of a grand mal (generalized) seizure through the application of electrical current to the brain severe depression correct answers ECT has been shown to be effective in the treatment of _______________, particularly among depressed clients who are also experiencing psychotic symptoms, catatonia, psychomotor retardation, and neurovegetative changes, such as disturbances in sleep, appetite, and energy. lithium correct answers ECT s...

Bilateral generalized seizure is induced in ECT correct answers For both the beneficial and adverse effects of ECT, this is induced. We know ECT has worked. Raises the seizure threshold during ECT. Plasma amino acid (neuro)transmitters are blocked. correct answers Increase in gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transmission and receptor antagonism has been observed with ECT. correct answers ECT may also lead to an increase of endogenous opioids, which may also have anticonvulsant properties ...

Insulin Coma Therapy correct answers the induction of a hypoglycemic coma aimed at alleviating psychotic symptoms Pharmacoconvulsive Therapy correct answers the chemical induction of a convulsion, used in the past for the reduction of psychotic symptoms Electroconvulsive therapy is most commonly prescribed for which of the following? A. Bipolar disorder, manic B. Paranoid schizophrenia C. Major depression D. Obsessive-compulsive disorder correct answers C. Major depression Which o...

When was ECT first introduced and what. for? correct answers ECT was initially for schizophrenia but after antidepressant medication was introduced, ECT was less used What is ECT like? correct answers use an electrical stimulus and put at the patient's head to generate a 15-70 second seizure while still under anesthesia (usually 2-3 times a week) Is ECT effective? correct answers it's proven to be more effective than medication If ECT is more effective than why is it not as commonly u...

TEST BANK - PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING BY MARY TOWNSEND (9TH EDITION) Chapter 20. Electroconvulsive Therapy

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 ...

ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED 2024/ RN MENTAL HEALTH ATI PROCTORED EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)|ALREADY GRADED A+ A nurse is caring for a client who is undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and will receive succinylcholine. The client asks the nurse about this medication. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED 2024/ RN MENTAL HEALTH ATI PROCTORED EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CO...

ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH// ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH REAL EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST LATEST//ALREADY GRADED A+ A nurse is caring for a client who is undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and will receive succinylcholine. The client asks the nurse about this medication. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH// ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH REAL EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST LATEST//ALREADY GRADED A+ A nurse is caring for a client who is undergoing electroc...