Nsg 388 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Multiple Choice A client has experienced the death of a close family member and at the same time becomes unemployed. This situation has resulted in a 6-month score of 110 on the Recent Life Changes Questionnaire. How should the nurse evaluate this client data? A. The client is experiencing severe distress and is at risk for physical and psychological illness. B. A score of 110 on the Miller and Rahe Recent Life Changes Questionnaire indicates no significant threat of stress-related ill...

Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Chapter 01. The Concept of Stress Adaptation 2 Chapter 02. Mental Health/Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts 9 Chapter 03. Psychopharmacology 20 Chapter 04. Concepts of Psychobiology 28 Chapter 05. Ethical and Legal Issues in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing 37 Chapter 06. Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing 47 Chapter 07. Relationship Development Chapter 08. Therapeutic Com...

Chapter 1 1. How are the body's physiological defenses affected when under sustained stress? Why? This would be the stage of exhaustion. The body has been exposed to a prolonged exposure to a stressor, adaptive energy is depleted and the individual can no longer draw from the resources for adaptations. Disease of adaptation, headaches, mental disorders, coronary artery disease, ulcers, colitis may all occur. Without intervention for reversal, exhaustion and, in some cases, even death can ...

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Exam (elaborations) NSG 388 Psychiatric Mental Health Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing,

28.Thenursebelievesthataclientbeingadmittedforasurgicalproceduremayhaveadrinkingproblem.Howshouldthenursefurtherevaluatethispossibility?A.ByaskingdirectlyiftheclienthaseverhadaproblemwithalcoholB.Byholisticallyassessingtheclient,usingtheCIWAscaleC.ByusingascreeningtoolsuchastheCAGEquestionnaireD.ByreferringtheclientforphysicianevaluationANS:CTheCAGEquestionnaireisascreeningtoolusedtodeterminewhethertheindividualhasaproblemwithalcohol.Thisquestionnaireiscomposedoffoursimplequestions.Scoringtwoort...

How are age, race, and gender associated with suicide risk? AGE: Suicide risk and age are, in general, positively correlated, particularly with men. Rates among women remain fairly m constant throughout life, rates among men increase with age. Most recently the highest rate of suicide occurred in the 45- to 64- year old age group and among those 85 or older. Suicide is also the 2nd leading cause of death for those aged 15-34, the 4th leading cause of death for those aged 35-44. RACE: Highe...

NSG 388 PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH BY MARY TOWNSEND (9th edition)

hapter 22 1. An alteration in which neurotransmitter is most closely associated with the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease? Dramatic reduction in acetylcholine. The enzyme required to produce acetylcholine is dramatically reduced. The reduction seems to be greatest in the nucleus basalis of the inferior medial forebrain area. The decrease in production of acetylcholine reduces the amount of the neurotransmitter that is released to cells in the cortex and hippocampus, resulting in cognitiv...