PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING UNIT 2 STUDY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS | RATED A+
What does the nurse have to determine before the patient can sign the informed consent? -
Answer>>> Determine if client is competent to understand the necessary information.
True - Answer>>> True or False:
Client must be able to comprehend propose treatment and the choice available and verbalized a
choice.
Client has the right to - Answer>>> Treatment
To the least restrictive environment
To refuse treatment; including hospitalization (if they are not endangering themselves or others)
True - Answer>>> True or False: If two physicians determine the patient is a danger o
themselves or others, then the patient can be hospitalized involuntarily.
True - Answer>>> True or False: The patient has the right to refuse medication UNLESS the
patient is a danger to self or others.
Lithium - Answer>>> Mood stabilizers
CNS: SEIZURES, fatigue, headache, impaired memory, ataxia, sedation, confusion, dizziness,
drowsiness, psychomotor retardation, restlessness, stupor
EENT: aphasia, blurred vision, dysarthria, tinnitus
CV: ECG changes, arrhythmias, edema, hypotension, unmasking of Brugada syndrome
GI: abdominal pain, anorexia, bloating, diarrhea, nausea, dry mouth, metallic taste
GU: polyuria, glycosuria, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, renal toxicity
Derm: acneiform eruption, folliculitis, alopecia, diminished sensation, pruritus
Endo: hypothyroidism, goiter, hyperglycemia, hyperthyroidism
F and E: hyponatremia
Hemat: leukocytosis