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ATI COMPREHENSIVE Predictor Exam 1. A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder and is experiencing acute mania. The nurse obtained a verbal prescription for restraints. Which of the following should the actions the nurse take? A. Request a renewal of the prescription every 8 hr. B. Check the client’s peripheral pulse rate every 30 min C. Obtain a prescription for restraint within 4 hr. D. Document the client’s condition every 15 minutes 2. A nursing planning care for a school-...

NUNP 6640 Final Exam - Question and Answers NUNP 6640N Week 11 Final Exam 1. The PMHNP is caring for a young adult patient with whom the PMHNP decides to use a dynamic supportive therapy approach in addition to pharmacological intervention. Which therapeutic action will the PMHNP take to employ the strategy of holding and containing the patient? 2. A 21-year-old patient has been having trouble adjusting to college life. She tells the PMHNP that she had five alcoholic drinks at a party this past...

NURS 6640 Midterm Exam 4 - Question and answers NURS 6640 Midterm Exam Answers - 10/5/2019 1. A 35-year-old patient seeks treatment for depression and anxiety after an abusive relationship. To help empower the patient, the PMHNP wants to teach the safe-place exercise to create a feeling of calm. In order to walk the patient through the exercise, the PMHNP first says: 2. The PMHNP is working with a patient who has dissociative disorder and requests pharmacological interventions for dealing with...

NURS 6630 Final Exam 1 - Question and Answers NURS 6630 Final Exam Walden University What will the PMHNP most likely prescribe to a patient with psychotic aggression who needs to manage the top-down cortical control and the excessive drive from striatal hyperactivity? The PMHNP is selecting a medication treatment option for a patient who is exhibiting psychotic behaviors with poor impulse control and aggression. Of the available treatments, which can help temper some of the adverse effects or sy...

NURS 6630 Final Exam 2 - Question and Answers The PMHNP is working with the student to care for a patient with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain. The student asks the PMHNP why SSRIs are not consistently useful in treating this particular patient’s pain. What is the best response by the PMHNP? A patient is being prescribed bupropion and is concerned about the side effects. What will the PMHNP tell the patient regarding bupropion? The PMHNP prescribes an obese patient phentermine (Adipex-p)/...

A noncompliant patient states, "Why do you want me to put this poison in my body?" Identify the best response made by the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). Which statement about neurotransmitters and medications is true? When an unstable patient asks why it is necessary to add medications to his current regimen, the PMHNP's best response would be: During gene expression, what must occur prior to a gene being expressed? While genes have potential to modify behavior, behavio...

NURS 6512N Final Exam 4 - Question and Answers NURS 6512N Final Exam - Week 11 1. During chest assessment, you note the patient's voice quality while auscultating the lung fields. The voice sound is intensified, there is a nasal quality to the voice, and the e's sound like a s. This sound is indicative of: 2. As Mr. B. enters the room, you observe that his gait is wide based and he staggers from side to side while swaying his trunk. You would document Mr. B.'s pattern as: 3. Diabetic perip...

NURS 6512N Midterm Exam 5 - Question and Answers NURS 6512 Midterm Exam 1. Before performing an abdominal examination, the examiner should: 2. During an interview, tears appear in the patient’s eyes and his voice becomes shaky. Initially, you should: 3. Which of the following is the most accurate reflection of an individual’s food intake? 4. Percussing at the right midclavicular line, below the umbilicus, and continuing upward is the correct technique for locating the: 5. A fixed image ...