Quizizz Final Review
A nurse is caring for a 30-year-old client who has been involved in a drunk driving accident. Which is the permitted maximum legal level of blood alcohol content when driving?
0.1 g/dL
The nurse is caring for a client who is taking disulfiram as aversion therapy to maintain sobriety. Which is the correct dosage for this medication?
500 mg/day for 2 weeks, followed by a daily maintenance dose of 250 mg
The nurse is caring for a client undergoing the sensory-perceptual disturbances stage of the alcohol withdrawal process. The client reports that "bugs are crawling all over my skin." This is a manifestation of which withdrawal symptom?
Alcohol hallucinosis
The nurse, caring for clients with suspected mental illness, records the results of the mental status examination in the chart in terms of AMSIT. What are the components of this acronym? Select all that apply.
Appearance, mood, sensorium, intelligence
A nurse is assessing a client for vascular dementia. What action should the nurse take when assessing this client?
Check for hypertension or cardiovascular disease.
A nurse, assessing a client diagnosed with severe Alzheimer's disease (AD), should associate which observation with the disorder?
Client is unable to sit upright without support.
A nurse is caring for a client who is diagnosed with Parkinson disease. Which mental functioning impairment is typically associated with this disease?
Dementia
A client manifesting the signs of Alzheimer's disease is undergoing testing to rule out other causes of this dementia. Which test would be performed to rule out an immune disorder as the cause?
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
The nurse is caring for a client who is currently alcohol-intoxicated. The client is diagnosed with unmanaged withdrawal. Which is a nursing consideration for this client?
Follow suicide precautions because suicide risk increases during detoxification.
A client is undergoing computed tomography (CT) scanning to determine the progress of Alzheimer's disease. Atrophy of which area of the brain is the first sign seen in AD?
Hippocampus
A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. The nurse observes rapid eyeball movement from side to side. Which term should the nurse use to document rapid eyeball movement from side to side in the client?
Horizontal nystagmus
The nurse, caring for a client who has overdosed on cocaine, should monitor the client for which signs or symptoms? Select all that apply.
Irregular heartbeat Seizures Hemorrhage Abnormal respirations
A client is displaying signs and symptoms of a mental disorder. These sumptoms include anhedonia, sleep disturbances, psychomotor retardation, fatigue, diminished ability to think/concentrate, and recurrent thoughts of death. Which mental disorders would be suspected?
Major depressive episode (MDE)
A parent brings her 2-year-old child to the emergency department frequently, reporting seizure activity that has not been witnessed by anyone other than the parent. Diagnostic tests reveal no organic cause. What should the nurse monitor the parent for?
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
A nurse is assisting with a staff education program on substance use in older adults. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the presentation?
Older adults are at an increased risk for substance use following retirement
If a client addicted to barbiturates reduces intake of the drug, this increases the future risk for which condition if the client resumes drug intake?
Overdose
Many substance users use defense mechanisms to cope with their stress. Which defense mechanisms are pertinent to substance use? Select all that apply.
Rationalization Projection Denial
The school nurse is teaching adolescents about the danger of substance use disorders. Which teaching point should the nurse include?
Substance use disorders can lead to various mental disorders.
A client refuses to talk to anyone about the recent death of her mother. Which defense mechanism is this client using?
Suppression
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has alcohol use disorder and a new prescription for carbamazepine. Which of the following information should the nurse include?
This medication will help prevent seizures during alcohol withdrawal.
The emergency department nurse is caring for an alcohol-intoxicated client who needs stitches following a motor vehicle accident. Which action is an appropriate nursing intervention for this client?
Watch the client for withdrawal symptoms.
