Physical Assessment Medications Nursing Process/Policy Communication Mental Health
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What is an ECG or EKG?
A common and painless test used to quickly detect heart problems and monitor the heart's health.
100
What are the 5 rights?
Right patient, right medication, right route, right time, right dosage, right reason.
100
What is Code Gray?
Type of emergency for summoning immediate assistance to the scene for a seizure, bleeding/laceration, hypoglycemic medical emergency .
100
What is active listening?
When a nurse focuses on what the person is saying.
100
What are delusions?
These false beliefs might be of grandeur or of persecution.
200
What is the nursing assessment on a client in seclusion or restraint?
Range of motion, skin integrity, and circulation.
200
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s)?
Sertraline, Escitalopram, and Citalopram are members of this drug class.
200
What is an unauthorized absence (UA)?
Absent from the facility without authorization regardless of leave or legal status.
200
What is non-verbal communication?
This includes how one appears, one's gait and posture, facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, and sounds.
200
What is bipolar?
People 18 to 25 are vulnerable to mental illnesses like this, a term used in place of "manic depression" to describe those whose moods cycle between extremes.
300
What is a safety plan?
Identifying less restrictive measures, triggers, and identifying signs of distress; completed during admission.
300
What is Naltrexone?
This medication is designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose.
300
What is the Falling Star Program?
A comprehensive program designed to identify and address clients who are actively at risk for falls and to provide a safe and comfortable environment for each client.
300
What are open-ended questions?
This facilitates spontaneous responses and interactive discussion. It encourages the client to explore feelings and thoughts and avoids yes or no answers.
300
What is depression?
The leading cause of disability in the U.S.
400
What is a mini mental status exam (MSE)?
A tool that can be used to assess mental status systematically and thoroughly. It is an 11-question measure that tests five areas of cognitive function.
400
What is Clozaril?
There is an increased risk for agranulocytosis when taking this medication.
400
What is the Seclusion and Restraint Policy?
Policy TX-1.
400
What is a Debriefing?
A critical conversation and reflection regarding an experience that offers opportunity for growth and learning.
400
What is psychosomatic?
In this type of illness, the physical ailment (such as peptic ulcers) is real, but the cause is believed mental.
500
What is an infection?
Caused by a wide range of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
500
What is Lithium?
This medication was the drug of choice for the treatment of mania in bipolar disorder.
500
What is Medication Administration Without Acquiescence?
Medication administration with the absence of a client's informed, voluntary, written consent.
500
What is silence?
Not often considered a form of communication, this allows time for meaningful reflection.
500
What is 1949?
The year was Mental Health Awareness Month created in the United States.






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