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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.
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What are the 5 rights?
Right patient, right medication, right route, right time, right dosage, right reason.
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What is Code Gray?
Type of emergency for summoning immediate assistance to the scene for a seizure, bleeding/laceration, hypoglycemic medical emergency .
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What is active listening?
When a nurse focuses on what the person is saying.
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What are delusions?
These false beliefs might be of grandeur or of persecution.
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What is the nursing assessment on a client in seclusion or restraint?
Range of motion, skin integrity, and circulation.
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What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s)?
Sertraline, Escitalopram, and Citalopram are members of this drug class.
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What is an unauthorized absence (UA)?
Absent from the facility without authorization regardless of leave or legal status.
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What is non-verbal communication?
This includes how one appears, one's gait and posture, facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, and sounds.
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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.
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What is a safety plan?
Identifying less restrictive measures, triggers, and identifying signs of distress; completed during admission.
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What is Naltrexone?
This medication is designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose.
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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.
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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.
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What is depression?
The leading cause of disability in the U.S.
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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.
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What is Clozaril?
There is an increased risk for agranulocytosis when taking this medication.
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What is the Seclusion and Restraint Policy?
Policy TX-1.
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What is a Debriefing?
A critical conversation and reflection regarding an experience that offers opportunity for growth and learning.
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What is psychosomatic?
In this type of illness, the physical ailment (such as peptic ulcers) is real, but the cause is believed mental.
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What is an infection?
Caused by a wide range of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
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What is Lithium?
This medication was the drug of choice for the treatment of mania in bipolar disorder.
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What is Medication Administration Without Acquiescence?
Medication administration with the absence of a client's informed, voluntary, written consent.
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What is silence?
Not often considered a form of communication, this allows time for meaningful reflection.
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What is 1949?
The year was Mental Health Awareness Month created in the United States.
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