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PICO Question Psychiatric Emergency Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
An adult outpatient diagnosed with major depression has a history of several suicide attempts by overdose. Given this patient's history and diagnosis, which antidepressant medication would the nurse expect to be prescribed?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants are very safe in overdosage situations, which is not true of the other medications listed. Given this patient's history of overdosing, it is important that the medication be as safe as possible in case she takes an overdose of her prescribed medication.
Question 2 of 5
A college student who attempted suicide by overdose was hospitalized. When the parents were contacted, they responded, 'We should have seen this coming. We did not do enough.' The parents' reaction reflects:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A tearful, anxious patient at the outpatient clinic reports, 'I should be dead.' The initial task of the nurse conducting the assessment interview is to:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Which behavior best demonstrates aggression?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A patient is pacing the hall... An appropriate initial intervention would be to say:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.