ATI RN
Psychobiological Disorder Questions
Question 1 of 5
Helen, a 47-year-old client with a long history of severe depression, has not responded to antidepressant medications or psychotherapy. The nurse caring for the patient knows that the treatment of choice for depression unresponsive to conventional treatment would be:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Which statement is most true about depression?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Your patient with major depression tells you he suffers from urinary retention. Which medication would be most likely to cause this?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
You are asked to report any extrapyramidal symptoms (EPSs) of your patient. Which of the following are examples of EPS?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
The schizophrenic patient tells you, 'I know that the man down the hall wants to kill me.' How should you respond?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The response does not get involved in the patient's delusion and refocuses on here and now. Response A is communicating that the threat is real to you; response B is not helpful, because the patient will not know why he says that; and response D may increase the patient's anxiety by promoting isolation.