A Patient Who Started Taking a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient who started taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) 3 days ago says, "This medicine isn't working." The nurse's best intervention would be to:

• A) explain the time lag before antidepressants relieve symptoms.
• B) reassure the patient that the medication will be effective soon.
• C) critically assess the patient for lessening symptoms.
• D) explore the patient's self-concept.

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Definitions:

Social Roles

The expectations, behaviors, and duties that society attributes to individuals based on their identity or position within a group.

Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person or thing, often based on limited information.

Appearances

Appearances refer to the outward or visual aspects of someone or something, how entities are perceived visually by others.

Stereotypic Judgments

Stereotypic judgments are assessments made about individuals or groups based on generalized beliefs or stereotypes rather than on their individual characteristics.