A Client with Anxiety and Insomnia Has Been Taking Alprazolam

question 21

Multiple Choice

A client with anxiety and insomnia has been taking alprazolam (Xanax) for five days.What is the priority for the nurse to assess in this client?

• A)Stopping the use of birth control pills
• B)Thoughts of suicide
• C)Taking the medication with grapefruit juice
• D)Drowsiness after taking the medication

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Definitions:

Time-Out

A disciplinary technique used to correct behavior by temporarily separating an individual from an environment where undesirable behavior has occurred.

Subliminally Flashed

Presentation of stimuli below the threshold of conscious perception, used to influence thoughts, feelings, or actions without awareness.

Sense The Presence

The feeling or perception that someone or something is in a certain place without any direct sensory evidence.

Instinctive Behavior

Actions or reactions that an organism is genetically predisposed to perform without the necessity of learning or experience.