A Patient Who Has Been Taking a Benzodiazepine for Panic

question 21

Multiple Choice

A patient who has been taking a benzodiazepine for panic attacks is to be started on buspirone.Which instruction should the nurse provide?

• A) "Take decreasing doses of the benzodiazepine for several days until the buspirone becomes effective."
• B) "Stop taking the benzodiazepines immediately.Wait 2 days, and then start the buspirone."
• C) "You should take buspirone only once a day.More frequent dosing can cause dependency."
• D) "Tolerance to buspirone may develop in about a month, requiring larger doses to be prescribed."

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A population parameter is a numerical value that represents a characteristic of an entire population, such as its mean or standard deviation.

Point Estimate

A statistical measure that provides the best single value estimate of a population parameter.

Mean Amount

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the values and dividing by the count of numbers.

Sample Mean

Sample mean refers to the average of all the data points in a sample taken from a population, serving as an estimate of the population mean.