A Nurse Caring for a Patient Taking a Selective Serotonin

question 8

Multiple Choice

A nurse caring for a patient taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) will develop outcome criteria related to:

• A) coherent thought processes.
• B) improvement in depression.
• C) reduced levels of motor activity.
• D) decreased extrapyramidal symptoms.

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Definitions:

Phagocytized

The process by which cells, typically immune cells, engulf and digest foreign particles, bacteria, or other matter.

Capsule

The portion of the moss sporophyte that contains spores. A simple, dry, dehiscent fruit that develops from two or more fused carpels and opens along many sutures or pores to release seeds. A gelatinous coat that surrounds some bacteria.

Ameboid Motion

A form of cellular movement achieved through the protrusion of cytoplasm of the cell.

Chromosomes

Long strands of DNA wrapped around proteins, found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, containing genes that are passed from one generation to the next.