While Reviewing a Client's Medication List, the Nurse Notes the Client

question 26

Multiple Choice

While reviewing a client's medication list, the nurse notes the client takes Remeron (mirtazapine) 15 mg daily. The nurse recognizes this medication has multiple indications and is used both on and off label for various reasons including which of the following? Select all that apply.

• A) Major depressive disorder
• B) Schizophrenia
• C) Anorexia nervosa
• D) Panic disorder
• E) Generalized anxiety disorder
• F) Post-traumatic stress disorder

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Definitions:

DSM-5

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a publication by the American Psychiatric Association that classifies and provides criteria for diagnosing mental disorders.

Emotional Regulation

The process through which individuals influence their own emotional experience by modulating the emotions they feel, when they feel them, and how they express them.

Borderline Personality Disorder

An emotional wellness syndrome defined by fluctuating emotions, conduct, and association dynamics.

Linehan

Marsha M. Linehan, an American psychologist renowned for her development of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), particularly for treating borderline personality disorder.