A Client Has Been Taking Lithium for Several Years with Good

question 21

Multiple Choice

A client has been taking lithium for several years with good symptom control.The client presents in the emergency department with blurred vision,tinnitus,and severe diarrhea.The nurse should correlate these symptoms with which lithium level?

• A) 1.3 mEq/L
• B) 1.7 mEq/L
• C) 2.3 mEq/L
• D) 3.7 mEq/L

Recognize strategies for enhancing employees' strengths and the effectiveness of such strategies in leadership.

Understand the scope and objectives of human factors psychology.

Recognize the importance of minimizing distractions and fatigue in preventing traffic accidents.

Identify how human factors psychology applies to the design and usability of everyday technologies like microwave ovens.

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Definitions:

Needs

Needs are essential requirements or desires that drive behavior and motivate actions to achieve satisfaction or fulfillment.

Consciousness

The state or quality of awareness of an individual's thoughts, feelings, sensations, and surroundings; a fundamental aspect of human experience.

Unconsciousness

A state where an individual is unaware of their surroundings and unable to respond to stimuli, also refers to the part of the mind that contains thoughts and memories not presently in conscious awareness.

Influence

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.