A Nurse Caring for a Patient Taking a Selective Serotonin

question 4

Multiple Choice

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

• A) mood improvement.
• B) logical thought processes.
• C) reduced levels of motor activity.
• D) decreased extrapyramidal symptoms.

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Definitions:

Need To Belong

A fundamental human motivation to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships.

Ostracism

The exclusion or rejection from a society or group.

Chain Migration

A term used in migration studies to describe the process by which migrants from a particular town follow others from the same town to a new destination.

Sexual Response Cycle

A model describing the sequential phases of physiological responses to sexual stimulation, typically broken down into excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution phases.