A Patient Is Admitted to the Hospital with Dysphasia and Right-Sided

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the hospital with dysphasia and right-sided weakness that resolves in a few hours.The nurse will anticipate teaching the patient about which of the following medications?

• A) Alteplase (tPA)
• B) Aspirin (Aggrenox)
• C) Warfarin (Coumadin)
• D) Nimodipine (Nimotop)

Understand the relationship between sleep duration and well-being, recognizing individual differences.

Know the effects of sleep deprivation at various levels and the theories explaining the necessity of sleep.

Understand the debate and effects related to the legalization of marijuana.

Interpret the psychoanalytic and modern theories of dreaming.

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Definitions:

Psychological Disorders

Psychological disorders are mental health conditions characterized by disruptions in thought, emotion, or behavior, leading to distress or impaired functioning.

Treatment

A systematic procedure designed to help change abnormal behavior into more normal behavior. Also called therapy.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Multiaxial Diagnosis

A classification scheme used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) that assesses different aspects of an individual's health or disorder across multiple axes or domains.