The nurse on the rehabilitation unit is caring for a client who recently suffered a brain attack. The nurse anticipates that the client will be prescribed antidepressants since clients who take them following a brain attack find that the drugs:
A) Help improve their seizures.
B) Do not do much for their symptoms.
C) Do not ease the depression, but improve their memory.
D) Ease the depression and cognitive impairment.
Question 2
Nurses who work with patients who have cognitive disorders know that the current trend in treatment is to:
A) Maintain the patients in their community as long as possible
B) Medicate the patients with high doses of antianxiety medications
C) Provide the patients with intensive occupational therapy
D) Make the patients responsible for their own actions and decisions
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
Cross-section of brain showing cerebrovascular accident.
Spiny Dogfish Shark Brain
Apply the substance to the client’s upper chest.
Wrap the client securely with sheets. (A) Lay one side of the sheet over the body. (B) Enclose the ...