When completing discharge medication education for the client, he ...

[EAugust]

When completing discharge medication education for the client, he asks how long it will take before the effects of his prescribed SSRI could be felt. The nurse states that it will likely take?
 
  A) 1 to 2 days
  B) 5 to 7 days
  C) 2 to 3 weeks
  D) 3 to 4 weeks

Question 2

Before a client became depressed, she was an active, involved mother with her three children, often attending their school functions and serving as a volunteer.
 
  She is hospitalized for major depressive episode and now reveals that she feels like an unnecessary burden on her family. Which of the following nursing diagnoses is most appropriate?
 
  A) Anxiety related to side effects of medication
  B) Disturbance of self-concept related to feelings of worthlessness
  C) Anger related to marital disagreements
  D) Apathy related to fatigue and sleeplessness

[epscape]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Most antidepressant medications do not become effective or reach a therapeutic level for at least 2 or 3 weeks.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
The client does not express anxiety, anger, or apathy. Instead, she has experienced a change from being an involved, interested mother to feeling as though she is a burden, which would be reflective of a disturbance of her self-concept. The self-concept changes she is experiencing are related to feelings of worthlessness brought on by the depressive episode.

[EAugust]

Excellent

[dantucker]

Gracias!