Author Question: What is the primary purpose of a community meeting? a. Making assignments for patients' chores ... (Read 108 times)

Ebrown · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

What is the primary purpose of a community meeting?

a. Making assignments for patients' chores for the day
b. Determining patients' eligibility for increases in privileges
c. Encouraging patients to share their feelings and individual problems
d. Providing a forum for patients to have input into daily program operations

Question 2

A patient who has been taking a benzodiazepine for panic attacks is to be started on buspirone (BuSpar). Which instruction should the nurse provide?

a. Take decreasing doses of the benzodiazepine for several days until the buspirone becomes effective.
b. Stop taking the benzodiazepines immediately. Wait 2 days, and then start the buspirone.
c. You should take buspirone only once a day. More frequent dosing can cause dependency.
d. Tolerance to buspirone may develop in about a month, requiring larger doses to be prescribed.

amynguyen1221 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
An emphasis of community meetings is on democratic aspects of unit life. The meeting serves as a forum for patients to voice opinions about the environment and to initiate discussion of community concerns. Making assignments and sharing are only some of the issues addressed in a community meeting. Privilege eligibility would not be discussed in a community meeting.

Answer to Question 2

A
Two factors suggest that the patient should take tapering doses of benzodiazepine while beginning buspirone therapy. Benzodiazepines should be tapered gradually for discontinuation to avoid withdrawal. Buspirone takes 7 to 10 days to begin to exert its therapeutic effect. The other statements about buspirone are incorrect.