Author Question: A mother brings her 7-year-old daughter to the mental health clinic. She tells the pediatric nurse ... (Read 109 times)

mynx · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A mother brings her 7-year-old daughter to the mental health clinic. She tells the pediatric nurse that lately her daughter has been expressing worry about everything including her school and home life.

The nurse suspects that the patient may be experiencing:
A) panic disorder.
B) separation anxiety disorder.
C) generalized anxiety disorder.
D) posttraumatic stress disorder.

Question 2

The perinatal nurse sees Tina and her partner in triage to assess her labor. Tina is a G1 TPAL 0000 woman who is contracting every 57 minutes. She lives about 45 minutes away from the hospital.

She explains that she is very fearful about going home, she feels very tired and she is not sure how she will cope with her labor. The perinatal nurse determines that Tina is a fingertip dilated, 50 effaced and the cervix is anterior. The most appropriate pharmacological agent that might be ordered for Tina is:
A) Secobarbitol sodium (Seconal)
B) Lorazepam (Ativan)
C) Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
D) Promethazine (Phenergan)