Author Question: A client asks about how various medications are prescribed to treat anxiety disorders. You base your ... (Read 55 times)

jace · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A client asks about how various medications are prescribed to treat anxiety disorders. You base your reply on which of the following statements?

a. Benzodiazepines are the treatment of choice for short-term management of acute anxiety.
b. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants are used primarily for acute management of panic attacks.
c. Beta blockers are usually prescribed on a regularly scheduled daily basis for long-term to manage generalized anxiety disorder.
d. Buspirone is the medication of choice to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 2

If the client is placed in restraints and requires these restraints for longer than 2 hours, the nurse must carry out which of the following actions?

a. Remind the client why he or she is in restraints, and what the consequences are for what he or she did.
b. Remove the restraints for at least 5 minutes every 2 hours (one at a time), and check circulation.
c. Give the client a snack such as an apple.
d. Take off the restraints, and leave them off.

bookworm410 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Benzodiazepines have established short-term effectiveness in the control of anxiety symptoms. They are the treatment of choice for acute episodes of anxiety, such as during crises.

Answer to Question 2

B
Restraints must be removed for at least 5 minutes every 2 hours so that the nurse can check the client's circulation in each limb. Restraints are removed and then replaced only one at a time. The nurse will not remove all restraints until the client's condition no longer poses a threat to self or others. While a client may receive a snack while in restraints, there is no requirement that the snack is given at any particular time.