A client who has been abused is talking with an emergency ...

[ashley]

A client who has been abused is talking with an emergency department nurse. Which nursing statement indicates a firm knowledge base related to domestic violence?
 
  A) Power and control are central to the dynamic of domestic violence.
  B) Abused women must have dependent personality disorders because they can't live without abusive men.
  C) Abused women will always be attracted to abusive men.
  D) Abuse starts very early in the relationship. I'm not sure why women stay so long.

Question 2

A nurse is working with a client who is obese and who has been stabilized on a regular dose of a classical first-generation antipsychotic medication. The client severely restricts caloric intake over several weeks to quickly lose weight.
 
  The nurse understands that the medication dosage may need to be: a. increased because of increased body metabolic rate
  b. lowered because of the medication's affinity for fatty tissues
  c. left at the same dose, as weight change does not affect metabolism of this medication
  d. left at the same dose because this medication is very water soluble

[joshbk44]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B
Because of the medication's affinity for fatty tissues, the medication dosage may need to be lowered for an obese client experiencing rapid weight loss. First-generation antipsychotics tend to have a chemical structure that lacks polar regions. As a result, the drugs are not water soluble and have an affinity for fatty tissues in the body such as the lung, brain, and adipose stores. For this reason a thinner person may require a lower dosage than a fatter person, because the thinner person's body does not have as much fatty tissue.

[ashley]

Correct answers!

[joshbk44]

Great! Please up vote