A new nurse asks the mentor, How can I help meet patients' ...

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A new nurse asks the mentor, How can I help meet patients' spiritual needs? Select the mentor's best responses. Patients have reported that what they want most is for a spiritual care provider to (select all that apply)
 
  a. be authentic.
  b. be respectful.
  c. demonstrate caring.
  d. speak slowly and concretely.
  e. provide answers to theological questions.

Question 2

The primary mechanisms of action of certain antidepressants result from neurotransmitter inactivation by enzyme-based metabolism and
 
  a. electrochemical stimulation.
  b. stimulation of natural precursors.
  c. extraction of precursors from the bloodstream.
  d. reuptake into the presynaptic storage vesicles.

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Answer to Question 1

A, B, C, D
The needs elicited from patients (authenticity, caring, respect) can be seen as caregiver behaviors that enhance trust formation. The need to speak slowly and in concrete terms is important for patients with thought disorders who have cognitive problems that make comprehension slower and abstraction difficult to understand.

Answer to Question 2

D
Neurotransmitters are inactivated in two ways: (1) they are metabolized by enzymes, and (2) they are taken back into the presynaptic storage vesiclesa process called reuptake. The other options have no physiologic basis in fact.