Your Client Years Question & Answer Guide (With Explanation)

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Key Explanation

This topic involves your client years. A strong answer should include explanation, application, and examples.

Original Question

Your client is 58 years old with a new diagnosis of Bipolar I, he has a medical history of hypertension and NSTEMI (non-ST elevation MI/heart attack). The physician has ordered Lithium to be started. What are the clinical concerns about initiating lithium for your client? 2. Your client is a 38-year-old male who has a diagnosis of PTSD related to military combat. He “flies” into rage with his wife and children with the least amount of noise occurs. He is isolating himself and not engaged in family activities. He is not eating well and is consuming 2 liters of vodka a day. The is wife is afraid to leave him but very concerned about his behavior’s impact on the children. What is the rationale for doing the following screenings: mini mental, suicidal, violence and CIWA for your client? 3. You are assigned to a 16-year-old female who is 5′ 7″ tall and weighs 86 pounds. Her lab results: potassium (K) 2.9; Total Protein (TP) 3; and Albumin 1.2. She has been taking in less than 500 calories per day for months. She states she is fat and ugly. What are your concerns for the clinical care of this dient? 4Your 52-year-old male client is an alcoholic. He was admitted to your substance abuse unit at the Psychiatric facility that you work 2.5 weeks ago. He has completed detoxification of his alcohol. His BAL is zero (0), CIWA – 2 (fine motor tremors). The physician has ordered him to start on Antabuse prior to his discharge on Thursday. What are your concerns related to the client starting Antabuse and what would you include in your client teaching? 5. Your 22-year-old college student client has had a paranoid episode and locked themselves in the dorm room. He believes that the entire dorm floor is trying to kill him. He was brought to the ED by campus police. He has been medically cleared and is being admitte4d to the in-patient psychiatric unit with a diagnosis of Acute Onset of Paranoid Schizophrenia. What is the average age of onset for schizophrenia and what nursing interventions would you utilize for the care of your patient? 6. Your 36-year-old female client is being admitted with depression. She recently (3 weeks ago) buried her husband of 18 years. She has four (4) children (ages 6-9-12-16). She has not bathed or eaten much since the sudden death of her husband. Lab work results: Potassium (K) 2.5, Total Protein (TP) 4.5 and Albumin 2.2. What screening assessments would be appropriate for your client? Develop a Nursing Diagnosis with three (3) nursing interventions. 7. Your alcoholic client was given lorazepam (Ativan) to “take the edge off” of the withdrawal based on on the her CIWA scores. She believes that she can use the medication (Ativan) to decrease her drinking outside as she plans on only reducing her intake. What is your concern for this client? What would you focus you client teaching? 8. Your new patient on the medical surgical unit is post-operative day #1 (POD#1) for a colon resection for adenocarcinoma. He has a history of panic attacks for past 6 years. Your assessments show: 102/60 8/10 (abdominal pain at surgical site). He tells you that he is having a panic 101po-138-32 96% NC-21/m attack. What would you assess and the nursing interventions that you would institute for this patient

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