Your patient has an intravenous pyelogram or IVP ordered for the morning.  How will you, as a Psychiatric Technician, explain this procedure to your patient?

The client has been admitted with end-stage renal failure.  Dialysis has been ordered three times per week.  The physician explains to the family that the functional unit of kidney is not working.  The client asks you what part of the kidney the physician is referring to.  You answer:

The patient has had a GI bleed for the past 3 days as a result of esophageal varices.  Which lab value is likely to be abnormally low?

The physician is concerned that the client may be exhibiting G.I. bleeding.  Which observation does the Psychiatric Technician know is suggestive of potential G.I. bleeding?

You are caring for a patient scheduled for an intravenous pyelogram (IVP).  Which finding below would require you as a Psychiatric Technician to contact the physician?

Your client is receiving diuretics.  Which electrolyte disturbance should the HCW monitor for?

A client with hypoparathyroidism complains of numbness and tingling in his fingers and around the mouth.  The Psychiatric Technician would assess for what electrolyte imbalance?

Your patient has been told he has “dumping syndrome”.  Your teaching will include decreasing foods that are high in:

You are working in a mental health facility as a Psychiatric Technician and one of the client’s has a new diagnosis of Hepatitis A.  Which statement best describes this type of Hepatitis?

Your client history and physical reveals a two day history of retention of urine which indicates: