A nurse instructs a patient taking a drug that inhibits the action of monoamine oxidase (MAO) to avoid certain foods and drugs because of the risk of:

A nurse is caring for four clients taking various medications, including imipramine (Tofranil), doxepine (Sinequan), ziprasidone (Geodon), and tranylcypromine (Parnate). The nurse orders a special diet for the client receiving which medication?

In order to help the Psych Tech student enjoy a balanced life and minimize the potential to be depressed it is important to eat healthy, exercise daily (even walking), manage stress, and maintain good sleep habits.

A person taking a MAOI medication should avoid food that has been:  

A newly admitted client diagnosed with major depressive disorder states, “I have never considered suicide.” Later the client confides to the nurse about plans to end it all by medication overdose. What is the most helpful nursing reply?

Another use for the medication Wellbutrin would be to treat:    

A patient who is severely depressed and disheveled is isolating in his room.  The psychiatric technician approaches the patient to inform him of a social activity starting in fifteen minutes.  The best approach the psychiatric technician would use is:    

True or False: The patient who has completed his/her course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) cannot receive psychotropic medication for at least six months.

True or False: The most serious reaction to the MAOIs is a decrease in the heart rate.

The antidepressant medication Wellbutrin (bupropion) has a low risk or a minor side effect of __________________: however, it can possibly cause __________________.