A patient approaches the medication nurse and states, “I can’t believe you are NOT helping me with my cravings for my fentanyl patches! When I got off alcohol 2 years ago, they gave me naltrexone for my cravings, and it really helped. I can’t stand the cravings and back pain anymore, and I’m getting angry.” Which responses by the nurse would be helpful for this patient? Select all that apply.

Solve the equation. Be sure to check your answer and type it as y=______.

A 20-year-old male, Cody, arrives at the emergency department by ambulance. He is unconscious, with slow respirations and pinpoint pupils. There are “tracks” visible on his arms. The friend, Ralph, who came with him reports that Cody had just “shot up dope” when he became unconscious. Which medication would the nurse most likely expect to administer?

When engaged in therapeutic communication with a patient who has a mental disorder, which of the following is the most important for a nurse to keep in mind?

A nursing student observed an admission assessment between a patient and a mental health nurse on the unit. The nursing student heard the patient say: “I can hear some birds outside the window now, but do you know about the secret portals to parallel universes, and if you put a rubber duck in a blender, you can make the good blue Jell-O like they had during World War III? But I lost my favorite pen and the mailman can’t help with watering my plants while I am here”. Due to the illogical sequence of topics, the nursing student would expect which thought process to be noted in the patient’s chart?

Solve the equation using addition or subtraction property of equality. Be sure to check your answer and type it as x=____.

As part of a community program on crisis prevention, a psychiatric-mental health nurse is describing the phases of crisis. Which event would the nurse identify as occurring first?

A 27-year-old final year nursing student at a local university has come to the clinic to discuss the stress she is experiencing because of failing two exams at school. Initially, she described her failures as “the worst thing that has ever happened to me,” and she stated, “there is absolutely nothing I can do to pass this course now.” Based on the patient’s responses to questions, the nurse finds out there are three more equally weighted exams scheduled for this course. The nurse and patient collaborate and decide to use interventions to facilitate emotion-focused coping. Which additional comment from the patient would the nurse identify as providing support for this decision?

A 41-year-old patient who is hospitalized with depression tells the nurse, “I don’t want to take the medication because I’m afraid I’ll become suicidal.” Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?

For the following argument, identify the important claims by copying and pasting them into MindMup in another tab, give the ultimate conclusion the number 1, and map the arguments. After you have finished mapping all of the arguments in Mastery Check 3.2, in MindMup, click File –> Share and type rsaucedo@lamar.edu to share your maps with me for grading, just as you did for the MindMup – Honorlock Test.“Think about your mother, your favorite sweater, a book you’re reading, your very body. All of these things reside in what philosophers call ‘the external world.’ They belong to the reality outside your mind. The internal world, in contrast, is comprised of your feelings, thoughts and other psychological events that occur inside your mind. We tend to take for granted that the external world and the internal world are both real. As strange as it might seem, however, you shouldn’t believe that the external world exists. After all, if you’re not certain that something is true then you shouldn’t believe it, right? But if you can doubt a belief then you can’t be certain the belief is true which means that you shouldn’t believe anything that it’s possible for you to doubt. But now, take a moment to consider your beliefs about the external world. You can doubt that the external world exists, because for all you know, you could be hallucinating everything that you experience.”