You are the nurse assigned to the mental health unit at a small community hospital and are giver
two patients. Patient A has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia for the past ten years. Upon
assessment of the patient she verbalizes to you that she is exhibiting dry mouth, urinary
retention, constipation and postural hypotension. As the nurse you explain what about these
symptoms? What classification of medication is she most likely taking? As the nurse what will
be your priority goal and related interventions in regard to her complaint. Please provide two
important aspects of teaching for this patient related to her disease, and her medication regimen.
Patient "B' is being treated with atypical antipsychotics why are these medications preferred in
the use of patients with psychoses. Please give two adverse effects related to this class of

Avoiding excess salt and sodium may benefit a person’s health by

Match the vocabulary terms to the correct definition. 1. branch of u.s. department of human services that works to improve the emotional and mental lives of families and communities; may include social workers, community managers and planners, therapists and corrective treatment specialists, and educators and child care workers quality-of-life indicators 2. infrastructure used to reduce health-care related expenses and increase the affordability of health care and insurance; increases the need for coordination among health care providers managed health-care system 3. federal healthcare insurance that provides medical, psychological, therapy, or social work services to the disadvantaged (medicaid) or the elderly (medicare) medicaid or medicare 4. measurements of the well-being of an individual, community, or larger population; includes physical, mental, emotional, and social health as well as other factors such as safety and opportunity for intellectual growth and challenges family and community services

The only negative consequence of eating too much sugar is tooth decay. a. true b. false