Depression Quiz

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Understanding Depression: A Comprehensive Quiz

Test your knowledge about depression and its treatments with our engaging quiz! This quiz covers a range of topics, including various therapeutic interventions, signs and symptoms of depression, and the effects of medications.

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What is Electroconvulsive Therapy?

Non-invasive treatment using MRI strength magnetic pulses to stimulate the cerebral cortex

An induced seizure

Electrodes implanted into cerebral hemispheres to stimulate those regions that are underactive in depression

An electrode controlled by a pacemaker like device into the left chest wall

A patient is undergoing TMS therapy. The nurse is providing teaching to the client for after procedure side effects. Which of the following should the nurse include in the client teaching? SATA.

The discontinuation of which antidepressant drugs would cause antidepressant continuation syndrome? SATA

SSRIs

SNRIs

TCAs

MAOIs

The drug bupropion uses which two neurotransmitters to battle depression?

Seratonin and norepinepherine

Dopamine and norepinepherine

Acetylcholine and histamine

Acetycholine and norepinepherine

A nurse is assessing a patient when he says that he has been thinking of ending it all. Which of the following precautions would be necessary for the nurse to implement? SATA

Place the patient near the nurse's station

Initiate 1:1 supervision

Perform 15 min regular interval checks

Search all the client's belongings

Watch for cheeking medications

A nurse is performing an ECG on a patient taking TCAs. The nurse notices widening of the QRS complex. Which drugs would the nurse use to treat this sign?

Doxepin

Naloxone

Sodium Bicarbonate

Atropine sulfate

The nurse is providing screening for a patient at risk for depression. The nurse knows that these risk factors can contribute to depression. SATA.

The nurse is talking to a client that is crying over the loss of his mother due to cancer. The nurse asks the patient how old her mother was and she stated she was "89 years old". The loss that the patient is experiencing would be?

Actual Loss

Necessary Loss

Maturational Loss

Situational Loss.

The nurse is assessing a patient for depression following the death of his wife a year ago. The patient states that "there is no way that she could have died like that". Which form of grief is the client experiencing?

Delayed/inhibited grief

Distorted grief

Chronic/prolonged grief

Anticipatory Grief

A patient just found out about his diagnosis of end stage prostate cancer. The patient falls to the ground and "asks god for forgiveness for all the bad he's done and he just wants to get better". Which stage of Kubler Ross's Stage of grief would the patient be in?

Denial

Anger

Bargaining

Depression

Which of the following are signs and symptoms of MDD? SATA

A charge nurse is providing teaching to newly hired nurses about myths regarding suicide. Which of the following should the nurse include in her teachings? SATA

People who want to commit suicide only want to harm others

Asking a client about suicide will cause the individual to commit suicide

People who talk about suicide are only trying to get attention.

Ignoring or challenge plans to suicidal ideations will reduce behavior

Suicidal patients will leave a note before ending their life.

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