A client comes into the clinic with a longstanding history o…

A client comes into the clinic with a longstanding history of depression and chronic renal failure and is on an antidepressant and a diuretic and complains of increased depression, mild confusion, irritability, and overall apathy from being too tired to do anything. Which of the following is the best initial PMHNP action to take at this time? 

In the future, if you work for a CM, you will need to discus…

In the future, if you work for a CM, you will need to discuss weekly work plans with your trade partners. In these meetings, the trade partner representative will likely make promises to you about the amount of work that they will complete in the upcoming week. Which of the following factors make a promise (commitment from trade) reliable:

A long-term patient with depression finds that his current m…

A long-term patient with depression finds that his current medication regimen is no longer sufficient to relieve his symptoms. He is currently on fluoxetine, which worked well until recently. Given the patient’s prior failure with many other antidepressants, his psychiatrist decides to switch him to an MAOI. However, because of his current use of fluoxetine, the physician must first discontinue its use to prevent serotonin syndrome. For how long should a patient stop use of fluoxetine (or other SSRIs) before beginning treatment with an MAOI?