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Mr. Stevens has been diagnosed with a left-side CVA and has right-sided hemiplegia. The Psychiatric Technician understands the importance of rehabilitation and instructs the client to do the following:

Your client had a recent spinal cord injury. As the Psychiatric Technician caring for this client, you understand that the level of the spinal cord injury determines:

As a Psychiatric Technician, you should evaluate if the client received relief of which primary symptom- following treatment for acute otitis media? 

When planning care for a client who is HIV positive, the Psychiatric Technician should: 

Which symptom should you, as the Psychiatric Technician assess for if you observe a slight cloudy appearance to an elderly client’s lens? 

The unit supervisor is observing a new Psychiatric Technician graduate providing care to a client who is HIV positive. Which actions by the new graduate would require immediate interventions by the unit supervisor? 

As a Psychiatric Technician, you know a hordeolum (stye) is inflammation of which structure of the eye? 

A Psychiatric Technician is prescribed post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) antiretroviral medication after a needle stick from an HIV-positive client. Which side effect would the PT likely experience when taking this medication? 

The Psychiatric Technician was accidentally stuck with a needle used on an HIV-positive client. After reporting this to the facility, what care should the Psychiatric Technician first receive? 

Which of the following is the leading cause of blindness in the United States?