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Select the following arterial blood gas that shows partially compensated respiratory acidosis with hypoxia.

The PMHNP has been working with a 31 year old male patient for about six months. Today, the patient endorses suicidal ideation without intent or plan, and shares that these feelings have been present for about a year and they come and go. He cannot identify any particular stressor associated with the feelings. This patient denies past suicide attempts. The PMHNP completes the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, and the patient rates as low risk. What is the most likely next step based on this information? 

Refer to information from the previous question. As you are reviewing Jane’s psychiatric history, she reports she was previously treated with an anti-depressant/anxiolytic that she took at night. She stopped taking it after a month as it made her too sleepy, caused weight gain, and negatively impacted her sexual health. Which medication is most likely?

You are newly seeing a 39-year-old Native American male (Benny) who has a history of alcohol use disorder, severe, and he’s been sober for about 18 hours, since being admitted to the detox facility over the weekend. He has diabetes, chronic pain from a disc injury, obesity, and he abuses no other substances.  He is terrified he will relapse and continue to use, even after he completes the anticipated detoxification and residential rehabilitation for 14 days.  He asks, “I just need a medication that will stop me from drinking.”  What is the most appropriate response?

A wife telephones an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner to report that her 54-year-old husband has been unusually active, irritable, and unable to sleep for more than a few hours each night. The husband has been diagnosed with a major depressive disorder and has been taking fluoxetine (Prozac) for four weeks. The nurse practitioner is most concerned about the possibility that:

Which of the following patient scenarios carries the highest risk for suicide:

MH is a 17 year old female who presents to the emergency department with suicidal ideation. She has a history of MDD, beginning approximately one year ago around the time that she experienced significant bullying in school. She reports “things would be better for my family and everyone at school if I wasn’t around anymore”. She attempted suicide once in the past by overdose and was treated in the ED for this (treatment unknown). She currently takes escitalopram (Lexapro) 20 mg.   What other parts of a lethality assessment should you ask about to determine the appropriate plan of care (select all that apply)?

Your patient in the partial hospitalization program (PHP) has come in for his appointment today.  You are running behind and front desk staff notifies the patient that there will be about a 10-minute delay.  The patient begins shouting at the front desk staff that this isn’t fair and kicks over the trash can in the lobby.  Then he picks up an object from the trash and proceeds to throw it toward the administrative staff and is threatening harm to the staff.   The chart indicates no allergies.  What is the most important intervention at this point?

Which of the following dopamine receptor blocking agents (DRBAs) is most likely to affect the QT interval?

A 14-year-old experiencing passive suicidal ideation without a plan or intent should first be: