Psychiatric Technician State Board Review 150 Questions Exam Questions (150 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

Patient teaching for the administration of a benzodiazepine would include: "The abrupt withdrawal of this medication may result is symptoms of": {Ans: Tremors, seizures, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, abdominal and muscle cramps}The highest flow rate of a nasal cannula would be: {Ans: 6 Liters/minute}A newly admitted client is pacing the unit while talking very loud. She is intrusive, demanding, easily distracted, and has tangential speech. The best nursing intervention the staff decide to implement would be to: {Ans: Assign the client a room far down the hallway}The type of shock that results from a bacterial infection would be termed: {Ans: Septic}The psychiatric technician may observe which of the following symptoms in a client with Graves' Disease? {Ans: Exophthalmos}A common behavior modification technique that is used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder is: {Ans: Flooding}A psychiatric technician is supervising a small group of young mildly developmentally disabled clients. One male client is often disruptive when he is in a group situation. The psychiatric technician has been ignoring the behavior but this hasn't helped. The next best intervention the psychiatric technician would implement is the use of: {Ans: Signals and gestures.}The psychiatric technician is teaching a male client