Nurs 402 - Mental Health Exam 2 Questions
With Correct Answers
psychotropic |medications |available |before |1950 |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-sedatives |and |
amphetamines
psychotropic |medications |available |after |1950 |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-antipsychotics, |
antidepressants, |and |antianxiety |drugs
ethical |and |legal |implications |associated |with |the |administration |of |psychotropic |medications |-
|CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-client's |right |to |refuse |treatment |- |-except |in |emergency |situations
first |generation |antipsychotics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-combat |psychotic |symptoms |by |
reducing |dopamine |levels |in |the |brain; |also |called |typical |antipsychotics |- |helps |with |positive |
symptoms |of |psychosis |(extrapyramidal |side |effects) |(the |-azine |medications)
second |generation |antipsychotics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-less |concerning |side |effects |and |
helps |with |positive |and |negative |symptoms |of |psychosis |(-apine |and |-idone |medications)
adverse |effects |of |antipsychotics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-severe |hypotension, |decrease |in |
anticoagulant |effects, |prolonged |QT, |anticholinergic |effects, |blurred |vision
management |medication |of |urinary |retention |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-bethanechol
extrapyramidal |side |effects |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-dystonia |(muscle |movement), |drug-
induced |parkinsonism |(shuffling |gait, |pill |rolling), |akathisia |(restlessness), |tardive |dyskinesia |(lip
|smacking)
, what |is |dystonia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-bizarre |and |severe |muscle |contractions |- |reversible
drug-induced |parkinsonism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-occurs |after |a |week |or |two |on |
medication, |dopamine |blockade, |discontinue |medication |treatment
Akathisia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-vague |feeling |of |apprehension |or |irritability, |the |desire |to |
move, |3 |or |more |weeks |of |treatment
tardive |dyskinesia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-most |severe, |appears |after |years |of |treatment, |late
|onset
dopamine-acetylcholine |imbalance |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-uncommon, |difficult |to |recognize, |
hallucinations, |tachycardia, |urinary |retention
neuroleptic |malignant |syndrome |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-muscle |rigidity, |hperpyrexia, |altered |
consciousness, |severe |and |life |threatening
tx: |discontinue |medications
very |rare
DISCUS |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-training |about |psychotropic |medications, |watching |for |
tremors |during |assessment
AIMS |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-watching |for |tremors, |used |in |LTC |facilities
the |"first" |antidepressant |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-isoniazid |- |used |to |treat |TB
preferred |first-line |treatment |for |depression |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-SSRI |and |SNRI
With Correct Answers
psychotropic |medications |available |before |1950 |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-sedatives |and |
amphetamines
psychotropic |medications |available |after |1950 |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-antipsychotics, |
antidepressants, |and |antianxiety |drugs
ethical |and |legal |implications |associated |with |the |administration |of |psychotropic |medications |-
|CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-client's |right |to |refuse |treatment |- |-except |in |emergency |situations
first |generation |antipsychotics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-combat |psychotic |symptoms |by |
reducing |dopamine |levels |in |the |brain; |also |called |typical |antipsychotics |- |helps |with |positive |
symptoms |of |psychosis |(extrapyramidal |side |effects) |(the |-azine |medications)
second |generation |antipsychotics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-less |concerning |side |effects |and |
helps |with |positive |and |negative |symptoms |of |psychosis |(-apine |and |-idone |medications)
adverse |effects |of |antipsychotics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-severe |hypotension, |decrease |in |
anticoagulant |effects, |prolonged |QT, |anticholinergic |effects, |blurred |vision
management |medication |of |urinary |retention |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-bethanechol
extrapyramidal |side |effects |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-dystonia |(muscle |movement), |drug-
induced |parkinsonism |(shuffling |gait, |pill |rolling), |akathisia |(restlessness), |tardive |dyskinesia |(lip
|smacking)
, what |is |dystonia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-bizarre |and |severe |muscle |contractions |- |reversible
drug-induced |parkinsonism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-occurs |after |a |week |or |two |on |
medication, |dopamine |blockade, |discontinue |medication |treatment
Akathisia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-vague |feeling |of |apprehension |or |irritability, |the |desire |to |
move, |3 |or |more |weeks |of |treatment
tardive |dyskinesia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-most |severe, |appears |after |years |of |treatment, |late
|onset
dopamine-acetylcholine |imbalance |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-uncommon, |difficult |to |recognize, |
hallucinations, |tachycardia, |urinary |retention
neuroleptic |malignant |syndrome |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-muscle |rigidity, |hperpyrexia, |altered |
consciousness, |severe |and |life |threatening
tx: |discontinue |medications
very |rare
DISCUS |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-training |about |psychotropic |medications, |watching |for |
tremors |during |assessment
AIMS |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-watching |for |tremors, |used |in |LTC |facilities
the |"first" |antidepressant |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-isoniazid |- |used |to |treat |TB
preferred |first-line |treatment |for |depression |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-SSRI |and |SNRI
