Pmhnp study guide
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1. BMI less than 16: less than 16 is an automatic admission.
2. Trazadone: Trazadone is overused in nursing homes and causes priapism.
3. Damage to left side of brain: = depression.
4. Damage to Brocas area: = expressed aphasia.
5. Sudden withdrawal of dopamine causes: NMS
6. Babinski reflex: Babinski reflex is normal up to age 2.
7. NO wellbutrin for Bulimia pts.: Increased risk of seizures secondary to electrolyte imbalances
8. Seratonin: Seratonin, mood, sleep, digestion.
low= depression, ocd, and schizophrenia
9. Dopamine: pleasure, addiction, movement.
high= psychosis,
low = Parkinson's.
10. GABA: calming..to low= anxiety.
11. Acetocholine: learning, memory, attention.
low= dementia
high= Parkinson's
12. Glutamate: memory learning, excitement.
high= bipolar and psychosis,
low= memory and learning problems.
13. Norepinephrine: Fight or Flight
low= depression, high= anxiety.
14. Early signs of Alzheimer's: forgetting recent events and depression.
15. Vascular dementia: confusion, disoriented.
16. Lewy bodies dementia: - hallucinations and sleeping problems.
17. Parkinson's: early signs include problems with reasoning and judgement..will have fighting hallucinations,
and trouble speaking.
18. Frontal temporal: Picks disease.
19. Wernicke-korsakoff: Wernicke-korsakoff- lack of vit B1 caused by alcoholism or malnutrition.
20. Somatic: exaggerated physical feelings
21. Conversion Disorder: they believe they have something and may show signs of it but no concrete
evidence. For example someone who believes they are pregnant may have weight gain and look pregnant but are
not.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_7lkzm6
1. BMI less than 16: less than 16 is an automatic admission.
2. Trazadone: Trazadone is overused in nursing homes and causes priapism.
3. Damage to left side of brain: = depression.
4. Damage to Brocas area: = expressed aphasia.
5. Sudden withdrawal of dopamine causes: NMS
6. Babinski reflex: Babinski reflex is normal up to age 2.
7. NO wellbutrin for Bulimia pts.: Increased risk of seizures secondary to electrolyte imbalances
8. Seratonin: Seratonin, mood, sleep, digestion.
low= depression, ocd, and schizophrenia
9. Dopamine: pleasure, addiction, movement.
high= psychosis,
low = Parkinson's.
10. GABA: calming..to low= anxiety.
11. Acetocholine: learning, memory, attention.
low= dementia
high= Parkinson's
12. Glutamate: memory learning, excitement.
high= bipolar and psychosis,
low= memory and learning problems.
13. Norepinephrine: Fight or Flight
low= depression, high= anxiety.
14. Early signs of Alzheimer's: forgetting recent events and depression.
15. Vascular dementia: confusion, disoriented.
16. Lewy bodies dementia: - hallucinations and sleeping problems.
17. Parkinson's: early signs include problems with reasoning and judgement..will have fighting hallucinations,
and trouble speaking.
18. Frontal temporal: Picks disease.
19. Wernicke-korsakoff: Wernicke-korsakoff- lack of vit B1 caused by alcoholism or malnutrition.
20. Somatic: exaggerated physical feelings
21. Conversion Disorder: they believe they have something and may show signs of it but no concrete
evidence. For example someone who believes they are pregnant may have weight gain and look pregnant but are
not.
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