NUR 350 Exam 2 – Questions With Trusted Solutions
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acute dystonia acute, often painful, sustained contraction of muscles,
usually of the head and neck, which typically occurs
from 2 to 5 days after the introduction of antipsychotic
medications
affect the external manifestation of a feeling or emotion that is
manifested in facial expression, tone of voice, and body
language
akathisia regular, rhythmic movements, usually of the lower limbs,
with constant pacing sometimes seen; often noticed in
people taking antipsychotic medication
,ambivalence holding at the same time of two opposing emotions,
attitudes, ideas, or wishes toward the same person,
situation, or object
anosognosia patients inability to realize that he or she is ill, which is
caused by the illness itself
associative looseness disturbance of thinking in which ideas shift from one
subject to another in an oblique or unrelated manner
clang association meaningless rhyming of words often in a forceful
manner
command hallucinations individual hearing voices that direct the person to take
action
concrete thinking thinking grounded in immediate experience rather than
abstraction
delusions false belief held to be true even with evidence to the
contrary
echolalia repeating of the last words spoken by another; mimicry
or imitation of the speech of another person
echopraxia mimicry of imitation of the movements of another
person
, extrapyramidal side effects variety of signs and symptoms that are often side effects
of the use of certain psychotropic drugs, particularly
phenothiazines; three reversible side effects are acute
dystonia, akathisia, and pseudoparkinsonism-tardive
dyskinesia is the most serious and is not reversible
hallucinations sense perception (seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling,
touching) for which no external stimulus exists
ideas of reference false impression that outside events have a special
meaning for oneself
illusions errors in the perception of a sensory stimulus. for
example, a person may mistake polka dots for hairy
spiders
metabolic syndrome weight gain, dyslipidemia, and altered glucose
metabolism caused by atypical antipsychotic drugs
negative symptoms absence of something that should be present (apathy,
lack of motivation, anhedonia, poor thought process)
neologisms words a person makes up that have meaning only for
that person; often part of a delusional system
neuroleptic malignant syndrome a rare and sometimes fatal reaction to high-potency
neuroleptic drugs
-muscle rigidity
-fever
-elevated WBC count
thought to result from dopamine blockage at the basal
ganglia and hypothalamus
cannot be corrected by experience or modified by
facts or reality
positive symptoms presence of something that is not normally present
(hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, paranoia)
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Terms in this set (195)
acute dystonia acute, often painful, sustained contraction of muscles,
usually of the head and neck, which typically occurs
from 2 to 5 days after the introduction of antipsychotic
medications
affect the external manifestation of a feeling or emotion that is
manifested in facial expression, tone of voice, and body
language
akathisia regular, rhythmic movements, usually of the lower limbs,
with constant pacing sometimes seen; often noticed in
people taking antipsychotic medication
,ambivalence holding at the same time of two opposing emotions,
attitudes, ideas, or wishes toward the same person,
situation, or object
anosognosia patients inability to realize that he or she is ill, which is
caused by the illness itself
associative looseness disturbance of thinking in which ideas shift from one
subject to another in an oblique or unrelated manner
clang association meaningless rhyming of words often in a forceful
manner
command hallucinations individual hearing voices that direct the person to take
action
concrete thinking thinking grounded in immediate experience rather than
abstraction
delusions false belief held to be true even with evidence to the
contrary
echolalia repeating of the last words spoken by another; mimicry
or imitation of the speech of another person
echopraxia mimicry of imitation of the movements of another
person
, extrapyramidal side effects variety of signs and symptoms that are often side effects
of the use of certain psychotropic drugs, particularly
phenothiazines; three reversible side effects are acute
dystonia, akathisia, and pseudoparkinsonism-tardive
dyskinesia is the most serious and is not reversible
hallucinations sense perception (seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling,
touching) for which no external stimulus exists
ideas of reference false impression that outside events have a special
meaning for oneself
illusions errors in the perception of a sensory stimulus. for
example, a person may mistake polka dots for hairy
spiders
metabolic syndrome weight gain, dyslipidemia, and altered glucose
metabolism caused by atypical antipsychotic drugs
negative symptoms absence of something that should be present (apathy,
lack of motivation, anhedonia, poor thought process)
neologisms words a person makes up that have meaning only for
that person; often part of a delusional system
neuroleptic malignant syndrome a rare and sometimes fatal reaction to high-potency
neuroleptic drugs
-muscle rigidity
-fever
-elevated WBC count
thought to result from dopamine blockage at the basal
ganglia and hypothalamus
cannot be corrected by experience or modified by
facts or reality
positive symptoms presence of something that is not normally present
(hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, paranoia)
