NSG 552 EXAM 1 EXAM PREP PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ In obese patients seeking antipsychotic medications, the clinician
should avoid medications that blocks:
Answer: HT2C and 5-HT1A receptors, histamine H1 receptor and
dopamine D2 receptor among others. Antipsychotics differ in their
ability to block these receptors and this partly explains their
different liability to cause weight gain. Both olanzapine and
clozapine, drugs with a high risk of weight gain, bind strongly to the
histamine H1 and serotonin 5-HT2C receptors.
◉ Antipsychotics must occupy more than _______% of _____________
receptors to cause EPS:
Answer: 75-80% of D2 receptors
◉ Auto-induction:
Answer: occurs when a drug produces enymes that are responsible
for its own metabolism
◉ anticonvulsant:
Answer: a drug used to treat epileptic fits and other convulsant
disorders
, ◉ Monoamine:
Answer: a class of chemicals characterized by a single amine group;
monoamine neurotransmitters include dopamine, norepinephrine,
and serotonin
◉ Catecholamine
Answer: a monoamine neurotransmitter. Includes dopamine,
norepinephrine, epiniephrine .
◉ Stevens-Johnson Syndrome:
Answer: Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis is a
rare, acute, serious, and potentially fatal skin reaction in which there
are sheet-like skin and mucosal loss accompanied by systemic
symptoms. Medications are causative in over 80% of cases.
Anticonvulsants are the most likely causative agent.
◉ 5-HT
Answer: another name for serotonin, a monoamine
neurotransmitter
◉ Monoamines refer to:
Answer: Molecule containing one amino group connected to an
aromatic ring by a two-carbon chain that can act as a
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ In obese patients seeking antipsychotic medications, the clinician
should avoid medications that blocks:
Answer: HT2C and 5-HT1A receptors, histamine H1 receptor and
dopamine D2 receptor among others. Antipsychotics differ in their
ability to block these receptors and this partly explains their
different liability to cause weight gain. Both olanzapine and
clozapine, drugs with a high risk of weight gain, bind strongly to the
histamine H1 and serotonin 5-HT2C receptors.
◉ Antipsychotics must occupy more than _______% of _____________
receptors to cause EPS:
Answer: 75-80% of D2 receptors
◉ Auto-induction:
Answer: occurs when a drug produces enymes that are responsible
for its own metabolism
◉ anticonvulsant:
Answer: a drug used to treat epileptic fits and other convulsant
disorders
, ◉ Monoamine:
Answer: a class of chemicals characterized by a single amine group;
monoamine neurotransmitters include dopamine, norepinephrine,
and serotonin
◉ Catecholamine
Answer: a monoamine neurotransmitter. Includes dopamine,
norepinephrine, epiniephrine .
◉ Stevens-Johnson Syndrome:
Answer: Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis is a
rare, acute, serious, and potentially fatal skin reaction in which there
are sheet-like skin and mucosal loss accompanied by systemic
symptoms. Medications are causative in over 80% of cases.
Anticonvulsants are the most likely causative agent.
◉ 5-HT
Answer: another name for serotonin, a monoamine
neurotransmitter
◉ Monoamines refer to:
Answer: Molecule containing one amino group connected to an
aromatic ring by a two-carbon chain that can act as a
