ANCC PMHNP Cert Exam

ANCC PMHNP Cert Exam Review Questions and Answers 2022 How do you assess cranial nerve V trigeminal?answer== Tell patient to close eyes, take piece of cotton or other soft item and lightly touch either one of both sides of each of the three divisions of the trigeminal. How do you assess for cranial nerve VII facial?answer== Observe the patient for nystagmus or twitching of the eye. This nerve controls facial movements and expression, check for symmetry. Have the patient wrinkle forehead, close eyes, smile, pucker lips, show teeth, and puff out cheeks. primitive reflexesanswer== reflexes, controlled by "primitive" parts of the brain, that disappear during the first year of life Mororeflexanswer== Extending of limbs when they hear a loud noise (defend themselves) rooting reflexanswer== a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the nipple palmer graspanswer== grasping with the whole hand scope of practiceanswer== The range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by law for a profession Quality Improvement (QI)answer== an approach to the continuous study and improvement of the processes of providing health care services to meet the needs of patients and others and inform health care policy PDSA modelanswer== Plan-Do-Study-Act Model from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Trendelenburg signanswer== Occurs with severe subluxation of one hip When the child stands on the good leg, the pelvis looks level. When the child stands on the affected leg the pelvis drops toward the good side CYP450 inhibitorsanswer== Fluvoxamine Fluoxetine Paroxetine Duloxetine Sertraline CYP450 inducersanswer== Carbamazepine S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Downloaded by: 247study | Distribution of this document is illegal Want to earn $1.236 extra per year? S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Phenobarbital Phenytoin Rifampin Griseofulvin St John's Wort What is the adverse effect of Depakote on the liver?answer== can cause liver damage, and the risk is more likely to occur during the first 6 months of taking the medication. Signs might include nausea or vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, dark-colored urine, facial swelling, and yellowing of the skin or white of eyes What would you do for a patient on Depakote with +4 protein in the urine?answer== Rule out UTI, no adjustment for medication is needed What happens when you take carbamazepine (tegertal) and erythromycin together?answer== It will decrease the effect of the antibiotic by inhibition What happens when you take zyprexa and smoke?answer== nicotine will increase the excretion of the drug thereby inhibiting it's effect ICP in Infants S/Sanswer== Bulging fontanels, high-pitch cry, irritability, restlessness *ICP* *CHILDREN* signs and symptomsanswer== • Headache • Vomiting (usually projectile) • Seizures • Diplopia (Dbl vision), blurred vision Neuro cryanswer== high-pitched and very grating on the ears due to their neurological sxs being overwhelmed Neuroleptic Malignant Syndromeanswer== Adverse reaction to antipsychotics with severe "lead pipe" rigidty, FEVER, and mental status changes. FEVER: Fever Encephalopathy Vitals unstable Elevated enzymes Rigidity of muscles NMS treatmentanswer== Dantrolene D2 agonists (e.g., bromocriptine). lead poisoninganswer== A medical condition caused by toxic levels of the metal lead in the blood Downloaded by: 247study | Distribution of this document is illegal Want to earn $1.236 extra per year? S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Lead poisoning treatmentanswer== chelation therapy Amygdala's role in emotionanswer== - Aggression center - Role in storing implicit emotional memories - Stimulation (+) anger/violence or fear/anxiety - Damage (-) mellow; hyperorality; hypersexuality; dis-inhibited behavior Amygdala role in aggressionanswer== Small volume increase aggression. Frontal Lobe Atrophyanswer== As neurons die in the frontal and temporal regions, these lobes atrophy, or shrink. Gradually, this damage causes difficulties in thinking and behaviors normally controlled by these parts of the brain. ... Scientists think that FTLD (frontal temporal lobe dementia) is the most common cause of dementia in people younger than age 60 Four dopaminergic pathwaysanswer== mesocortical mesolimbic nigrostriatal tuberoinfundibular mesocortical pathwayanswer== a path through which dopaminergic projections travel to reach the neocortex mescolimbic pathwayanswer== The mesolimbic pathway, sometimes referred to as the reward pathway, is a dopaminergic pathway in the brain. The pathway connects the ventral tegmental area in the midbrain, to the ventral striatum of the basal ganglia in the forebrain. The ventral striatum includes the nucleus accumbens and the olfactory tubercle. Nigrostriatal pathwayanswer== the dopaminergic tract from the substantia nigra to the striatum Tuberoinfundibular pathwayanswer== from hypothalamus to anterior pituitary - DA released from these neurons inhibit prolactin secretion - when DA receptors here are blocked prolactin levels rise cause galactorrhea) primary preventionanswer== Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring. secondary preventionanswer== Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent, screening exams. tertiary preventionanswer== actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability has progressed beyond its early stages