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NURS 6630 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIC APPROACHES TO TREATMENT OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY TESTBANK 2024 WEEK 11 FINAL EXAMS/MIDTERM EXAM 1 GUARANTEED SUCCESS 100% CORRECTLY/VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024 GRADED A+

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A patient diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder has been taking a high-dose SSRI and is participating in therapy twice a week. He reports an inability to carry out responsibilities due to consistent interferences of his obsessions and compulsions. The PMHNP knows that the next step would be which of the following?

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NURS 6630 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIC
APPROACHES TO TREATMENT OF
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY TESTBANK
GUARANTEED SUCCESS 100%
CORRECTLY/VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2024 GRADED A+

, NURS 6630 MIDTERM EXAM 1 Q AND AS BEST EXAM SOLUTION SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED SUCCESS 100% CORRECTLY/VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2023
GRADED A+


QUESTION 1
1. A noncompliant patient states, "Why do you want me to put this poison in my
body?" Identify the best response made by the psychiatric-mental health nurse
practitioner (PMHNP).
A.
"You have to take your medication to become stable." B.
"Most medications will increase the number of neurotransmitters that you already have
in the brain." C.
"Most medications used in treatment are either increasing or decreasing
neurotransmitters that your body already has."
D.
"Why do you believe that your medication is poison?"received 0/1 for this answer?? 1
points

,QUESTION 2
1. Which statement about neurotransmitters and medications is true? My correct answer
was several psychiatric meds were developed after discovery of endogenous
neurotransmitters. (The answer wording is different.
A.
Natural neurotransmitters such as endorphins have been discovered after the
development of medications.
B.
Some medications were developed after the discovery and known action of the
neurotransmitters in the brain.
C.
Neurotransmitters receive messages from most medications.

D.The neurotransmitter serotonin is directly linked to depression. Following this
discovery, the antidepressant Prozac was developed.
1 points

, QUESTION 3
When an unstable patient asks why it is necessary to add medications to his current
regimen, the PMHNP's best response would be:
A.
"In an extreme case such as yours, more than one medication is often needed." B.
"Due to the ineffectiveness of your current medication, we need to try something else
that can possibly potentiate its effects.
C.
"Medications are often specific to the neurotransmitter(s) they are affecting and, due to
more than one neurotransmitter involvement, it is often necessary to use more than one
medication to improve symptoms."
D.
"I understand your concern. We can discontinue your current medication and switch to a
different one that may better manage your symptoms."
1 points

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