NUR 3128 - Module 8 Exam 2 Questions and Answers Solved Correctly Rated A+

NUR 3128 - Module 8 Exam 2 Questions and Answers Solved Correctly Rated A+

psychosis - Answers Loss of contact with reality

psychosis - Answers Theory :

Results from imbalance in neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain

psychosis - Answers Characteristics:

-Difficulty in processing information

-Disorganized thoughts, incoherence

-Distortion of reality

-Delusions, hallucinations, catatonia

-Aggressive or violent behavior

Schizophrenia - Answers Chronic psychotic disorder

-Usually occurs in adolescence or early adulthood

-Major category of symptoms

*Cognitive symptoms, Positive symptoms , Negative symptoms

cognitive symptoms - Answers Schizophrenia:

-Disorganized thinking, memory difficulty

-Decreased ability to focus attention

positive symptoms - Answers Schizophrenia:

-Exaggeration of normal function

-Delusions, hallucinations

-Incoherent speech, paranoia

negative symptoms - Answers Schizophrenia:

-Decrease or loss in function and motivation

-Poverty of speech, blunted affect, inertia

-Poor self-care, social withdrawal

, Mental illness

dopamine

Typical (Traditional)

Atypical - Answers Antipsychotics:

Treat-

____ to improve thought processes and behavior

Action-

Block ___ receptors in brain

Major categories-

___ - Manage positive symptoms

___ - Manage positive and negative symptoms

Phenothiazines

Nonphenothiazines - Answers Typical groups of antipsychotics

-___:

Block norepinephrine causing sedative and hypotensive effects early in treatment.

-___:

Block only the neurotransmitter dopamine

Atypical antipsychotics - Answers ___

-Treats schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

-Block dopamine and serotonin receptors

Antipsychotics - Answers Adverse reactions

-Extrapyramidal syndrome

-Acute dystonia

-Akathisia

-Tardive dyskinesia