NR 546/ NR 546 MIDTERM EXAM 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {160 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ / NR 546 ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FOR THE
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURE PRACTITIONER |
GUARANEED PASS
When could the client's cognitive status create an ethical issue
If the client is unable to self determine care or is a danger to self or
others
What is white matter?
Nerve fibers that connect neurons from different regions into
functional circuit "transit system"
Communication between neurons is ________
Chemical
,2
How does inhibitor effect medication efficacy
Decrease medication metabolism - makes med stay in the body longer,
may need to decrease dose
How does inducer effect medication efficacy
Increase medication metabolism - makes meds wear off faster, may
need to increase the dose, alcohol and smoking are inducers
What does grey matter consist of?
Cerebellum, cerebrum, brainstem, butterfly shaped portion of the
central spinal cord
What is grey matter associated with?
Learning (changes linked to alzheimer's, schizphrenia, mdd)
What is white matter associated with?
,3
Sensory and motor function, cognition (changes in white matter
associated with autism and vascular dementia)
Frontal lobe
Movement, intelligence, abstract thinking, ability to organize,
personality, behavior, emotion control
Injury to frontal lobe
Personality changes, difficulty controlling emotion
Prefrontal cortex
Executive function
Thalamus
Motor command processing
Amygdala
, 4
Anxiety/fear, perception of odors
Hippocampus
Memory (long term), anxiety
Wernicke's area
Speech comprehension
Broca's area
Speech production
Basal ganglia
Voluntary motor movements, cognition, emotion
Limbic system
Emotion and learning