This NURS 665 Exam 2025/2026 study guide contains over 200 fully verified and 100% accurate questions with answers, offering an in-depth review of key psychiatric nursing and addiction medicine concepts. It provides detailed comparisons between chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia, including symptom profiles, diagnostic timelines, and FDA-approved treatments such as pregabalin, duloxetine, and milnacipran. Students will also master the recognition and management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), delirium tremens (DTs), alcoholic liver disease lab findings, and the clinical differences between Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome, along with thiamine-responsive cases.
The resource explains the DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorder severity, screening tools such as CRAFFT for adolescents, and the pharmacology of mu opioid receptor antagonists (naloxone, naltrexone), partial opioid agonists (buprenorphine), amphetamines, and cannabis. It also covers neurobiological theories of addiction, cross-tolerance, detoxification principles, withdrawal syndromes, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) features, and therapeutic approaches for patients with FAS.
Designed for students in Psychiatric Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Programs, Addiction Medicine, and Behavioral Health Studies, this guide is also valuable for NCLEX-RN/PN candidates, psychiatric nurse practitioners, addiction counselors, and clinicians managing substance use and comorbid mental health conditions. The structured Q&A format ensures efficient revision, rapid recall, and application-ready knowledge for both academic success and clinical excellence.
Keywords:
CFS, fibromyalgia, alcohol withdrawal, Wernicke’s encephalopathy, Korsakoff syndrome, delirium tremens, alcoholic liver disease, substance use disorder, naloxone, naltrexone, buprenorphine, CRAFFT screening, amphetamine intoxication, cannabis psychosis, fetal alcohol syndrome, addiction neurobiology, cross-tolerance, detoxification, psychiatric nursing, withdrawal management
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NURS665 2025/2026 Exam Questions
and Answers | A+ Score Assured
CFS/Fibro? always tired - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CFS
CFS/Fibro? chills, but no temp - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CFS
CFS/Fibro? Swollen lymph nodes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CFS
CFS/Fibro? present for more than 6 months - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CFS
CFS/Fibro? non-restorative sleep - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔both
CFS/Fibro? increased sensitivity to light - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔both
CFS/Fibro? increased sensitivity to sound - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔both
CFS/Fibro? dull, widespread pain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fibro
CFS/Fibro? trigger points - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fibro
, CFS/Fibro? present for 3+ months - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fibro
CFS/Fibro? Pregablin FDA approved for treatment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔fibro
nonpharmacological treatment for CFS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔supportive care, reduced
workload
med treatment for CFS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔antidepressant, analgesic
FDA approved for fibro - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔duloxetine, milnacipran, pregablin
3 DSM criteria for Intellectual Development Disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔childhood
onset, adaptive functioning deficits, intellectual deficits
AWS peaks - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔2 days
AWS lasts - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1 week
AWS hallucinations occur - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔72 hours
AWS hallucinations occur with - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increased bp and hr
Alcoholic Liver Disease expected labs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increased ALT, AST
Alcoholic Liver Disease - which is higher? ALT or AST - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AST
autonomic systems aka - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔involuntary