NUR 320 PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EXAM
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025. (GUARANTEED PASS)
They combat the extrapyramidal side effects of the neuroleptic drug.
A nurse is administering medications to clients on a psychiatric unit. What does the nurse identify as the
reason that so many psychiatric clients are given the drug benztropine or trihexyphenidyl in conjunction
with the phenothiazine-derivative neuroleptic medications?
Torticollis
acute dystonia that involves muscle spasms of the neck; develops within 1 to 5 days after beginning
therapy with a conventional antipsychotic
Tardive dyskinesia
involuntary repetitious tonic muscular spasms that involve the face, tongue, lips, limbs, and trunk; takes
several months to years to develop after the start of therapy with a conventional antipsychotic
d/c if observed, may be reversible
Pseudoparkinsonism
extrapyramidal tract response that includes masklike facies, shuffling gait, pill-rolling tremors, stooped
posture, and drooling; develops within several days to 1 month after the start of therapy with a
conventional antipsychotic
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
severe, potentially fatal response to conventional antipsychotics
, They combat the extrapyramidal side effects of the neuroleptic drug.
A nurse is administering medications to clients on a psychiatric unit. What does the nurse identify as the
reason that so many psychiatric clients are given the drug benztropine or trihexyphenidyl in conjunction
with the phenothiazine-derivative neuroleptic medications?
Torticollis
acute dystonia that involves muscle spasms of the neck; develops within 1 to 5 days after beginning
therapy with a conventional antipsychotic
Tardive dyskinesia
involuntary repetitious tonic muscular spasms that involve the face, tongue, lips, limbs, and trunk; takes
several months to years to develop after the start of therapy with a conventional antipsychotic
d/c if observed, may be reversible
Pseudoparkinsonism
extrapyramidal tract response that includes masklike facies, shuffling gait, pill-rolling tremors, stooped
posture, and drooling; develops within several days to 1 month after the start of therapy with a
conventional antipsychotic
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
severe, potentially fatal response to conventional antipsychotics
caused by acute reduction in dopamine activity, precipitating hyperthermia/pyrexia, tachycardia,
tachypnea, unstable blood pressure, dyskinesia, incontinence, decreased level of consciousness
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025. (GUARANTEED PASS)
They combat the extrapyramidal side effects of the neuroleptic drug.
A nurse is administering medications to clients on a psychiatric unit. What does the nurse identify as the
reason that so many psychiatric clients are given the drug benztropine or trihexyphenidyl in conjunction
with the phenothiazine-derivative neuroleptic medications?
Torticollis
acute dystonia that involves muscle spasms of the neck; develops within 1 to 5 days after beginning
therapy with a conventional antipsychotic
Tardive dyskinesia
involuntary repetitious tonic muscular spasms that involve the face, tongue, lips, limbs, and trunk; takes
several months to years to develop after the start of therapy with a conventional antipsychotic
d/c if observed, may be reversible
Pseudoparkinsonism
extrapyramidal tract response that includes masklike facies, shuffling gait, pill-rolling tremors, stooped
posture, and drooling; develops within several days to 1 month after the start of therapy with a
conventional antipsychotic
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
severe, potentially fatal response to conventional antipsychotics
, They combat the extrapyramidal side effects of the neuroleptic drug.
A nurse is administering medications to clients on a psychiatric unit. What does the nurse identify as the
reason that so many psychiatric clients are given the drug benztropine or trihexyphenidyl in conjunction
with the phenothiazine-derivative neuroleptic medications?
Torticollis
acute dystonia that involves muscle spasms of the neck; develops within 1 to 5 days after beginning
therapy with a conventional antipsychotic
Tardive dyskinesia
involuntary repetitious tonic muscular spasms that involve the face, tongue, lips, limbs, and trunk; takes
several months to years to develop after the start of therapy with a conventional antipsychotic
d/c if observed, may be reversible
Pseudoparkinsonism
extrapyramidal tract response that includes masklike facies, shuffling gait, pill-rolling tremors, stooped
posture, and drooling; develops within several days to 1 month after the start of therapy with a
conventional antipsychotic
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
severe, potentially fatal response to conventional antipsychotics
caused by acute reduction in dopamine activity, precipitating hyperthermia/pyrexia, tachycardia,
tachypnea, unstable blood pressure, dyskinesia, incontinence, decreased level of consciousness
