Are cigarettes an inducer or an inhibitor?
Cigarettes are an inducer. INDUCER=DOWN. Clients who smoke may need
higher dose and if they stop smoking levels will need to be lowered.
Where is the mesolimbic pathway located?
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projects from the VTA to the PFC
,What are the teratogenic risks associated with depakote during pregnancy?
1. Neural tube defects
2. Spina bifida
Where is serotonin produced in the brain?
Serotonin is produced in the RAPHE NUCLEI (located near the
midline of the brainstem along its entire rostro-caudal
extension)
A patient is being treated for schizophrenia with olanzapine. Which of the following is the
most common side effect of olanzapine?
A. Increase waist circumference
B. Extrapyramidal side effects (not usual because serotonin antagonism - 5HT2A)
C. Increase lipids
D. Metabolic syndrome
, D. Metabolic syndrome
Where is serotonin produced?
The raphe nuclei (distributed near the midline of brainstem)
What is the primary therapy for anorexia nervosa?
Therapy
If you see "initially" in the stem of the question, what step in the evaluation process
should you refer back to in order to answer the question?
The assessment/intervention phase
Why does TD develop?
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Long standing D2 blockade in the nigrostriatal pathway can lead to tardive
dyskinesia.
What are the symptoms of SEROTONIN SYNDROME? SHITS AND SHIVERS
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SHITS (diarrhea)
Shivering
Hyperreflexia
Increased body temp
Vital sign instability
Encephalopathy
Restlessness
Sweating
A 78-year-old male has been hospitalized for the past 3 days after undergoing a revision
left total hip replacement. Over the past several hours, the nursing staff reports that the
patient has exhibited fluctuating periods of intermittent drowsiness and confusion where
he has been speaking to nonexistent visitors in his hospital room. The patient's daughter
is present at bedside and reports that the patient lives alone and successfully manages
his own affairs without assistance. Which of the following is most likely true of this
patient's current condition?
A. anticholinergenic medications may help
B. Beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are pathologic findings with this
condition
C. Short-term memory is often impaired, with sparing of remote memory
Cigarettes are an inducer. INDUCER=DOWN. Clients who smoke may need
higher dose and if they stop smoking levels will need to be lowered.
Where is the mesolimbic pathway located?
Give this one a try later!
projects from the VTA to the PFC
,What are the teratogenic risks associated with depakote during pregnancy?
1. Neural tube defects
2. Spina bifida
Where is serotonin produced in the brain?
Serotonin is produced in the RAPHE NUCLEI (located near the
midline of the brainstem along its entire rostro-caudal
extension)
A patient is being treated for schizophrenia with olanzapine. Which of the following is the
most common side effect of olanzapine?
A. Increase waist circumference
B. Extrapyramidal side effects (not usual because serotonin antagonism - 5HT2A)
C. Increase lipids
D. Metabolic syndrome
, D. Metabolic syndrome
Where is serotonin produced?
The raphe nuclei (distributed near the midline of brainstem)
What is the primary therapy for anorexia nervosa?
Therapy
If you see "initially" in the stem of the question, what step in the evaluation process
should you refer back to in order to answer the question?
The assessment/intervention phase
Why does TD develop?
, Give this one a try later!
Long standing D2 blockade in the nigrostriatal pathway can lead to tardive
dyskinesia.
What are the symptoms of SEROTONIN SYNDROME? SHITS AND SHIVERS
Give this one a try later!
SHITS (diarrhea)
Shivering
Hyperreflexia
Increased body temp
Vital sign instability
Encephalopathy
Restlessness
Sweating
A 78-year-old male has been hospitalized for the past 3 days after undergoing a revision
left total hip replacement. Over the past several hours, the nursing staff reports that the
patient has exhibited fluctuating periods of intermittent drowsiness and confusion where
he has been speaking to nonexistent visitors in his hospital room. The patient's daughter
is present at bedside and reports that the patient lives alone and successfully manages
his own affairs without assistance. Which of the following is most likely true of this
patient's current condition?
A. anticholinergenic medications may help
B. Beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are pathologic findings with this
condition
C. Short-term memory is often impaired, with sparing of remote memory
