NUR210 EXAM 1 EXAMINATION 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ What actions (2) do antipsychotics achieve?
Answer: Block dopamine receptors and depress CNS
◉ Which antipsychotic causes these side effects: photosensitivity,
urinary retention, sexual dysfunction, orthostatic hypotension, and
drowsiness
Answer: Haloperidol
◉ Name four adverse reactions for haloperidol
Answer: Torsades de Pointes, blood dyscrasias, EPS, NMS
◉ Name four contraindications with haloperidol
Answer: Narrow angle glaucoma, CNS depression, Parkinson's
disease, and severe liver or kidney disease
◉ Third generation go-to antipsychotic for treating both positive
and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Answer: Aripiprazole
, ◉ Name three side effects of Aripiprazole
Answer: Metabolic syndrome, orthostatic hypotension, and
photosensitivity
◉ True or false? Aripiprazole decreases the effects of diabetic drugs.
Answer: True
◉ True or false? Aripiprazole increases the effects of
antihypertensives?
Answer: True
◉ What natural herb interacts with Aripiprazole?
Answer: St John's Wort
◉ What syndrome calls for a cooling blanket as treatment?
Answer: NMS
◉ What syndrome causes pseudoparkinsonism, acute dystonia,
akathisia, and tardive dyskinesia?
Answer: EPS
◉ Involuntary upward eye movement - sign of?
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ What actions (2) do antipsychotics achieve?
Answer: Block dopamine receptors and depress CNS
◉ Which antipsychotic causes these side effects: photosensitivity,
urinary retention, sexual dysfunction, orthostatic hypotension, and
drowsiness
Answer: Haloperidol
◉ Name four adverse reactions for haloperidol
Answer: Torsades de Pointes, blood dyscrasias, EPS, NMS
◉ Name four contraindications with haloperidol
Answer: Narrow angle glaucoma, CNS depression, Parkinson's
disease, and severe liver or kidney disease
◉ Third generation go-to antipsychotic for treating both positive
and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Answer: Aripiprazole
, ◉ Name three side effects of Aripiprazole
Answer: Metabolic syndrome, orthostatic hypotension, and
photosensitivity
◉ True or false? Aripiprazole decreases the effects of diabetic drugs.
Answer: True
◉ True or false? Aripiprazole increases the effects of
antihypertensives?
Answer: True
◉ What natural herb interacts with Aripiprazole?
Answer: St John's Wort
◉ What syndrome calls for a cooling blanket as treatment?
Answer: NMS
◉ What syndrome causes pseudoparkinsonism, acute dystonia,
akathisia, and tardive dyskinesia?
Answer: EPS
◉ Involuntary upward eye movement - sign of?
