NUR2459 Mental and Behavioral Health Nursing General
Vocabulary-Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified/ latest
Update (2024/2025)
Agranulocytosis
A life-threatening drop in white blood cells. This condition is sometimes produced by the atypical
antipsychotic drug clozapine.
Akathisia
motor restlessness
Akinesia
loss or impairment of the power of voluntary movement
amenorrhea
absence of menstruation
Dystonia
a condition of abnormal muscle tone that causes the impairment of voluntary muscle movement
extrapyramidal symptoms
side effects of antipsychotic medications that affect a person's gait, movement, or posture
galactorrhea
the production of breast milk in a women who is not breastfeeding
gynecomastia
the condition of excessive mammary development in the male
hypertensive crisis
>180 and/or >120
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
Rigidity, myoglobinuria, autonomic instability, hyperpyrexia.
Treatment: dantrolene, D2 agonists (e.g., bromocriptine).
a potentially fatal, idiosyncratic reaction to an antipsychotic (or neuroleptic) drug
oculogyric crisis
An attack of involuntary deviation and fixation of the eyeballs, usually in the upward position. It may
last for several minutes or hours and may occur as an extrapyramidal side effect of some
antipsychotic medications.
priapism
a painful erection that lasts 4 hours or more but is not accompanied by sexual excitement
, retrograde ejaculation
the backward expulsion of semen into the bladder rather than out of the urethral opening
Serotonin Syndrome
With any drug that increases 5-HT (e.g., MAO inhibitors, SNRIs, TCAs) hyperthermia, confusion,
myoclonus, cardiovascular instability, flushing, diarrhea, seizures.
-Treatment: cyproheptadine (5-HT2 receptor antagonist).
Tardive dyskinesia (TD)
a late-onset, irreversible neurologic side effect of antipsychotic medications; characterized by
abnormal, involuntary movements such as lip smacking, tongue protrusion, chewing, blinking,
grimacing, and choreiform movements of the limbs and feet
Advocacy
taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related
belief
assault
a violent attack
autonomy
(n.) self-government, political control
Battery
unlawful touching of another person without consent
Beneficence
Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
Bioethics
the ethics of medical and biological research
Christian Ethics
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Civil Law
the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than
criminal, military, or religious affairs.
Common Law
a system of law based on precedent and customs
Criminal Law
a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
defamation of character
Vocabulary-Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified/ latest
Update (2024/2025)
Agranulocytosis
A life-threatening drop in white blood cells. This condition is sometimes produced by the atypical
antipsychotic drug clozapine.
Akathisia
motor restlessness
Akinesia
loss or impairment of the power of voluntary movement
amenorrhea
absence of menstruation
Dystonia
a condition of abnormal muscle tone that causes the impairment of voluntary muscle movement
extrapyramidal symptoms
side effects of antipsychotic medications that affect a person's gait, movement, or posture
galactorrhea
the production of breast milk in a women who is not breastfeeding
gynecomastia
the condition of excessive mammary development in the male
hypertensive crisis
>180 and/or >120
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
Rigidity, myoglobinuria, autonomic instability, hyperpyrexia.
Treatment: dantrolene, D2 agonists (e.g., bromocriptine).
a potentially fatal, idiosyncratic reaction to an antipsychotic (or neuroleptic) drug
oculogyric crisis
An attack of involuntary deviation and fixation of the eyeballs, usually in the upward position. It may
last for several minutes or hours and may occur as an extrapyramidal side effect of some
antipsychotic medications.
priapism
a painful erection that lasts 4 hours or more but is not accompanied by sexual excitement
, retrograde ejaculation
the backward expulsion of semen into the bladder rather than out of the urethral opening
Serotonin Syndrome
With any drug that increases 5-HT (e.g., MAO inhibitors, SNRIs, TCAs) hyperthermia, confusion,
myoclonus, cardiovascular instability, flushing, diarrhea, seizures.
-Treatment: cyproheptadine (5-HT2 receptor antagonist).
Tardive dyskinesia (TD)
a late-onset, irreversible neurologic side effect of antipsychotic medications; characterized by
abnormal, involuntary movements such as lip smacking, tongue protrusion, chewing, blinking,
grimacing, and choreiform movements of the limbs and feet
Advocacy
taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related
belief
assault
a violent attack
autonomy
(n.) self-government, political control
Battery
unlawful touching of another person without consent
Beneficence
Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
Bioethics
the ethics of medical and biological research
Christian Ethics
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Civil Law
the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than
criminal, military, or religious affairs.
Common Law
a system of law based on precedent and customs
Criminal Law
a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
defamation of character
