NRNP 6675 Midterm Exam Questions & and Verified Answers (2024 / 2025)

Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply Rapid dose escalation; parental route of administration; higher potency typical antipsychotics Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? B) Gender Discordance Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the following effects? B) Increases EPS Incorrect: reduces negative s/s, causes prolactinemia, reduces positive symptoms Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by blocking which of the following receptors? D) NMDA type receptors Incorrect: GABA, serotonin, dopamine "receptors" The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome characterized by specific s/s resulting from recent ingestion or exposure to a substance is known as which of the folllowing? C) Substance use disorder Incorrect: substance intox, substance withdrawal, all of the above Abnormal involuntary movements in a rhythmic pattern affecting the face, mouth, tongue jaw is known as which of the following? C) Tardive dyskinesia Incorrect: akathisia, dystonia, EPS A deeply held belief despite evidence to the contrary, lasting at least 1 month, without prominent hallucinations, with functional impairment that relates to the delusional system disorder called? Delusional disorder Which of the following is true about preoccupation with castration? A) This can be serious and life threatening if castration is carried out without medical supervision Incorrect: consistent with transvestiatic disorder, other specified paraphillic disorder, or sexual machochism disorder Which of the following is a system that provides a uniform language for describing medical and surgical procedures and diagnostics services rendered by clinicians? CPT Incorrect: HIPPA, DSM5-, DRG A patient on Chlorpromazine states his orgasm is dry and afterwards he will commonly have milky urine. The APRN realizes this is which of the following? A) This is likely a harmless response to the Chlorpromazine "Thorazine" A condition which results from absence of second female sex chromosome (XO) and is associated with web neck, dwarfism, cubitus valgus and infertility is known as which of the following? B) Turners Syndrome Turners syndrome: tx involves hormone therapy; fertility treatments for women when they decide to have a baby Which of the following would be characterized as a negative s/s of schizophrenia? B & C only B) impaired social and occupational functioning C) isolation and impaired self-care Which of the following are keys to distinguishing OCD from psychosis? Patients with OCD can almost always acknowledge the unreasonable nature of their symptoms A federal program administered nationally and locally which covers enrolled individuals 65+ who pays premiums and disabled individuals Both A& B (Medicare and Medicaid)