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1.XScientificXFoundation
AX29-year-
oldXAfricanXAmericanXfemaleXwasXdiagnosedXwithXschizophreniaXapproximatelyXthreeXyea
rsXago.XAfterXmanyXtrialsXofXantipsychotics,XsheXwasXfinallyXstabilizedXonXhaloperidolXdurin
gXtheXpastXsixXmonths.XThreeXweeksXagoXsheXbeganXexhibitingXmildXpseudo-
Parkinson'sXsymptoms.
WhichXclassXofXmedicationsXwouldXbeXmostXappropriateXforXtreatingXtheseXsideXeffects?
MuscarinicX1Xantagonist
HistamineX1Xantagonist
AlphaX1XadrenergicXagonist
CholinesteraseXinhibitorX-XANSWERX-XCorrectXanswer:XMuscarinicX1Xantagonist
ExtrapyramidalXsymptomsXareXdrug-
inducedXsideXeffectsXthatXaffectXmotorXfunctioningXandXmuscleXmovement.XExtrapyramida
lXsymptomsXareXassociatedXwithXaXdeficiencyXofXdopamineXandXanXexcessXofXacetylcholin
eXinXtheXnigrostriatalXpathway.XAXcommonXtypeXofXextrapyramidalXsymptomXisXcalledXpseu
do-Parkinson's,XwhichXpresentsXwithXaXshufflingXgait,XmotorXslowing,Xmask-
likeXfacialXexpression,Xtremors,XandXmuscleXrigidity.XMuscarinicX1XantagonistXmedicationsX
reduceXtheXeffectsXofXexcessXacetylcholineXandXrelieveXextrapyramidalXsymptoms.
Reference:
,Johnson,XK.,X&XVanderhoef,XD.XPsychiatric-
MentalXHealthXNurseXPractitionerXReviewXManual,XFourthXEdition.XPgX251-252.
1.XScientificXFoundation
AsXaXnurseXpractitioner,XyouXareXresponsibleXforXassessingXcranialXnervesXasXaXpartXofXthe
neurologicalXexam.XWhatXcranialXnerveXassessmentXtestsXhearing?
X
OculomotorXnerveX(CNXIII)
TrochlearXnerveX(CNXIV)
VestibulocochlearXnerveX(CNXVIII)
TrigeminalXnerveX(CNXV)X-XANSWERX-
CorrectXanswer:XVestibulocochlearXnerveX(CNXVIII)
X
OlfactoryXnerveX(CNXI)
TheXolfactoryXnerveXtransmitsXinformationXtoXtheXbrainXregardingXaXperson'sXsenseXofXsme
ll.XThisXcranialXnerveXassessmentXisXperformedXbyXhavingXtheXclientXcloseXtheirXeyesXtoXid
entifyXfamiliarXodors.
OpticXnerveX(CNXII)
TheXopticXnerveXtransmitsXinformationXtoXtheXbrainXregardingXaXperson'sXvision.
OculomotorXnerveX(CNXIII)
TheXoculomotorXnerveXhelpsXcontrolXmuscleXmovementsXofXtheXeyes.XTheXoculomotorXner
veXprovidesXmovementXtoXmostXofXtheXmusclesXthatXmoveXtheXeyeballXandXupperXeyelid,Xk
, nownXasXextraocularXmuscles.XTheXoculomotorXnerveXalsoXhelpsXwithXinvoluntaryXfunction
sXofXtheXeye.
TrochlearXnerveX(CNXIV)
TheXtrochlearXnerveXisXalsoXinvolvedXinXeyeXmovement.XTheXtrochlearXnerve,XlikeXtheXocul
omotorXnerve,XoriginatesXinXtheXmidbrain.XItXpowersXtheXcontralateralXsuperiorXobliqueXmu
scleXthatXallowsXtheXeyeXtoXpointXdownwardXandXinward.
TrigeminalXnerveX(CNXV)
TheXtrigeminalXnerveXisXtheXlargestXcranialXnerveXandXhasXbothXmotorXandXsensoryXfunctio
ns.XItsXmotorXfunctionsXhelpXaXpersonXtoXchewXandXclenchXtheXteethXandXgivesXsensationXt
oXmusclesXinXtheXtympanicXmembraneXofXtheXear.XThisXtestXisXperformedXbyXtouchingXtheXf
aceXandXcornealXreflexXofXtheXeyeXwithXaXwispXofXcottonXandXpin-
prickingXtheXskinXandXmucosaXtoXtestXtouch.
AbducensXnerveX(CNXVI)
TheXabducensXnerveXalsoXhelpsXcontrolXeyeXmovements.XItXhelpsXtheXlateralXrectusXmuscl
e,XwhichXisXoneXofXtheXextraocularXmuscles,XtoXturnXtheXgazeXoutward.
FacialXnerveX(CNXVII)
TheXfacialXnerveXfunctionsXtoXproduceXfacialXexpressionsXandXhasXbothXmotorXandXsensor
yXfunctions.
VestibulocochlearXnerveX(CNXVIII)