FITZGERALD PMHNP PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH
NURSE PRACTITIONER FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
COMPLETE EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Varenicline (Chantix) - - ANS✔️--This medication is used to block
nicotine receptors with tobacco use
300 mg - - ANS✔️--This amount of caffeine can cause tremors, poor
motor performance, and insomnia
>500 mg - - ANS✔️--This amount of caffeine can cause tachycardia,
stimulate respiratory, vasomotor, and vagal centers, dilate pulmonary
and coronary blood vessels, and constrict blood flow to in the brain
,Amotivational Syndrome - - ANS✔️--Long-term use of marijuana can
produce this
Benzodiazepines - - ANS✔️--These cause CNS depression and can
increase total sleep time but decrease the duration of REM sleep
8 days - - ANS✔️--Withdrawal symptoms for benzodiazepines may begin
this long after last exposure
Dissociative Anesthetics - - ANS✔️--These drugs reduce or block signals
to the conscious mind from other parts of the brain
Molly - - ANS✔️--This club drug is a crystalline form of MDMA, and can
cause severe dehydration and hyperthermia during raves
GHB (Xyrem) - - ANS✔️--This is known as the "date rape drug"; odorless,
colorless and tasteless, coma and seizures can occur following use
,Rebound Hyperexcitability - - ANS✔️--Opiate withdrawal has this
prominent S/S
LAAM and Methadone - - ANS✔️--These are medications used for opiate
withdrawal that replace other opioids at receptor sites to reduce
cravings and dysphoria without producing euphoria
Buprenorphine - - ANS✔️--This medication is taken every 3 days and
blocks or reverses effects of opioids when present in higher amounts
Suboxone - - ANS✔️--This is a combination naloxone/buprenorphine
where naloxone blocks the effects if the medication is crushed or
ingested at higher doses to attempt euphoria
Kratom - - ANS✔️--This is derived from a tree native to SE Asia; contains
opioid components but is not yet illegal in the US; self-administered to
reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms
, Integrated Treatment Model - - ANS✔️--This model of treating those
with substance use models promotes the steps of engagement,
persuasion, active treatment, and the offering of relapse prevention
interventions
Objectivity - - ANS✔️--When working with clients with BPD, this is
important for nurses to keep with treatment
Label the behavior when its seen, point it out, tell pt it doesn't work
and will be ignored, and OFFER ALTERNATIVE - - ANS✔️--When working
with clients who manipulate, nurses should respond to the clients in
this manner:
Mild Anxiety - - ANS✔️--In this type of anxiety, the client is alert,
broadened, and heightened; is organized and focused and able to
connect to events and able to process new information
Moderate Anxiety - - ANS✔️--In this type of anxiety, the client has a
narrowed perceptual field, but is still able to perceive some info; is
NURSE PRACTITIONER FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
COMPLETE EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Varenicline (Chantix) - - ANS✔️--This medication is used to block
nicotine receptors with tobacco use
300 mg - - ANS✔️--This amount of caffeine can cause tremors, poor
motor performance, and insomnia
>500 mg - - ANS✔️--This amount of caffeine can cause tachycardia,
stimulate respiratory, vasomotor, and vagal centers, dilate pulmonary
and coronary blood vessels, and constrict blood flow to in the brain
,Amotivational Syndrome - - ANS✔️--Long-term use of marijuana can
produce this
Benzodiazepines - - ANS✔️--These cause CNS depression and can
increase total sleep time but decrease the duration of REM sleep
8 days - - ANS✔️--Withdrawal symptoms for benzodiazepines may begin
this long after last exposure
Dissociative Anesthetics - - ANS✔️--These drugs reduce or block signals
to the conscious mind from other parts of the brain
Molly - - ANS✔️--This club drug is a crystalline form of MDMA, and can
cause severe dehydration and hyperthermia during raves
GHB (Xyrem) - - ANS✔️--This is known as the "date rape drug"; odorless,
colorless and tasteless, coma and seizures can occur following use
,Rebound Hyperexcitability - - ANS✔️--Opiate withdrawal has this
prominent S/S
LAAM and Methadone - - ANS✔️--These are medications used for opiate
withdrawal that replace other opioids at receptor sites to reduce
cravings and dysphoria without producing euphoria
Buprenorphine - - ANS✔️--This medication is taken every 3 days and
blocks or reverses effects of opioids when present in higher amounts
Suboxone - - ANS✔️--This is a combination naloxone/buprenorphine
where naloxone blocks the effects if the medication is crushed or
ingested at higher doses to attempt euphoria
Kratom - - ANS✔️--This is derived from a tree native to SE Asia; contains
opioid components but is not yet illegal in the US; self-administered to
reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms
, Integrated Treatment Model - - ANS✔️--This model of treating those
with substance use models promotes the steps of engagement,
persuasion, active treatment, and the offering of relapse prevention
interventions
Objectivity - - ANS✔️--When working with clients with BPD, this is
important for nurses to keep with treatment
Label the behavior when its seen, point it out, tell pt it doesn't work
and will be ignored, and OFFER ALTERNATIVE - - ANS✔️--When working
with clients who manipulate, nurses should respond to the clients in
this manner:
Mild Anxiety - - ANS✔️--In this type of anxiety, the client is alert,
broadened, and heightened; is organized and focused and able to
connect to events and able to process new information
Moderate Anxiety - - ANS✔️--In this type of anxiety, the client has a
narrowed perceptual field, but is still able to perceive some info; is
