NRt 546/t NR546t Midtermt Exam:t
Advancedt Pharmacology:t
Psychopharmacologyt fort thet PMHNPt
Reviewt (Latestt 2025/t 2026t Update)t |t
Questionst &t Answers|t Gradet A|t 100%t
Correctt (Verifiedt Solutions)-t Chamberlain
QUESTION
Thet followingt informationt ist truet regardingt Benzodiazepines
Answer:
BDZt suppresst REMt sleep
BDZst raiset thet ECTt seizuret threshold,t makingt treatmentt potentiallyt lesst effective
BDZt cant botht inducet andt maintaint sleep;t however,t normalt sleept architecturet ist oftent
disrupted
BDZt interactt stronglyt witht alcoholt tot producet CNSt depression,t andt thet combinationt
mayt leadt tot respiratoryt arrestt andt death
QUESTION
At mothert whoset daughtert hast justt beent diagnosedt witht majort depressivet disordert wantst
tot knowt moret aboutt thet underlyingt cause.t Recentt researcht largelyt supportst thet
hypothesist thatt depressiont ist duet tot at measurablet deficiencyt oft monoaminest int thet
brain.
Answer:
false
,QUESTION
Whicht oft thet followingt antipsychoticst ist mostt likelyt tot elevatet serumt prolactint levels?
Answer:
haloperidol
QUESTION
At 35-year-oldt malet Armyt veterant hast beent experiencingt anxietyt attackst duringt whicht
het hast difficultyt breathingt andt increasedt heartt rate.t Hist symptomt oft difficultyt breathingt
ist hypotheticallyt relatedt tot activationt int the:
Answer:
parabrachialt nucleus
QUESTION
At patientt whot ist admittedt tot thet psychiatrict unitt witht at diagnosist oft
obsessivecompulsivet disordert spendst at significantt amountt oft timet duringt thet dayt andt
nightt washingt hist ort hert hands.t Ont thet thirdt hospitalt day,t thet patientt reportst feelingt
bettert andt moret comfortablet witht thet stafft andt othert patients.t Thet psychiatric-mentalt
healtht nurset knowst thatt thet mostt appropriatet nursingt interventiont ist to:
Answer:
collaboratet witht thet patientt tot reducet thet amountt oft timet het ort shet engagest int
ritualistict behavior
QUESTION
Definet actiont potential
Answer:
at nervet impulse,t momentaryt changet int electricalt potentialt ont thet surfacet oft at neuron
,QUESTION
Whicht oft thet followingt drugt treatmentst fort thet agitatedt behaviort oftent associatedt witht
dementiat ist bestt supportedt byt evidence?
Answer:
Carbamazepine
QUESTION
Establishedt clinicalt guidelinest suggestt thatt suicidalityt ist decreasedt byt treatingt patientst
whot havet borderlinet personalityt disordert with:
Answer:
dialecticalt behavioralt therapy.
QUESTION
Allt oft thet followingt statementst regardingt cyclothymict disordert aret true
Answer:
Itt occurst att thet samet ratet int ment andt women.
Itt consistst oft hypomaniat alternatingt witht depressedt mood.
Itst lifetimet prevalencet ratet ist aboutt 0.4t tot 1t percent.
Symptomst mustt bet presentt fort att leastt 2t years.
QUESTION
Thet cellt bodiest oft thet serotonergict neuronst aret locatedt int whatt regiont oft thet brain?
, Answer:
Midlinet raphet nucleit oft thet brainstem
QUESTION
At 74-year-old,t right-handedt patientt presentst witht significantt memoryt loss,t expressivet
aphasia,t andt leftt plantart extensort response.t Thet mostt likelyt diagnosist is:
Answer:
Vasculart dementia
QUESTION
At suicidalt patientt witht chronict depressivet disordert presentst tot yourt officet fort followt upt
ont recentt changest int medication.t Het ist veryt frustratedt andt int tearst andt tellst yout het
cannott stopt thinkingt aboutt endingt hist lifet becauset nonet oft thet medicationst triedt
workedt andt het hast beent sot depressedt fort sot longt thatt het doest nott believet theret ist
helpt fort him.t Yout askt himt ift het hast at plan,t andt het detailst wheret het couldt buyt at
handgunt andt wheret het wouldt got tot shoott himself.t Yout feart thet patientt willt carryt outt
thist plant becauset het hast nott hadt adequatet controlt oft hist symptomst sincet hist lastt
antidepressantt changet 1t montht ago.t Yout discusst inpatientt hospitalizationt fort medicationt
stabilization,t butt thet patientt refuses.t Yourt nextt stept int managementt oft thist patientt
wouldt bestt be:
Answer:
admitt tot thet hospital
QUESTION
Whatt organt ist responsiblet fort metabolismt int thet "firstt passt effect"?
Answer:
liver
Advancedt Pharmacology:t
Psychopharmacologyt fort thet PMHNPt
Reviewt (Latestt 2025/t 2026t Update)t |t
Questionst &t Answers|t Gradet A|t 100%t
Correctt (Verifiedt Solutions)-t Chamberlain
QUESTION
Thet followingt informationt ist truet regardingt Benzodiazepines
Answer:
BDZt suppresst REMt sleep
BDZst raiset thet ECTt seizuret threshold,t makingt treatmentt potentiallyt lesst effective
BDZt cant botht inducet andt maintaint sleep;t however,t normalt sleept architecturet ist oftent
disrupted
BDZt interactt stronglyt witht alcoholt tot producet CNSt depression,t andt thet combinationt
mayt leadt tot respiratoryt arrestt andt death
QUESTION
At mothert whoset daughtert hast justt beent diagnosedt witht majort depressivet disordert wantst
tot knowt moret aboutt thet underlyingt cause.t Recentt researcht largelyt supportst thet
hypothesist thatt depressiont ist duet tot at measurablet deficiencyt oft monoaminest int thet
brain.
Answer:
false
,QUESTION
Whicht oft thet followingt antipsychoticst ist mostt likelyt tot elevatet serumt prolactint levels?
Answer:
haloperidol
QUESTION
At 35-year-oldt malet Armyt veterant hast beent experiencingt anxietyt attackst duringt whicht
het hast difficultyt breathingt andt increasedt heartt rate.t Hist symptomt oft difficultyt breathingt
ist hypotheticallyt relatedt tot activationt int the:
Answer:
parabrachialt nucleus
QUESTION
At patientt whot ist admittedt tot thet psychiatrict unitt witht at diagnosist oft
obsessivecompulsivet disordert spendst at significantt amountt oft timet duringt thet dayt andt
nightt washingt hist ort hert hands.t Ont thet thirdt hospitalt day,t thet patientt reportst feelingt
bettert andt moret comfortablet witht thet stafft andt othert patients.t Thet psychiatric-mentalt
healtht nurset knowst thatt thet mostt appropriatet nursingt interventiont ist to:
Answer:
collaboratet witht thet patientt tot reducet thet amountt oft timet het ort shet engagest int
ritualistict behavior
QUESTION
Definet actiont potential
Answer:
at nervet impulse,t momentaryt changet int electricalt potentialt ont thet surfacet oft at neuron
,QUESTION
Whicht oft thet followingt drugt treatmentst fort thet agitatedt behaviort oftent associatedt witht
dementiat ist bestt supportedt byt evidence?
Answer:
Carbamazepine
QUESTION
Establishedt clinicalt guidelinest suggestt thatt suicidalityt ist decreasedt byt treatingt patientst
whot havet borderlinet personalityt disordert with:
Answer:
dialecticalt behavioralt therapy.
QUESTION
Allt oft thet followingt statementst regardingt cyclothymict disordert aret true
Answer:
Itt occurst att thet samet ratet int ment andt women.
Itt consistst oft hypomaniat alternatingt witht depressedt mood.
Itst lifetimet prevalencet ratet ist aboutt 0.4t tot 1t percent.
Symptomst mustt bet presentt fort att leastt 2t years.
QUESTION
Thet cellt bodiest oft thet serotonergict neuronst aret locatedt int whatt regiont oft thet brain?
, Answer:
Midlinet raphet nucleit oft thet brainstem
QUESTION
At 74-year-old,t right-handedt patientt presentst witht significantt memoryt loss,t expressivet
aphasia,t andt leftt plantart extensort response.t Thet mostt likelyt diagnosist is:
Answer:
Vasculart dementia
QUESTION
At suicidalt patientt witht chronict depressivet disordert presentst tot yourt officet fort followt upt
ont recentt changest int medication.t Het ist veryt frustratedt andt int tearst andt tellst yout het
cannott stopt thinkingt aboutt endingt hist lifet becauset nonet oft thet medicationst triedt
workedt andt het hast beent sot depressedt fort sot longt thatt het doest nott believet theret ist
helpt fort him.t Yout askt himt ift het hast at plan,t andt het detailst wheret het couldt buyt at
handgunt andt wheret het wouldt got tot shoott himself.t Yout feart thet patientt willt carryt outt
thist plant becauset het hast nott hadt adequatet controlt oft hist symptomst sincet hist lastt
antidepressantt changet 1t montht ago.t Yout discusst inpatientt hospitalizationt fort medicationt
stabilization,t butt thet patientt refuses.t Yourt nextt stept int managementt oft thist patientt
wouldt bestt be:
Answer:
admitt tot thet hospital
QUESTION
Whatt organt ist responsiblet fort metabolismt int thet "firstt passt effect"?
Answer:
liver
