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What is dissemination? - Answer Getting the research information out to those who
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Publication - highest level
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Presenting at National Conference
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Presenting at Local Conference
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Journal Club where one person reviews an article
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What does a 17 on MMSE mean? - Answer Moderate cognitive impairment
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What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system? - Answer Inducer -->will lower dose of
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Lamictal and BCP's
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What do BCP's do to Lamictal? - Answer Inducer - will lower dose of Lamictal
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What is a Type I research error? - Answer There IS a difference but you say there
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What is a Type II research error? - Answer There is NO difference but you say there
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What is pseudo-dementia? - Answer Cognitive impairment secondary to depression
that clears when treated in the elderly. Dementia won't improve.
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Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar grasp? - Answer Yes.
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What is a drug 1/2 life? - Answer The time it takes for 50% of a drug to be eliminated
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What 3 atypicals can be used with teens? - Answer Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel - low
doses
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What is a risk of using Tramadol? - Answer Serotonin Syndrome as it is very
serotonergic.
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What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the risk of SJS? - Answer HLAB-1502
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When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis? - Answer With worsening of SJS
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How many generations do you include for a genogram? - Answer 1st degree -
mother, father, siblings
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What does messenger RNA code for? - Answer Amino Acids
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What is epigenetics? - Answer Factors that affect genes - environmental, smoking,
stress, etc...
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What part of the brain is involved with OCD? - Answer Basal Ganglia
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What happens to the brain during adolescence? - Answer Dendritic pruning
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Emotions are controlled by amygdala
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By adulthood, PFC involved as well
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When do males typically present with schizophrenia? - Answer 10-25 yo
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When do females typically present with schizophrenia? - Answer 25-35 yo
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What does Erythromycin to trileptal? - Answer You will need to decreases the level
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because Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin is a inhibitor
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ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what? - Answer Heart Failure
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What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs - Answer
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Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo = agitation, aggression,
anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia, SI, tremor
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What should you watch for with Tegretol? - Answer Agranulocytosis and
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What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests? - Answer CKBB, CKMM, CKMB la
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Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle damage? -
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What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB? - Answer Polymyositis
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What is a normal CKMB? - Answer 0.3 mcg/L
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What psychoactives does Detrol interact with? - Answer Topamax
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KCL
Zonegran
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What CN are you assessing when you have the patient shrug their shoulders? -
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What do you see in labs with HIV & Dementia? - Answer CD4 <200
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Viral Load is high
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What is the scoring with the Beck Depression Inventory? - Answer Self-Report - 0-63
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0-13 - minimal
14-19 - mild
20-28 - moderate
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29-63 - severe
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What is sensitivity? - Answer Helps rule-out disease = True Positive = Snout
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What is specificity? - Answer Helps rule-in disease = True Negative = Spin
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What does a sed rate measure? - Answer Inflammation (ESR - Erythrocyte
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What is a normal sed rate or ESR? - Answer 0-22 males
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0-29 females
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What is a retic count? - Answer Measures % of reticulocytes in blood (immature
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RBC's) Indicates whether enough RBC's are being produced by bone marrow.
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What does a decreased retic count indicate? - Answer Anemia - acute or chronic
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bleeding
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What does an increased retic count indicate? - Answer Bone marrow disorder or
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Vitamin Deficiency
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What does an abnormal retic ount indicate in general? - Answer Doesn't diagnose
anything. First step is ID source of the issue.
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What happens when you mix tegretol and macrolides? - Answer Increase tegretol
levels.
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What happens if a pregnant women takes Accutane? - Answer Birth defects.
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What labs do you get with RA? - Answer Sed rate, RF, ANA, C reactive protein,
CBC, CMP, CRP - helps confirm diagnosis.
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CRP and ESR are both increased in RA but NOT in osteoarthritis.
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Where does the NP Code of Ethics come from? - Answer ANA
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When do you assume informed consent? - Answer Unconscious
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Incompetent
Life Threatening Situation
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What are the legal ramifications of treating w/o informed consent? - Answer Same as
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Who can declare a patient incompetent and appoint a guardian? - Answer Only a
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Does impaired judgment mean one is incompetent? - Answer No.
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