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NUR631 MIDTERM EXAM (LATEST 2025/2026)
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Excitable cells transmit electrical signals because they have
gated channels.
Effect of stress on the immune system
May involve enhancement or impairment to the immune system.
What is the effect of excess cortisol production
Immune suppression.
What is true about PTSD?
- Acute stress disorder and PTSD are precipitated by traumatic events.
- Women appear to take longer to recover from PTSD than men.
Most common childhood psych disorder
ADHD.
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PET scans of the brain on people with OCD show:
An increase in glucose metabolism.
Washer
A person who spends hours a day washing their hands due to a psych disorder.
Anxiety disorder from traumatic event
Known as PTSD.
Panic disorder
A patient who experiences sudden onset acute fearfulness for no reason.
Tachycardia is common symptom found in which psych disorder?
panic attacks.
Involuntary chewing motions seen in a patient taking antipsych meds is a sign of
what?
Tardive dyskinesia
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Researchers are suggesting a link between schizophrenia and what prenatal
exposure:
prenatal influenza exposure.
Grossly disorganized behavior
Childlike silliness in a schizo patient.
Mechanism of action of lithium
It affects the norepi and serotonin activity in the brain.
Negative symptoms of schizo
Thought to be mediated by D1 receptors in the brain.
Most common cause of acute pain
Headaches.
Modulation of pain signals are thought to be mediated by what?
The release of endorphins.
Pain threshold
NUR631 MIDTERM EXAM (LATEST 2025/2026)
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Excitable cells transmit electrical signals because they have
gated channels.
Effect of stress on the immune system
May involve enhancement or impairment to the immune system.
What is the effect of excess cortisol production
Immune suppression.
What is true about PTSD?
- Acute stress disorder and PTSD are precipitated by traumatic events.
- Women appear to take longer to recover from PTSD than men.
Most common childhood psych disorder
ADHD.
,2|Page
PET scans of the brain on people with OCD show:
An increase in glucose metabolism.
Washer
A person who spends hours a day washing their hands due to a psych disorder.
Anxiety disorder from traumatic event
Known as PTSD.
Panic disorder
A patient who experiences sudden onset acute fearfulness for no reason.
Tachycardia is common symptom found in which psych disorder?
panic attacks.
Involuntary chewing motions seen in a patient taking antipsych meds is a sign of
what?
Tardive dyskinesia
, 3|Page
Researchers are suggesting a link between schizophrenia and what prenatal
exposure:
prenatal influenza exposure.
Grossly disorganized behavior
Childlike silliness in a schizo patient.
Mechanism of action of lithium
It affects the norepi and serotonin activity in the brain.
Negative symptoms of schizo
Thought to be mediated by D1 receptors in the brain.
Most common cause of acute pain
Headaches.
Modulation of pain signals are thought to be mediated by what?
The release of endorphins.
Pain threshold
