Psychiatric Medications NCLEX Practice Quiz
(20 items) questions and answers 2024\2025 A+
Grade
A client who has been taking buspirone (BuSpar) for two months returns to the clinic for a follow-up.
The nurse determines that the medication is effective if there is an absent display of?
-Feelings of panic, fear, and uneasiness.
-Thought broadcasting or delusions.
-Paranoid and suicidal thought process.
-Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
- correct answer -Feelings of panic, fear, and uneasiness.
A nurse provides instructions to a client taking fluoxetine (Prozac) a selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressant. The nurse tells the client to take the medication:
-Early in the morning.
-During lunch time.
-At snack time.
-At bedtime.
- correct answer -Early in the morning.
The risk of experiencing serotonin syndrome when SSRI's are given with monoamine oxidase inhibitors
such as phenelzine (Nardil). Serotonin syndrome is best characterized in which of the following?
-Hypotension and urinary retention.
-Muscle rigidity and high fever.
-A productive cough and vomiting.
, -Tea-colored urine and constipation.
- correct answer -Muscle rigidity and high fever.
A client with depression who has been taking amitriptyline for three months returns to the clinic for a
follow-up. The nurse observes the client in which of the following symptoms?
-Suicidal thoughts.
-Lack of energy.
-Loss of interest in personal appearance.
-Neglect of responsibilities.
- correct answer -Suicidal thoughts.
A client is prescribed with sertraline (Zoloft). To guarantee a safe administration of the medication, a
nurse would administer the dse:
-As needed only for depressions.
-Early in the morning.
-Take on an empty stomach.
-At bedtime.
- correct answer -At bedtime.
A client arrives in the emergency room with a tricyclic antidepressant overdose. Which of the following
measures should the nurse do, except?
-Maintain a patent airway.
-Administration of sodium bicarbonate.
-Gastric lavage with activated charcoal.
-Obtain an electrocardiogram.
-Administration of an antipyretic.
- correct answer -Administration of an antipyretic.
(20 items) questions and answers 2024\2025 A+
Grade
A client who has been taking buspirone (BuSpar) for two months returns to the clinic for a follow-up.
The nurse determines that the medication is effective if there is an absent display of?
-Feelings of panic, fear, and uneasiness.
-Thought broadcasting or delusions.
-Paranoid and suicidal thought process.
-Alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
- correct answer -Feelings of panic, fear, and uneasiness.
A nurse provides instructions to a client taking fluoxetine (Prozac) a selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressant. The nurse tells the client to take the medication:
-Early in the morning.
-During lunch time.
-At snack time.
-At bedtime.
- correct answer -Early in the morning.
The risk of experiencing serotonin syndrome when SSRI's are given with monoamine oxidase inhibitors
such as phenelzine (Nardil). Serotonin syndrome is best characterized in which of the following?
-Hypotension and urinary retention.
-Muscle rigidity and high fever.
-A productive cough and vomiting.
, -Tea-colored urine and constipation.
- correct answer -Muscle rigidity and high fever.
A client with depression who has been taking amitriptyline for three months returns to the clinic for a
follow-up. The nurse observes the client in which of the following symptoms?
-Suicidal thoughts.
-Lack of energy.
-Loss of interest in personal appearance.
-Neglect of responsibilities.
- correct answer -Suicidal thoughts.
A client is prescribed with sertraline (Zoloft). To guarantee a safe administration of the medication, a
nurse would administer the dse:
-As needed only for depressions.
-Early in the morning.
-Take on an empty stomach.
-At bedtime.
- correct answer -At bedtime.
A client arrives in the emergency room with a tricyclic antidepressant overdose. Which of the following
measures should the nurse do, except?
-Maintain a patent airway.
-Administration of sodium bicarbonate.
-Gastric lavage with activated charcoal.
-Obtain an electrocardiogram.
-Administration of an antipyretic.
- correct answer -Administration of an antipyretic.
