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NU 673 MIDTERM PMHNP QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)


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a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social
withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that
lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

,schizophrenia assessment scales


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AIMS-12 item involuntary movement scale. monitors TD, facial movements,
dyskinesia, patient distress due to movement.


BPRS- Brief psychiatric rating scale observe two through three days self-
report observed behavior clinical interview.


PANSS- positive and negative syndrome scale rated one - seven out of 30
symptoms interviewed by clinician family Hossel staff observations.




bipolar disorder


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Persistent symptoms suggestive of bipolar disorder include decreased
need for sleep, marked difference from normal baseline sleep patterns,
inflated self-esteem, grandiosity, increased goal-directed activities,
excessive involvement in pleasurable activities with a high potential for
painful consequences, unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions,
unsound business ventures, excessive substance use or abuse, and highly
recurrent depressive episodes. Manifests with behavioral, affective,
cognitive, and somatic symptoms.




extrapyramidal symptoms


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, involuntary fine motor tremors, rigidity, uncontrollable retlessness, acute
dystonia.




substance abuse treatment


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clinics provide therapeutic and rehabilitative services, including medical
and psychosocial assessment, detoxification, and medication such as
methadone




1st generation antipsychotics


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chlorpromazine Cornea deposits, sedation
fluphenazine
haldol EPS risk D2 bind
all antagonize D2




atypical features


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These patients eat a lot and gain weight, sleep excessively, and have a
feeling of being sluggish or paralyzed. They are also sensitive to rejection.

, Dopamine antagonists


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Drugs that directly block dopamine from binding to receptors in the
chemotrigger zone and the intestinal tract, causing food to move more
quickly through the GI tract.




Alcohol withdrawal symptoms


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-appear within 4-12 hrs
-abd cramping
-vomiting
-tremors
-restlessness
-inability to sleep
-TACHYCARDIA
-HTN
-transient hallucinations or illusions
-anxiety
-increased RR, temp
-tonic clonic seizures
-diaphoresis




Neurodevelopmental schizophrenia cause


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intrauterine insults may contribute to the etiology of schizophrenia;
prenatal exposure to toxins, including viral agents; oxygen deprivation;

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