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Final Exam: PRN 1562/ PRN1562 (Latest New 2023/2024 Update) Principles of Mental Health Nursing Exam Review| Complete Guide with Verified Answers | Rasmussen Q: ADHD is defined as Answer: - Issues with following rules, paying attention, easily distracted, forgetful, impaired time management - CNS stimulants for treatment (give early in day to avoid insomnia, lack of appetite, headache) Q: Oppositional Defiant Disorder is defined as? (more to authority figure) Answer: - Cha...

NR 546 Midterm Exam 2023/2024 Questions AND Answers Update A+ What should the PMHNP consider when prescribing chemical restraints? - Answer-- allergy status -prior med hx for adverse drug reactions r/t the meds ordered in the chemical restraint -state regulations regarding chemical restrains must be reviewed Are the PMHNP and other staff liable if the client has an allergic reaction or adverse side effects to the drugs used for chemical restraint? - Answer-No. The client has been court-...

NURS660 Psychopharm 660 Exam 1 Questions with Complete Solutions Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia - ANSWER Delusions, hallucinations, distortions, agitation, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior Where do positive symptoms originate? - ANSWER Mesolimbic dopamine pathway Medications to treat positive symptoms - ANSWER Antipsychotics Negative symptoms of schizophrenia - ANSWER Flat affect, alogia, affective blunting, asociality, anhedonia, avolition. ...

NRNP 6675-15; NRNP 6675 Week 6 Midterm Exam 2022 100% solved -Graded A+   NRNP 6675-15; NRNP 6675 Week 6 Midterm Exam 2022 100% solved -Graded A+ 1. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply Age Rapid dose escalation Parental route of administration Higher potency typical antipsychotics 2. Antipsychotic medications provide D2 blockade in the mesocortical pathway causing which of the following effects? Reduces negative symptoms Increases e...

ATI MENTAL HEALTH PROCTORED REAL EXAM LATEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) Wernicke-Korsakoff Expected Finding - ANSWER- Confusion Heroin Intoxication Expected Finding - ANSWER- Respiratory Depression Reaction of Terminal Cancer Diagnosis - ANSWER- Denial Valproic Acid Teaching - ANSWER- Teach the need to regularly monitor liver function levels due to the risk of hepatotoxicity When should Donapezil be taken? - ANSWER- Bedtime to reduce the risks for injury due to...

How many dopamine pathways in the brain? - Answer - 5 but only 4 associated with schizophrenia Nigrostriatal Dopamine Pathway controls - Answer - motor function and movement (part of EP NS) Nigrostriatal Dopamine Pathway dopamine excess - Answer - Hyperkinetic movements such as tics/dyskinesias mesolimbic dopamine pathway controls - Answer - Pleasure, reward, euphoria of drug abuse and reinforcing behavior Mesolimbic dopamine pathway excess - Answer - delusions and hallucinations - p...

NRNP 6675-15; NRNP 6675 Week 6 Midterm Exam 2022 100% solved -Graded A+   NRNP 6675-15; NRNP 6675 Week 6 Midterm Exam 2022 100% solved -Graded A+ 1. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply Age Rapid dose escalation Parental route of administration Higher potency typical antipsychotics 2. Antipsychotic medications provide D2 blockade in the mesocortical pathway causing which of the following effects? Reduces negative symptoms Increases e...

1. Neuroanatomic and neurotransmitter alterations in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia include which of the following? A) Loss of cortical tissue B) Alteration in dopamine pathways C) Shrinkage of the ventricles D) All of these are correct. E) Loss of cortical tissue and alteration in dopamine pathways Ans: E Complexity: Easy Ahead: Mental Health Disorders Subject: Chapter 11 Title: Neural Function 2. A patient reports that he senses that he is detached from society. His family re...

NUR2459 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2 2023 ALL ANSWERED NUR2459 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2 2023 ALL ANSWERED Ideas of reference Misconstrue trivial events and attach personal significance to them (believing that others, who are discussing the next meal, are talking about them) Persecution Feel singled out for harm by others (being hunted down by the FBI) Grandeur Believe that they are all powerful and important, like a god Somatic delusions Believe that their body is changing in an unu...

AQA Psychology – Schizophrenia Exam Questions and Answers What is schizophrenia? How common is it? -Answer-It is a psychological disorder affecting approximately 1% of people What do people diagnosed with schizophrenia often experience? -Answer-Major disruption to their everyday life Research shows that approximately: - 80% of people with schizophrenia in the UK are unemployed - 20% attempt suicide Schizophrenia has a a condition that causes what? -Answer-Psychosis - where the person...

NRNP 6675 Week 6 Midterm Exam/ NRNP 6675 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Care Across The Lifespan II (Updated)80. Which of the following is consistent with literature regarding the term psychosexual? • Psychosexual is used to describe personality development and functioning • Psychosexual is synonymous with libido in the Freudian sense • Psychosexual basically refers only to sexual feelings and behavior • None of the above 81. Bleuler identified four fundamental sympt...