Midterm Exam: NR546 / NR 546 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Advanced Pharmacology Psychopharmacology for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain

Midterm Exam: NR546 / NR 546
(Latest Update )
Advanced Pharmacology
Psychopharmacology for the
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner | Questions & Answers
| 100% Correct | Grade A -
Chamberlain


Question:
black box warning aripiprazole
Answer:
increase of suicide in children




Question:
black box warning quetiapine
Answer:
increase risk of suicide in adolescents/young adults during initial 1-2 months

,Question:
first line of treatment for children and adolescents
Answer:
psychotherapy
-SSRIs for severe symptoms or psychotherapy ineffective
-increased risk of suicide in clients less than 30 years using SSRIs
-gabapentin not approved for anxiety in children, only seizures




Question:
avoid which meds in elderly
Answer:
barbiturates, BZOs, antihistamine, alpha 2 delta ligands
-Beers criteria avoid haloperidol, ziprasidone, olanzapine




Question:
antipsychotics and breast feeding
Answer:
all antipsychotics expected to be in breast milk, dc drug or bottle feed
-no gabapentin, BZOs, antihistamines, alpha 2 ligands

,Question:
monitor clients on antidepressants for what
Answer:
SI




Question:
SSRI
Answer:
-treat all anxiety disorders
-increase serotonin by preventing reuptake
-prams/-ines
-effective for sadness, panic, and compulsions
-escitalopram. fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, sertraline, paroxetine, citalopram




Question:
escitalopram dose
Answer:
10-20mg/day

, Question:
fluoxetine dose
Answer:
20-80 mg/day




Question:
sertraline dose
Answer:
50-200 mg/day




Question:
paroxetine dose
Answer:
10-60 mg/day




Question:
citalopram dose
Answer:
20-40 mg/day