NURS 6630 MIDTERM EXAM 1 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2021.

NURS 6630 MIDTERM EXAM 1 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS A noncompliant patient states, “Why do you want me to put this poison in my body?” Identify the best response made by the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). Selected Answer: C. “Most medications that work in the brain will result in restoring an imbalance of one or more neurotransmitters that your body already produces helping to alleviate your symptoms .” Ms. Hill is currently being treated for schizophrenia but has stopped taking her medications due to some side effects she claims she was experiencing. She presents to the clinic today with worsening symptoms. She is experiencing anhedonia, agitation, attentional impairment, and affective blunting. Which one of the symptoms mentioned is considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia? Selected Answer: B. Agitation Which statement about neurotransmitters and medications is true? Selected Answer: D. An imbalance of serotonin has been directly linked to depression. Following the discovery of this neurotransmitter, pharmacologists were able to develop a well- known drug- Prozac as the first medication used to restore the balance of serotonin. When an unstable patient asks why it is necessary to add medications to his current regimen, the PMHNP’s best response would be: Selected Answer: C. “Many psychiatric illnesses involve several dys-functioning neurotransmitter systems in the brain. Often, a single medication may only effect one or two of the dys-functioning systems. The addition of another medication can work with the current medication in stabilizing multiple neurotransmitter systems and help to alleviate your symptoms.” • Question 5 1 out of 1 points During gene expression, what must occur prior to a gene being expressed? Selected Answers: A. Transcription factor must bind to the regulatory region within the cell’s nucleus. While genes have potential to modify behavior, behavior can also modify genes. How do genes impact this process? Selected Answer: B. Changes made to proteins lead to changes in behavior. Though medications have the ability to target neurotransmitter release into the synapse by the presynaptic neuron it is not always necessary. The PMHNP understands that this is because: Selected Answer: C. Neurotransmitters can spread by diffusion.