NR546 MIDTERM PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUETIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATED | 100% RATED
CORRECT | GRADED A+
What should the PMHNP consider when prescribing chemical restraints?
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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 eff
- Answer> No.
to the drugs used for chemical restraint?
The client has been court
- ordered to take the prescribed medications and the standing order
chemical restraints is approved. The PMHNP and other staff are not liable if the patient has
allergic reaction or adverse side effects.
How does reviewing the genetic makeup of a client help guide the PMHNP in selecting med
for clients?- Answer> - Genetic testing can assist by providing more information on how clie
may respond to certain psychotropic medications
- provides information on how a client may break down and metabolize medications based
cytochrome P450 system.
,Tanrıkulu and Erbaş (2020) investigated identical twins to determine the presence of an inher
link for schizophrenia and why one twin may develop schizophrenia when the other does no
When two people have 100% identical DNA, why don't both persons develop the exact esses?
illn
Studies of identical Danish twins found that if one twin had schizophrenia, the other twin h
50% lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia (Lemvigh et al., 2020). Why is there only half t
risk? - Answer> Both environmental and psychosocial stressors can impact mental health.
Although twins may have identical genes, their gene expression may be different.
There may be an environmental exposure that turned a gene "on" that should have been "o
one twin to develop schizophrenia and not the other.
central sulcus - Answer> separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
frontal lobe- Answer> associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking
broca's area- Answer> speech production
temporal lobe- Answer> involves object identification and auditory signals
cerebellum- Answer> coordination
wernicke's area- Answer> speech comprehension
occipital lobe- Answer> primary visual area
,parietal lobe- Answer> keeps us alert to what is going on around us
sensory cortex- Answer> pain, heat, and other sensations
motor cortex- Answer> movement
hippocampus- Answer> involved in both memory and anxiety
nucleus accumbens- Answer> involved in the reward process
thalamus- Answer> involved in sensory organ and motor command processing
striatum- Answer> involved in complex motor actions, also links cognition to motor action
limbic system- Answer> includes circuits that are associated with pleasure and reward
basal ganglia - Answer> group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements
amygdala- Answer> involved in emotional regulation and perception of odors
corpus callosum- Answer> controls the communication between the two brain hemisphere
, white matter- Answer> contains nerve fibers that connect neurons from different regions in
functional circuits
grey matter- Answer> containsnerve cells and dendrites
brain tissue- Answer> made up of grey matter and white matter
dorsal striatum- Answer> involved in complex motor actions and linkage of cognition to mo
actions
- main input area for basal ganglia
*activated when anticipating or engaging in pleasure
The field of epigenetics is rapidly growing and can help explain how gene expression is: -
Answer> influenced by environmental factors and how epigenetics contributes to the
manifestation of mental illness
How does epigenetics impact a person's mental health?- Answer> internal or external factors
activate portions of the genome that result in the manifestation of mental health symptom
- activation is often a result of a stressful event, which, when combined with the genetic risk
results in the disease
- genes being on or off
- occurrence of symptoms may be the result of inheritance of an abnormal gene or of norma
genes being "on" when they should be "off."
- Answer> DNA Methylation
Types of epigenetic changes:
AND ANSWERS 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATED | 100% RATED
CORRECT | GRADED 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 eff
- Answer> No.
to the drugs used for chemical restraint?
The client has been court
- ordered to take the prescribed medications and the standing order
chemical restraints is approved. The PMHNP and other staff are not liable if the patient has
allergic reaction or adverse side effects.
How does reviewing the genetic makeup of a client help guide the PMHNP in selecting med
for clients?- Answer> - Genetic testing can assist by providing more information on how clie
may respond to certain psychotropic medications
- provides information on how a client may break down and metabolize medications based
cytochrome P450 system.
,Tanrıkulu and Erbaş (2020) investigated identical twins to determine the presence of an inher
link for schizophrenia and why one twin may develop schizophrenia when the other does no
When two people have 100% identical DNA, why don't both persons develop the exact esses?
illn
Studies of identical Danish twins found that if one twin had schizophrenia, the other twin h
50% lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia (Lemvigh et al., 2020). Why is there only half t
risk? - Answer> Both environmental and psychosocial stressors can impact mental health.
Although twins may have identical genes, their gene expression may be different.
There may be an environmental exposure that turned a gene "on" that should have been "o
one twin to develop schizophrenia and not the other.
central sulcus - Answer> separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
frontal lobe- Answer> associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking
broca's area- Answer> speech production
temporal lobe- Answer> involves object identification and auditory signals
cerebellum- Answer> coordination
wernicke's area- Answer> speech comprehension
occipital lobe- Answer> primary visual area
,parietal lobe- Answer> keeps us alert to what is going on around us
sensory cortex- Answer> pain, heat, and other sensations
motor cortex- Answer> movement
hippocampus- Answer> involved in both memory and anxiety
nucleus accumbens- Answer> involved in the reward process
thalamus- Answer> involved in sensory organ and motor command processing
striatum- Answer> involved in complex motor actions, also links cognition to motor action
limbic system- Answer> includes circuits that are associated with pleasure and reward
basal ganglia - Answer> group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements
amygdala- Answer> involved in emotional regulation and perception of odors
corpus callosum- Answer> controls the communication between the two brain hemisphere
, white matter- Answer> contains nerve fibers that connect neurons from different regions in
functional circuits
grey matter- Answer> containsnerve cells and dendrites
brain tissue- Answer> made up of grey matter and white matter
dorsal striatum- Answer> involved in complex motor actions and linkage of cognition to mo
actions
- main input area for basal ganglia
*activated when anticipating or engaging in pleasure
The field of epigenetics is rapidly growing and can help explain how gene expression is: -
Answer> influenced by environmental factors and how epigenetics contributes to the
manifestation of mental illness
How does epigenetics impact a person's mental health?- Answer> internal or external factors
activate portions of the genome that result in the manifestation of mental health symptom
- activation is often a result of a stressful event, which, when combined with the genetic risk
results in the disease
- genes being on or off
- occurrence of symptoms may be the result of inheritance of an abnormal gene or of norma
genes being "on" when they should be "off."
- Answer> DNA Methylation
Types of epigenetic changes:
