NURS6635 Midterm PMHNP Exam Questions and Verified Answers (2024 / 2025)/ A+ GRADE

NURS6635 Midterm PMHNP Exam Questions and Verified Answers (2024 / 2025)/ A+ GRADE 1. A patient recently treated following a SA and has a history of schizophrenia, depression, and fibromyalgia. He is currently taking amitriptyline, lisinopril, aspirin, and fluoxetine. Assessing these medications and reason for admis- sion, what is the best cause of action ANS Review Amitriptyline level 2. A patient with schizophrenia is given an inverse agonist that acts on the receptor 5HT and the neurotransmitter serotonin. What is the rational ANS To decrease Serotonin 3. A PMHNP is caring for a patient with schizophrenia and is considering a va- riety of treatment approaches. Selects a viable treatment with the "dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia". What action does the PMHNP anticipate this treatment is having on the patient ANS Hyperactivity in the mesolimbic dopamine pathways mediate the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. 4. A patient is diagnosed with schizophrenia. What increases the potential to mediate the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia ANS Achieving underactivity of the mesocorticol projections to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. 5. What is accurate about the clinical description of psychosis ANS It is a syn- drome that can be associated with a number of psychiatric disorders. 6. A PMHNP is assessing a 29 year old patient who takes antipsychotics that block D2 receptors. The patient develops a common side effect of the medication. What is the side effect ANS Tardive dyskinesia