PSYCHIATRIC NURSE CERTIFICATION UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS

PSYCHIATRIC NURSE CERTIFICATION UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
Zyprexa (olanzapine) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅atypical antipsychotic



Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A psychotic disorder involving distortions in
thoughts, perceptions, and/or emotions.


delirium - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled
excitement; ADJ. delirious, reversible but can be fatal


Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An abnormal condition marked by multiple
cognitive defects that include memory impairment.


personality disorders - Cluster a: odd and eccentric - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅paranoid,
schizoid, schizophrenia


Personalty disorders Cluster B: dramatic and emotional - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Borderine, antisocial, narcissistic, histirionic,



borderline personality disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅condition marked by extreme
instability in mood, identity, and impulse control


Personality disorder - Cluster C: anxious and fearful - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅avoidant,
dependent, obsessive-compulsive


antiosychotic drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Psychosis, schizophrenia, blocks
dopamine and some serotonin


Antidepressants - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Depression and bipolar, enhances serotonin,
norepinephrine and dopamine

,Anti manic and mood stabilizerS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Bipolar, mania and/or
depression, decrease glutamate and increase GABA


Anxiolytics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Anxiety, trauma, stressor-related disorders,
enhance GABA, serotonin or serve as beta-blocker


cognitive engagement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Dementia, enhances acetylcholine and
blocks glutamate


Psychostimulants - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ADHD, increase norepinephrine and
dopamine


Sedatives, Hypnotics, - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sleep disorders, increase norepinephrine
and dopamine


Receptors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Agonist, antagonist, partial agonist



ion channels - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅channel proteins that transport ions



Enzymes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Catalysts for chemical reactions in living things



Transport pumps - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅proteins in the plasma membrane that release
energy and use it to move substances across the membrane.


Anticholinergic effects - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅dry mouth, blurred vision,
constipation, urinary retention


extrapyramidal symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅side effects such as restlessness,
involuntary movements, and muscular tension produced by antipsychotic medications

, Typical Antipsychotics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Dopamine-receptor antagonists-
blocks dopamine- helps reduce positive symptoms of psychosis


first generation antipsychotics (typical): reduce positive symptoms of psychosis,blocks dopamine
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Thorazine, proloxin, haldol, loxitane, serentil, Moran, trilafon,
oral, mellaril, navane, stelazine


discontinuation syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Mostly with Paxil and Effexor



Buspar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Avoid grapefruit



Side effects of typical antipsychotics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sedation,
anticholinergic, hypotension, ohotosensitivity, drooling, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, EPS


Medication to treat EPS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AnticholinergicS (benztropine),
antihistamine, symmetrel, canapés and tenex, inderal, Ativan, klonopin, ingrezza, austedo,
xenazine,


Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Life-threatening muscle
rigidity, fever, and rhabdomyolysis.


Peplau's Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅develop interaction between nurse and
patient. (ex. nurse facilitates interpersonal relationships)


bipolar disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A mood disorder in which the person
alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of
mania.


Freud - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅id, ego, superego