NR 607 Psychopharmacology ASSESSMENT GUIDE
FOR 2025/2026 TESTS|MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTLY VERIFIED ANSWERS
(LATEST QUIZZES) |ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
Which of the following antipsychotics pose the least cardiometabolic risk? - Ziprasidone
and Ariprazole are two examples of antipsychotics associated with lower cardiometabolic risk.
A 16-year-old boy with a history of substance use disorder reports fatigue, apathy, and
anhedonia almost every day and his mother reports increasing irritability and raging behavior.
The boy says he smokes marijuana daily just to feel good and is unwilling to give it up. The
mother wants some sort of medication to help him feel better so that he stops smoking
marijuana. The PMHNP agrees to prescribe fluoxetine 20 mg daily. What is the most common
side effect associated with this medication? - Nausea
Keenan is an 72-year-old male admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of delirium.
Medications with anticholinergic side effects are known to cause delirium. Which of the
following medications are most suspect in contributing to delirium? - Diphenhydramine
and similar medications are contraindicated in persons over 65 given their elevated
anticholinergic activity.
A patient who had previously reported feeling much better on her antidepressant suddenly says
the "drug seems to have stopped working. This is known as: - Tachyphylaxis
One of the most common electrolyte abnormalities associated with the use of psychotropic
medication is: - Hyponatremia
A patient who has been taking paroxetine for 3 years wants to come off due to sexual side
effects. He had gradually tried to wean the dose on his own but noticed a feelings of dizziness,
fatigue, headaches, anxiety, and electric-like shocks in his head. These findings are most
consistent with SSRI discontinuation. What would be a reasonable action for the PMHNP to
take? - Prescribe the patient fluoxetine for 1 week
FOR 2025/2026 TESTS|MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTLY VERIFIED ANSWERS
(LATEST QUIZZES) |ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
Which of the following antipsychotics pose the least cardiometabolic risk? - Ziprasidone
and Ariprazole are two examples of antipsychotics associated with lower cardiometabolic risk.
A 16-year-old boy with a history of substance use disorder reports fatigue, apathy, and
anhedonia almost every day and his mother reports increasing irritability and raging behavior.
The boy says he smokes marijuana daily just to feel good and is unwilling to give it up. The
mother wants some sort of medication to help him feel better so that he stops smoking
marijuana. The PMHNP agrees to prescribe fluoxetine 20 mg daily. What is the most common
side effect associated with this medication? - Nausea
Keenan is an 72-year-old male admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of delirium.
Medications with anticholinergic side effects are known to cause delirium. Which of the
following medications are most suspect in contributing to delirium? - Diphenhydramine
and similar medications are contraindicated in persons over 65 given their elevated
anticholinergic activity.
A patient who had previously reported feeling much better on her antidepressant suddenly says
the "drug seems to have stopped working. This is known as: - Tachyphylaxis
One of the most common electrolyte abnormalities associated with the use of psychotropic
medication is: - Hyponatremia
A patient who has been taking paroxetine for 3 years wants to come off due to sexual side
effects. He had gradually tried to wean the dose on his own but noticed a feelings of dizziness,
fatigue, headaches, anxiety, and electric-like shocks in his head. These findings are most
consistent with SSRI discontinuation. What would be a reasonable action for the PMHNP to
take? - Prescribe the patient fluoxetine for 1 week
