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Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome?
Select all that apply
Rapid dose escalation; parental route of administration; higher potency
typical antipsychotics
Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as?
B) Gender Discordance
Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway
causing which of the following effects?
B) Increases EPS
Incorrect: reduces negative s/s, causes prolactinemia, reduces positive
symptoms
Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by
blocking which of the following receptors?
D) NMDA type receptors
Incorrect: GABA, serotonin, dopamine "receptors"
,The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome characterized by specific s/s
resulting from recent ingestion or exposure to a substance is known as which
of the folllowing?
C) Substance use disorder
Incorrect: substance intox, substance withdrawal, all of the above
Abnormal involuntary movements in a rhythmic pattern affecting the face,
mouth, tongue jaw is known as which of the following?
C) Tardive dyskinesia
Incorrect: akathisia, dystonia, EPS
A deeply held belief despite evidence to the contrary, lasting at least 1
month, without prominent hallucinations, with functional impairment that
relates to the delusional system disorder called?
Delusional disorder
Which of the following is true about preoccupation with castration?
A) This can be serious and life threatening if castration is carried out without
medical supervision
Incorrect: consistent with transvestiatic disorder, other specified paraphillic
disorder, or sexual machochism disorder
,Which of the following is a system that provides a uniform language for
describing medical and surgical procedures and diagnostics services
rendered by clinicians?
CPT
Incorrect: HIPPA, DSM5-, DRG
A patient on Chlorpromazine states his orgasm is dry and afterwards he will
commonly have milky urine. The APRN realizes this is which of the following?
A) This is likely a harmless response to the Chlorpromazine
"Thorazine"
A condition which results from absence of second female sex chromosome
(XO) and is associated with web neck, dwarfism, cubitus valgus and infertility
is known as which of the following?
B) Turners Syndrome
Turners syndrome:
tx involves hormone therapy; fertility treatments for women when they
decide to have a baby
, Which of the following would be characterized as a negative s/s of
schizophrenia?
B & C only
B) impaired social and occupational functioning
C) isolation and impaired self-care
Which of the following are keys to distinguishing OCD from psychosis?
Patients with OCD can almost always acknowledge the unreasonable nature
of their symptoms
A federal program administered nationally and locally which covers enrolled
individuals 65+ who pays premiums and disabled individuals
Both A& B (Medicare and Medicaid)
Having an adequate legal description of nurse practitioner (NP) scope of
practice according to state law is important for which of the following
reasons?
All of the above (to avoid any charges of practicing medicine without a
license, to place accountability for both benefits and harm to patients
squarely on the NP, to get reimbursed for physician services when provided
by a NP
Which of the following is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance?