NUR 341 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.are anti-depressants safe in OD? - Answer-✔yes
\.are geriatric men or women more at risk for suicide? - Answer-✔men >75 y/o
\.are patients able to problem solve when experiencing moderate anxiety? - Answer-✔yes
\.are patients generally more comfortable in mania or hypomania? - Answer-✔hypomania
\.are vital signs stable in dementia or delirium patients? - Answer-✔dementia
\.are vital signs unstable in dementia or delirium patients? - Answer-✔delirium
\.at what level of anxiety are patients unable to follow directions? - Answer-✔panic
\.can Buspirone (BuSpar) be used in conjunction with antidepressants? - Answer-✔yes
\.can mania be due to the effects of a substance or a medical condition? - Answer-✔no, but
there are drugs that induce it
\.do benzodiazepines have a high or low TI? - Answer-✔high=safe!
,\.does CAM need a physician's order? - Answer-✔no, can be easily implemented by nurses
\.does impairment fluctuate throughout the day generally in dementia or delirium patients? -
Answer-✔delirium
\.during what stage of schizophrenia is the milieu therapy a good nursing intervention? -
Answer-✔acute stage
\.how are clinical supervisions brought up? - Answer-✔staff must mention that they want this
\.how are medications (think IV) generally administered to geropsychiatric patients? - Answer-
✔"start low and go slow"
\.how can too much of a dopamine agonist affect psychotic symptoms? - Answer-✔can worsen
symptoms
\.how do anticholinergic medications affect the dopamine, acetyl-choline balance? - Answer-
✔decreases acetyl-choline
\.how do dopamine agonists affect the dopamine, acetyl-choline balance? - Answer-✔increases
dopamine
\.how do nurses provide stimulation for geropsychiatric patients? - Answer-✔use it or lose it...
whether it is psychological or physical stimulation
\.how do opiates affect the brain? - Answer-✔activation of dopaminergic neurons (increased
dopamine)
,\.how do patients generally die from Alzheimer's disease? - Answer-✔often die from choking
and/or infections in the 7th stage
\.how do sodium levels relate to lithium levels? - Answer-✔low sodium=high lithium
\.how do you assess a patient's mood in a mental status examination? - Answer-✔"how do you
feel today?"- patient's self report of their prevailing emotin
\.how does acamprosate (Campral) help patients abstain from alcohol? - Answer-✔related to
GABA and helps diminish cravings
\.how does alcohol affect the brain? - Answer-✔-increases GABA
-decreases glutamate
-increases dopamine
\.how does buprenorphine (Subutex, Suboxone) prevent euphoric effects of opiates? - Answer-
✔displaces opiates
\.how does cocaine affect the brain? - Answer-✔activates dopamine transmission
\.how does content relate to communication? - Answer-✔content is what is being said
\.how does Gingko biloba have cognitive-enhancing effects? - Answer-✔vasodilator=increases
blood to brain
, \.how does grandiosity relate to mania? - Answer-✔inflated sense of importance is a sign of
mania
\.how does ibuprofen affect lithium levels? - Answer-✔increases its renal absorption
\.how does lithium affect the thyroid gland's functioning? - Answer-✔with long-term treatment,
lithium can cause hypothyroidism
\.how does methadone (Dolophine) help prevent euphoric effects of opiates? - Answer-✔binds
to opiate receptors
\.how does naltrexone help patients abstain from alcohol? - Answer-✔opiate antagonist that
helps diminish cravings and weakens effect of alcohol if injested
\.how does paucity relate to speech? - Answer-✔verbal response with a few words
\.how does process relate to communication? - Answer-✔how words are being expressed-non
verbal communication
\.how does schizophrenia generally affect patients sensory stimuli? - Answer-✔-patients lose
sense of touch, which can lead to self-mutilation
-patients also have an abnormally low experience of visceral pain
\.how is buprenorphine (Subutex, Suboxone) administered? - Answer-✔sublingually 3x per
week (every other day)
\.how is methadone (Dolophine) discontinued? - Answer-✔tapered for 6 months
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.are anti-depressants safe in OD? - Answer-✔yes
\.are geriatric men or women more at risk for suicide? - Answer-✔men >75 y/o
\.are patients able to problem solve when experiencing moderate anxiety? - Answer-✔yes
\.are patients generally more comfortable in mania or hypomania? - Answer-✔hypomania
\.are vital signs stable in dementia or delirium patients? - Answer-✔dementia
\.are vital signs unstable in dementia or delirium patients? - Answer-✔delirium
\.at what level of anxiety are patients unable to follow directions? - Answer-✔panic
\.can Buspirone (BuSpar) be used in conjunction with antidepressants? - Answer-✔yes
\.can mania be due to the effects of a substance or a medical condition? - Answer-✔no, but
there are drugs that induce it
\.do benzodiazepines have a high or low TI? - Answer-✔high=safe!
,\.does CAM need a physician's order? - Answer-✔no, can be easily implemented by nurses
\.does impairment fluctuate throughout the day generally in dementia or delirium patients? -
Answer-✔delirium
\.during what stage of schizophrenia is the milieu therapy a good nursing intervention? -
Answer-✔acute stage
\.how are clinical supervisions brought up? - Answer-✔staff must mention that they want this
\.how are medications (think IV) generally administered to geropsychiatric patients? - Answer-
✔"start low and go slow"
\.how can too much of a dopamine agonist affect psychotic symptoms? - Answer-✔can worsen
symptoms
\.how do anticholinergic medications affect the dopamine, acetyl-choline balance? - Answer-
✔decreases acetyl-choline
\.how do dopamine agonists affect the dopamine, acetyl-choline balance? - Answer-✔increases
dopamine
\.how do nurses provide stimulation for geropsychiatric patients? - Answer-✔use it or lose it...
whether it is psychological or physical stimulation
\.how do opiates affect the brain? - Answer-✔activation of dopaminergic neurons (increased
dopamine)
,\.how do patients generally die from Alzheimer's disease? - Answer-✔often die from choking
and/or infections in the 7th stage
\.how do sodium levels relate to lithium levels? - Answer-✔low sodium=high lithium
\.how do you assess a patient's mood in a mental status examination? - Answer-✔"how do you
feel today?"- patient's self report of their prevailing emotin
\.how does acamprosate (Campral) help patients abstain from alcohol? - Answer-✔related to
GABA and helps diminish cravings
\.how does alcohol affect the brain? - Answer-✔-increases GABA
-decreases glutamate
-increases dopamine
\.how does buprenorphine (Subutex, Suboxone) prevent euphoric effects of opiates? - Answer-
✔displaces opiates
\.how does cocaine affect the brain? - Answer-✔activates dopamine transmission
\.how does content relate to communication? - Answer-✔content is what is being said
\.how does Gingko biloba have cognitive-enhancing effects? - Answer-✔vasodilator=increases
blood to brain
, \.how does grandiosity relate to mania? - Answer-✔inflated sense of importance is a sign of
mania
\.how does ibuprofen affect lithium levels? - Answer-✔increases its renal absorption
\.how does lithium affect the thyroid gland's functioning? - Answer-✔with long-term treatment,
lithium can cause hypothyroidism
\.how does methadone (Dolophine) help prevent euphoric effects of opiates? - Answer-✔binds
to opiate receptors
\.how does naltrexone help patients abstain from alcohol? - Answer-✔opiate antagonist that
helps diminish cravings and weakens effect of alcohol if injested
\.how does paucity relate to speech? - Answer-✔verbal response with a few words
\.how does process relate to communication? - Answer-✔how words are being expressed-non
verbal communication
\.how does schizophrenia generally affect patients sensory stimuli? - Answer-✔-patients lose
sense of touch, which can lead to self-mutilation
-patients also have an abnormally low experience of visceral pain
\.how is buprenorphine (Subutex, Suboxone) administered? - Answer-✔sublingually 3x per
week (every other day)
\.how is methadone (Dolophine) discontinued? - Answer-✔tapered for 6 months
