Exam 2- Nsg 552 Wilkes University
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Acute anxiety - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔First line for acute panic may be short term
benzo use.
short acting benzos cause rebound anxiety and are the most abused
Benzodiazepines - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Withdrawal can be dangerous, even
deadly. Stopping abruptly is not advised. Symptoms of agitation, tension,
irritability, and sz. may occur
anxiety disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔psychological disorders characterized
by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce
anxiety
anxiety disorders treatment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-non-activating
antidepressants area good place to start. for this disorder
,first line treatment anxiety disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔SSRI- Fluoxetine
(Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), and paroxetine (Paxil)
TCAs often effective but with riskier SE
may interfere with psychotherapy in TX of AD - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Benzodiazepines- short acting Alprazolam are most abusable
Rapid onset BZD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔used for acute panic disorder
BZD with long half- life (20-80 hours) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Diazepam (avoid in
elderly)
BEERS criteria - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A list of medications that are generally
considered inappropriate when given to elderly people
BEERS criteria - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Identifies High Risk Meds to Generate
Wide List of Meds That Should be Avoided
The "Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older
Adults", commonly called the Beers List, are guidelines for healthcare
, professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for
older adults.
concomitant with pharmacological tx in AD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Psychotherapy
First line for specific phobias like clowns, blood, animals - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Psychotherapy
medications not all that helpful for specific phobias
OCD treatment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔SSRI and CBT
BZD in treatment of OCD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Xanax, Valium, Klonipin
Trauma and Dissociative Disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Consider and treat
and comorbid disorders as well
Trauma and Dissociative Disorders first line pharmocology - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Antidepressants
Psychotherapy are treatment of choice
Dissociative disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the degree of insight the patient
has is crucial to the outcome of psychotherapy
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Acute anxiety - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔First line for acute panic may be short term
benzo use.
short acting benzos cause rebound anxiety and are the most abused
Benzodiazepines - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Withdrawal can be dangerous, even
deadly. Stopping abruptly is not advised. Symptoms of agitation, tension,
irritability, and sz. may occur
anxiety disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔psychological disorders characterized
by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce
anxiety
anxiety disorders treatment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-non-activating
antidepressants area good place to start. for this disorder
,first line treatment anxiety disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔SSRI- Fluoxetine
(Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), and paroxetine (Paxil)
TCAs often effective but with riskier SE
may interfere with psychotherapy in TX of AD - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Benzodiazepines- short acting Alprazolam are most abusable
Rapid onset BZD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔used for acute panic disorder
BZD with long half- life (20-80 hours) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Diazepam (avoid in
elderly)
BEERS criteria - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A list of medications that are generally
considered inappropriate when given to elderly people
BEERS criteria - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Identifies High Risk Meds to Generate
Wide List of Meds That Should be Avoided
The "Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older
Adults", commonly called the Beers List, are guidelines for healthcare
, professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for
older adults.
concomitant with pharmacological tx in AD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Psychotherapy
First line for specific phobias like clowns, blood, animals - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Psychotherapy
medications not all that helpful for specific phobias
OCD treatment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔SSRI and CBT
BZD in treatment of OCD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Xanax, Valium, Klonipin
Trauma and Dissociative Disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Consider and treat
and comorbid disorders as well
Trauma and Dissociative Disorders first line pharmocology - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Antidepressants
Psychotherapy are treatment of choice
Dissociative disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the degree of insight the patient
has is crucial to the outcome of psychotherapy
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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