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Antipsychotic meds Correct Answer primarily used for schizophrenia & psychotic disorders -also used as adjunctive meds for management of tx-resistant depression & other conditions -not curative -decrease/control symptoms/improve quality of life Schizophrenia Correct Answer a disturbance that must last for 6 months or longer, including at least one month of positive symptoms or negative symptoms -neurodevelopmental, brain disorder -psychological condition involving chronic or repeated epi...

Midterm Exam: NRNP 6675/ NRNP6675 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Care Across the Lifespan I Midterm Exam | More than 200 Questions and Verified Answers| 2023/ 2024 Newly Updated QUESTION Which of the following are keys to distinguishing OCD from psychosis?- Answer: Patients with OCD can almost always acknowledge the unreasonable nature of their symptoms QUESTION A federal program administered nationally and locally which covers enrolled individuals 65+ who pays ...

NCLEX RN NGN EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024 UPDATE NCLEX RN NGN EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024 UPDATE Question 1 Yesterday, a client with schizophrenia began treatment with haloperidol (Haldol). Today, the nurse notices that the client is holding his head to one side and complaining of neck and jaw spasms. What should the nurse do? A Assume that the client is posturing. B Tell the client to lie down and relax. Evaluate the client for adverse reactions to haloperidol. Put the client...

PN Mental Health Online Practice 2023 A After reviewing the client's medical record, the nurse should report which of the following findings to the provider? Select the 5 findings that should be reported. When analyzing cues, the nurse should identify that the client's blood pressure. heart rate, temperature, speech pattern, and hallucinations are findings the nurse should report to the provider. The client's blood pressure is above the expected reference range, indicating hypertension....

ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY UTMB 5355 EXAM 3 /UTMB5355 Exam 3 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2023/2024 LATEST GUIDE. 2 / 11 1. Biogenic AmineTheory linked to depression: Deficiency of neurotransmittersin brain of norepinephrine, dopamine, and/or serotonin. Particularly, a decrease in receptor binding with serotonin. 2. Neurotransmitter Receptor Hypothesis linked to depression: A deficiency ofmonoamine neurotransmitters at neuronal synapses. 3. Antidepressants increase: Neuronal synaptic l...

NURS 660 Psychopharmacology Exam 1 Review 2023. Know the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, where they originate from, and what medications treat these symptoms. Positive symptoms:  psychosis, hallucinations, delusions  Mesolimbic origin  Medications: D2 antagonists Negative symptoms:  more related to mood disturbance, apathy, anhedonia, neuroleptic dysphoria, cognitive blunting  Mesocortical/prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, reward circuit origins ...

NR546 NR 546 PSYCHOPHARM MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+. 2 / 11 1. How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the amygdala?: inhibits andactivates the amygdala 2. Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following?:speech compre-hension 3. The limbic system is associated with which of the following: emotion andlearning 4. Which brain structure is most associated with long term memory?: hip-pocampus 5. When prescribing psychotropic medications...

ATI -RN Comprehensive Assessment 2023 C, Exam Questions & Answers-A nurse is caring for a client who has bipolar disorder and is experiencing acute mania. The nurse obtained a verbal prescription for restraints. Which of the following should the actions the nurse take? - Document the client's condition every 15 minutes A nursing planning care for a school-age child who is 4 hr postoperative following perforated appendicitis. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan...

NURS660 Psychopharm 660 Exam 1 Questions with Complete Solutions Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia - ANSWER Delusions, hallucinations, distortions, agitation, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior Where do positive symptoms originate? - ANSWER Mesolimbic dopamine pathway Medications to treat positive symptoms - ANSWER Antipsychotics Negative symptoms of schizophrenia - ANSWER Flat affect, alogia, affective blunting, asociality, anhedonia, avolition. ...

NGN ATI Mental Health Proctored Exam WITH NGN QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS/ A+ GRADE A nurse is told during change of shift report that a client is stuporous. When assessing the client, which of the following findings should the nurse expect? A. The client arouses briefly in response to a sternal rub. B. The client has a glasgow coma scale score less than 7. C. The client exhibits decorticate rigidity. D. The client is alert but disoriented to time and place. - CORRECT ANSWER A....