NURS 6630 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIC APPROACHES TO TREATMENT OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY NURS6630 WEEK 6 MIDTERM EXAM NURS-6630N MIDTERM EXAM VERIFIED ANSWERS (WALDEN UNIVERSITY)

NURS 6630 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIC APPROACHES TO TREATMENT OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY NURS6630 WEEK 6 MIDTERM EXAM NURS-6630N MIDTERM EXAM VERIFIED ANSWERS (WALDEN UNIVERSITY) A noncompliant patient states, “Why do you want me to put this poison in my body?” Identify the best response made by the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). Selected Answer: C. “Most medications that work in the brain will result in restoring an imbalance of one or more neurotransmitters that your body already produces helping to alleviate your symptoms .” Ms. Hill is currently being treated for schizophrenia but has stopped taking her medications due to some side effects she claims she was experiencing. She presents to the clinic today with worsening symptoms. She is experiencing anhedonia, agitation, attentional impairment, and affective blunting. Which one of the symptoms mentioned is considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia? Selected Answer: B. Agitation Which statement about neurotransmitters and medications is true? • Question 3 1 out of 1 points • Question 2 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: B. Several psychiatric medications have been developed after discoveries of endogenous neurotransmitters and defining their function in the brain. When an unstable patient asks why it is necessary to add medications to his current regimen, the PMHNP’s best response would be: Selecte d Answer: C. “Many psychiatric illnesses involve several dys-functioning neurotransmitter systems in the brain. Often, a single medication may only effect one or two of the dys-functioning systems. The addition of another medication can work with the current medication in stabilizing multiple neurotransmitter systems and help to alleviate your symptoms.” During gene expression, what must occur prior to a gene being expressed?