Nur350 Exam 1 Study Guide Increased GABA - Answer decreased anxiety Medications that block dopamine - Answer antipsychotics decreased acetylcholine - Answer Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's low GABA - Answer anxiety Gosh, All Baddies have Anxiety increased serotonin - Answer increased pain, hunger, aggression, anxiety (cocaine) decreased dopamine - Answer Parkinson's and depression Akathisia - Answer motor restlessness (AKA, this is annoying) Usually the first EPS side effect of antipsychotics impaired muscle tone - Answer dystonia may result from antipsychotics rigidity and high fever - Answer NMS benzodiazepine neurotransmitters - Answer antianxiety increase GABA 30 day commit pt refused meds - Answer IM injection 72 hour hold pt refused meds - Answer do not give meds neurotransmitter that plays a role in suicide - Answer low serotonin priority goal for suicidal pt - Answer pt will not harm self by end of shift suicide fact - Answer manifestation of hopelessness and helple ssness labile - Answer mood swings speak rapidly, changing subject frequently - Answer flight of idea s tangential - Answer irrelevant topics, fails to arrive at main point gradual decrease in drug action - Answer tolerance decrease in drug's affect - Answer desensitization Neutropenia - Answer deficiency of neutrophils -low WBC count -chills -rare ratio of maximum nontoxic dose to minimum effect dose - Answer t herapeutic index drug's ability to produce a response - Answer efficacy Agranulocytosis - Answer dangerously low WBC -clozapine -sudden fever -chills Leukopenia - Answer low leukocytes -low WBC count -fever Phases of Drug Treatment - Answer 1. Initiation 2. Stabilization 3. Maintenance 4. Discontinuation M-tab - Answer rapid-disintegrating tablet 2mg/day daily antipsychotics medications metabolize where? - Answer liver antipsychotic medications half-life? - Answer 24 hours Consta - Answer long-acting injection
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