NSG 3050 Psych Essential Test Toolkit Exam Questions and Approved with Distinction Marking Scheme Latest 2024/2025
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NSG 3050 Psych Essential Test Toolkit Exam Questions and Approved with Distinction Marking Scheme Latest 2024/2025
What is reuptake? - correct answer Occurs when the neurotransmitter is reabsorbed into the presynaptic neuron that it was previously released from.
What symptoms ARE relieved by ...
NSG 3050 Psych Essential Test
Toolkit Exam Questions and
Approved with Distinction Marking
Scheme Latest 2024/2025
What is reuptake? - correct answer Occurs when the
neurotransmitter is reabsorbed into the presynaptic neuron that
it was previously released from.
What symptoms ARE relieved by psychotropic medications? -
correct answer psychic function, behavior, and experience
What symptoms ARE NOT relieved by psychotropic medication? -
correct answer emotional problems and they do not 'cure'
mental illnesses.
What law exists in most states regarding administration of
psychotropic medications? - correct answer Client's right to
refuse treatment unless likely to harm themselves or others.
The nurse must monitor for_____ and _____ effects when
administering psychotropic medications - correct answer side,
adverse
Addiction - correct answer A compulsive or chronic
requirement. The desire is so strong as to generate distress if left
unfulfilled.
,Intoxication - correct answer A physical and mental state of
exhilaration/euphoria and emotional frenzy
Withdrawal: - correct answer The physiological and mental
change that accompanies the termination of an addictive
substance.
Genetic influences - correct answer Hereditary factors are
common in alcoholism
Biochemical factors that effect addiction - correct answer Brain
may produce morphine like substance in that are responsible for
alcohol addiction
Psychological factors that effect addiction - correct answer
Developmental influences (superego is fixed at the oral stage)
Personality factors (depression, passivity, etc.)
Major physical side effects of alcohol abuse - correct answer a.
Peripheral neuropathy - nerve damage/pain, tingling, prickly
sensation
b. Alcoholic Myopathy - sudden onset of muscle pain
c. Wenicke's encephalopathy - paralysis of the ocular muscles,
diplopia, ataxia, somnolence, and stupor.
d. Korasakoff's psychosis - syndrome of confusion and memory
loss
e. Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy - accumulation of lipids in the
myocardial cells > weakening
, f. Esophagitis - inflammation of the esophagus
g. Alcoholic Hepatitis: inflammation of the liver -
nausea/enlarged white count
h. Cirrhosis of the liver: end stage of kidney disease, liver cells
replaced by scar tissue.
Portal hypertension - elevated blood pressure
Ascites - condition in which an excessive amount of serous fluid
accumulates in the abdominal cavity,
Esophageal category: vein in the esophagus that becomes
distended
Hepatic encephalopathy - inability of the liver to convert
ammonia to urea for excretion
i. Leukopenia - production of white blood cell
j. Thrombocytopenia - Platelet production and survival
k. Sexual dysfunction - interferes with production of hormones
l. Use during pregnancy leads to fetal defects.
What is codependency? - correct answer "Codependency is an
unconscious addiction to another person's abnormal behavior."
Barbituates (non-barbituatie) signs of OD - correct answer
anxiety, fever, agitation, hallucinations
Amphetimine OD signs - correct answer Cardiac arrythmias,
headache, convulsions
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