Midterm Exam: NR546 / NR 546
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Advanced Pharmacology
Psychopharmacology for the
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner | Questions & Answers
| 100% Correct | Grade A -
Chamberlain
Question:
black box warning aripiprazole
Answer:
increase of suicide in children
Question:
black box warning quetiapine
Answer:
increase risk of suicide in adolescents/young adults during initial 1-2 months
,Question:
first line of treatment for children and adolescents
Answer:
psychotherapy
-SSRIs for severe symptoms or psychotherapy ineffective
-increased risk of suicide in clients less than 30 years using SSRIs
-gabapentin not approved for anxiety in children, only seizures
Question:
avoid which meds in elderly
Answer:
barbiturates, BZOs, antihistamine, alpha 2 delta ligands
-Beers criteria avoid haloperidol, ziprasidone, olanzapine
Question:
antipsychotics and breast feeding
Answer:
all antipsychotics expected to be in breast milk, dc drug or bottle feed
-no gabapentin, BZOs, antihistamines, alpha 2 ligands
,Question:
monitor clients on antidepressants for what
Answer:
SI
Question:
SSRI
Answer:
-treat all anxiety disorders
-increase serotonin by preventing reuptake
-prams/-ines
-effective for sadness, panic, and compulsions
-escitalopram. fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, sertraline, paroxetine, citalopram
Question:
escitalopram dose
Answer:
10-20mg/day
, Question:
fluoxetine dose
Answer:
20-80 mg/day
Question:
sertraline dose
Answer:
50-200 mg/day
Question:
paroxetine dose
Answer:
10-60 mg/day
Question:
citalopram dose
Answer:
20-40 mg/day
