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1. What should the PMHNP consider when prescribing chemical restraints? ANSWER -
-allergy status
-prior med hx for adverse drug reactions r/t the meds ordered in the...
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,1. What should the PMHNP consider when prescribing chemical restraints? ANSWER -
-allergy status
-prior med hx for adverse drug reactions r/t the meds ordered in the chemical restraint
-state regulations regarding chemical restrains must be reviewed
2. Are the PMHNP and other staff liable if the client has an allergic reaction or adverse side effects to the drugs
used for chemical restraint? ANSWER No.
The client has been court-ordered to take the prescribed medications and the standing order for chemical restraints is
approved. The PMHNP and other staff are not liable if the patient has an allergic reaction or adverse side effects.
3. How does reviewing the genetic makeup of a client help guide the PMHNP in selecting medication for clients?
ANSWER -Genetic testing can assist by providing more information on how clients may respond to certain
psychotropic medications
-provides information on how a client may break down and metabolize medications based on the cytochrome P450 system
4. Tanr1kulu and Erba_ (2020) investigated identical twins to determine the presence of an inherited link for
schizophrenia and why one twin may develop schizophrenia when the other does not. When two people have 100%
identical DNA, why don't both persons develop the exact illnesses? Studies of identical Danish twins found that if
one twin had schizophrenia, the other twin had a 50% lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia (Lemvigh et al.,
2020). Why is there only half the risk? ANSWER Both environmental and psychosocial stressors can im- pact mental
health. Although twins may have identical genes, their gene expression may be different.
There may be an environmental exposure that turned a gene "on" that should have been "off" for one twin to develop
schizophrenia and not the other.
5. central sulcus ANSWER separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
6. frontal lobe ANSWER associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking
7. broca's area ANSWER speech production
8. temporal lobe ANSWER involves object identification and auditory signals
9. cerebellum ANSWER coordination
10. wernicke's area ANSWER speech comprehension
11. occipital lobe ANSWER primary visual area
12. parietal lobe ANSWER keeps us alert to what is going on around us
13. sensory cortex ANSWER pain, heat, and other sensations
14. motor cortex ANSWER movement
15. hippocampus ANSWER involved in both memory and anxiety
16. nucleus accumbens ANSWER involved in the reward process
,17. thalamus ANSWER involved in sensory organ and motor command processing
18. striatum ANSWER involved in complex motor actions, also links cognition to motor actions
19. limbic system ANSWER includes circuits that are associated with pleasure and reward
20. basal ganglia ANSWER group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements
21. amygdala ANSWER involved in emotional regulation and perception of odors
22. corpus callosum ANSWER controls the communication between the two brain hemi- spheres
23. white matter ANSWER contains nerve fibers that connect neurons from different regions into functional circuits
24. grey matter ANSWER contains nerve cells and dendrites
25. brain tissue ANSWER made up of grey matter and white matter
26. dorsal striatum ANSWER involved in complex motor actions and linkage of cognition to motor actions
-main input area for basal ganglia
*activated when anticipating or engaging in pleasure
27. The field of epigenetics is rapidly growing and can help explain how gene expression is ANSWER
ANSWER influenced by environmental factors and how epigenetics contributes to the manifestation of mental
illness
28. How does epigenetics impact a person's mental health? ANSWER internal or external factors activate portions
of the genome that result in the manifestation of mental health symptoms
-activation is often a result of a stressful event, which, when combined with the genetic risk, results in the disease
-genes being on or off
-occurrence of symptoms may be the result of inheritance of an abnormal gene or of normal genes being "on" when they
should be "off."
29. Types of epigenetic changes ANSWER ANSWER DNA
Methylation Histone modification
Non-coding RNA
30. The potential legal and ethical issues impacting mental health treatment must also be taken into account,
including ANSWER ANSWER -informed consent
-competence to make healthcare decisions
-off-label prescribing
31. Informed consent ANSWER Clients have the right to receive enough information to make decisions about
treatment.
-must also be informed about potential risks associated with medications.
-have the right to refuse treatment
, -cannot be forcibly medicated in non-emergencies. However, clients can be forcibly
medicated if they are violent toward themselves or others and when less restrictive methods have failed
32. Compliance ANSWER A court order may be issued for a client to receive treatment against their wishes if
they are considered a danger to themselves or others.
-Examples ANSWER clients with schizophrenia or sex offenders
-Guardians can provide consent for clients who have limited cognitive capabilities or are incompetent to make decisions
-PMHNPs are responsible for being knowledgeable about their state laws and abiding by them.
33. Off-Label Prescribing ANSWER Some clients may benefit from the unapproved use of a drug for symptom
management.
-Example ANSWER many SSRIs used to tx anxiety and OCD but are not FDA approved for use in this disorder.
-potentially raises ethical and legal concerns
-PMHNP must remain up to date with the latest recommendations for off-label prescribing.
34. Incidence of mental illness-what factors are increasing the incidence ANSWER Psy- chological and
sociological factors
Lifestyle factors such as a client's smoking status, diet, exercise, history of med- ication adherence, or history of addiction
should be considered when prescribing psychotropic medications
35. Adherence ANSWER Persistence
-taking med over intended time period Compliance
-taking med as prescribed
36. left hemisphere ANSWER -speech comprehension
-word recognition
-grammar
-sequential processing
-recognition of detail
-conscious mental processing
37. right hemisphere ANSWER -prosody of speech
-emotional modulation
-visual-spatial skills
-recognition of facial expression
-music
-abstract mathematical skills
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