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NURS 6630 Midterm Exam / NURS6630 Midterm Exam (LATEST 2020):Psychopharmacologic Approaches to Treatment of Psychopathology QUESTION 1 1. When an unstable patient asks why it is necessary to add medications to his current regimen, the PMHNP's best response would be: A. "In an extreme case s...

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NURS 6630 Midterm Exam
QUESTION 1

1. When an unstable patient asks why it is necessary to add medications to his current

regimen, the PMHNP's best response would be:

A. "In an extreme case such as yours, more than one medication is often needed."

B. "Due to the ineffectiveness of your current medication, we need to try something else that can

possibly potentiate its effects.

C."Medications are often specific to the neurotransmitter(s) they are affecting and, due to more

than one neurotransmitter involvement, it is often necessary to use more than one medication to

improve symptoms."

D."I understand your concern. We can discontinue your current medication and switch to a

different one that may better manage your symptoms."



QUESTION 2

1. During gene expression, what must occur prior to a gene being expressed?

A.

Transcription factor must bind to the regulatory region within the cell's nucleus.

B.

RNA must be converted to mRNA.

C.

The coding region must separate from the regulatory region. This is wrong

D.

RNA polymerase must inhibit the process of changing RNA to mRNA.

, QUESTION 3

1. 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).

A. "You have to take your medication to become stable."

B. "Most medications will increase the number of neurotransmitters that you already have in the

brain."

C. "Most medications used in treatment are either increasing or decreasing neurotransmitters

that your body already has."

D. "Why do you believe that your medication is poison?"



QUESTION 4

1. Which statement about neurotransmitters and medications is true?

A. Natural neurotransmitters such as endorphins have been discovered after the development of

medications.

B. Some medications were developed after the discovery and known action of the

neurotransmitters in the brain.

C. Neurotransmitters receive messages from most medications.

D. The neurotransmitter serotonin is directly linked to depression. Following this discovery, the

antidepressant Prozac was developed.

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