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Maryville NURS 615 Exam 1

diathesis-stress model : Why some people can handle more amounts of stress and other people cannot. Predisposition combined with stress. Nature (genetic) vs. Nurture (Stress). Schizophrenia and Bipolar HPA Axis and importance : Trauma=hypothalamus goes into overdrive. To help maintain homeostasis in the presence of chronic stressors or trauma, activation is required including endocrine, nervous, immune system. Hypothalamus-A. Pituitary-Adrenal=Stress Response. HPA makes and regulate...

H1 blockade : sedation and weight gain M1 blockade : anticholinergic side effects (dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary retention, constipation) Alpha 1 blockade : ortho hypotension, dizziness VSSCs blockade : coma, seizures, card. arrhythmias, card. arrest, death, OD RISK Amitriptyline : can help w/ neuropathic type pain 2 | P a g e Nortri : 50-150mg. At least 12 hours post dose lab draw TCA OD toxicity : wide QRS > 100ms - give bicarb and supportive care Tertiary TCAs : bloc...

How do benzodiazepine help with anxiety? : Benzodiazepine target GABA neurotransmission via the PAM (positive allosteric modulation Allodynia : Pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain Hyperalgesia : Increased pain from a stimulus that normally provokes pain Nocioceptive pain : Pain that arises from actual or threatened damage to non-neural tissue and is due to the aciviation of ..... Neuropathic pain : Pain created by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervo...

sequencing : putting events in proper sequence to help the patient slow down the events and process them theming : theme identification helps the patient to identify patterns of behavior recognizing : helps the patient to know that his feelings are understood and accepted and encouraged him to continue to express them validating : the recognition and acceptance of another persons thoughts, feelings, sensations, and behaviors as understandable Mental Status Exam (MSE) 2 | P a g e ...

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