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NR 546 Midterm Exam 2023/2024 Questions AND Answers Update A+ 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 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-...

NESA Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed OSHA lists standard safeguards to protect workers from health hazards related to blood-borne pathogens. The reason for the standards is there is: a significant health risk associated with exposure to blood How is Hepatitis B transmitted? By sexual and/or blood-to-blood contact Which Hepatitis is the cause of most liver transplants? Hepatitis C The virus that causes AIDS is Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) How are blood-borne pathogens spread?...

Psychopharmacology Drugs The Brain And Behavior 3rd Edition Meyer Nursing Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. refer(s) to specific molecular changes that occur when a drug binds to a particular target site or receptor, while are the resulting widespread alterationsin function. a. Drug action; therapeutic effects b. Side effects; drug effects c. Therapeutic effects; side effects d. Drug action; drug effects Answer: d Textbook Reference: Pharmacology: The Science of Drug Action 2. After drug administrati...

NURS 660 Psychopharmacology Exam 1 Review 2023. Know the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, where they originate from, and what medications treat these symptoms. Positive symptoms:  psychosis, hallucinations, delusions  Mesolimbic origin  Medications: D2 antagonists Negative symptoms:  more related to mood disturbance, apathy, anhedonia, neuroleptic dysphoria, cognitive blunting  Mesocortical/prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, reward circuit origins ...

PHR 4000 Exam 1a Question with complete solution 2023drug molecules that interact with specific targets/receptors of an organism to cause biochemical and physiological changes in an organism safety/efficacy What is largely the reason most new drugs fail? 1922, 14, animals insulin was first discovered to treat diabetes in ____ when a ___ year old boy was dying in the hospital. He was given insulin and within 24 hours he got better. First discovered the pancreas was involved throu...

PHA2022 Pharmacology considers: - Pharmacotherapy: o Drug-response relationship o Selectivity of action o Structure-action relationship Lecture 1 1. Define the terms pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics 2. Describe (with examples) the non-specific ways in which drugs can produce therapeutic effects 3. Discuss the four specific molecular targets of drug action 4. Explain the importance of selectivity and how drugs can produce unwanted effects ONE Pharmacodynamics: how the drug acts o...

Any court of law that evaluates the standards of care provided by the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner: A. compares actions to the standard of care provided by a psychiatrist. B. considers what a reasonably prudent PMHNP would do in the same or similar circumstance. C. evaluates patient satisfaction data. D. reviews the nurse practitioner's charts for similar patients B. considers what a reasonably prudent PMHNP would do in the same or similar circumstance. The par...

AC-HPAT Biology 2023 Guide with complete solution Pancreas and Type 1 diabetes The pancreas is the organ that produces insulin, and it plays a major role in regulating blood glucose levels. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not make enough or any insulin. How does insulin work in diabetes? Insulin pumps are small, computerized devices that mimic the way the human pancreas works by delivering small doses of short acting insulin continuously (basal rate). The device also is used ...

Week 3 Quiz #1 is C. 1. Volume neurotransmission refers to? The diffusion of neurotransmitter to nearby neurons. 2. Retrograde neurotransmissions refers to? The flow of neurotransmitter from postsynaptic neuron to presynaptic neuron 3. Use the following CYP450 table to hypothesize drug interactions and their clinical significance for a patient on clozapine who carbamazepine, a mood stabilizer? Clozapine levels would decrease, placing the patient at risk for re-emergence of psychotic sym...

Test Bank Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology 5th EditionTable of Contents Chapter 1 Chemical neurotransmission ............................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Transporters, Receptors, And Enzymes As Targets Of Psychopharmacological Drug Action 8 Chapter 3 Ion Channels as Targets Of Psychopharmacological Drug Action ..................................... 15 Chapter 4 Psychosis and schizophrenia ...........................................