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NAMs Menopause Certification Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024/2025 | VERIFIED. Climacteric phase - ANSWER The period of endrocrinologic, somatic, and transitory psychologic changes that occur around the time of menopause. Early menopause - ANSWER LMP before age 45 Late menopause - ANSWER LMP after age 54 Primary ovarian insufficiency - ANSWER Menopause that occurs before age 40 Early menopause transition (stage -2) - ANSWER Persistent difference of 7 days or more in the leng...

Week 4 Midterm Exam: NR546 / NR-546 (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Pharmacology Psychopharmacology for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Questions and Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain Question: Use a stepwise plan to change drug treatment if the initial medication was either ineffective or poorly tolerated. Answer: Switch medications. 1) Switch from one SSRI to another. 2) Switch from SSRI to SNRI. 3) Augment with buspirone. 4) Augment with preg...

Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply Rapid dose escalation; parental route of administration; higher potency typical antipsychotics Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? B) Gender Discordance Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the following effects? B) Increases EPS Incorrect: reduces negative s/s, causes prolactinemia, reduces positive symptoms Ph...

Exam 2: NUR256/ NUR 256 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Exam Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Galen Q: Married man is attracted to co-worker, instead of admitting it, he accuses her of flirting with him. What is this? Answer: Projection Q: Agitation, restlessness, confusion, insomnia, increased HR/BP caused by an SSRI Answer: Serotonin Syndrome *stop med and call! *ANTIDOTE= PROPRANOLOL (do not take 2...

Final Exam: NR546/ NR 546 (NEW Update 2024/ 2025) Psychopharmacology for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Review |Weeks 5-8 | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Chamberlain QUESTION Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) possess both SRI and NRI properties, but they also block other receptors, including α1-adrenergic, histamine-1, and muscarinic cholinergic receptors. TCAs are not used first-line because of the high incidence...

Chapter 39 Histamine and Serotonin

1. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply  Age  Rapid dose escalation  Parental route of administration  Higher potency typical antipsychotics 2. Antipsychotic medications provide D2 blockade in the mesocortical pathway causing which of the following effects?  Reduces negative symptoms  Increases extra pyramidal symptoms (EPS)  Causes prolactinemia  Reduces positive symptoms 3. Phencyclidine (PCP) and ...

Final Exam: NR566/ NR 566 Advanced Pharmacology for Care of the Family Complete Guide – (Weeks 5-8) - (Latest Update 2024/ 2025) - Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct |Grade A – Chamberlain Q: What is the mechanism of action of Rivastigmine (Exelon)? mild to moder- ate dementia (memory loss and mental changes) associated with Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease Answer: acts centrally for both acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase, thereby potentially increa...

Medications for depression – SSRIs SNRIs SDRIs TCAs MAOIs SSRIs – -Action: inhibit 5 -HT reuptake -Examples: citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline -Adverse effects: • nausea • agitation • diarrhea • headache • weight gain • sexual side effects SNRIs – -inhibit 5-HT reuptake -inhibit NE reuptake (↑ energy, focus) -increase DA in prefrontal cortex (↑ cognition) -Examples: desvenlafaxine, duloxetine, levomilnacipran, venlafaxine -Ad...

Final Exam: NR546 / NR 546 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Advanced Pharmacology Psychopharmacology for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain Question: cholinesterase inhibitors Answer: first line treatment increases availability of acetylcholine! may help maintain function ability and slow cognitive decline most effective in early stages of AD when postsynaptic cholinergic receptors are still available, and the neu...