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NU 643 ADVANCED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAMS (4 VERSIONS) ALL 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ REGIS COLLEGE/ REGIS NU 643 FINAL EXAM WEEK 15 (LATEST FINAL EXAMS)R558,12
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NU 643 ADVANCED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAMS (4 VERSIONS) ALL 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ REGIS COLLEGE/ REGIS NU 643 FINAL EXAM WEEK 15 (LATEST FINAL EXAMS)
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NU 643 ADVANCED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAMS (4 VERSIONS) ALL 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ REGIS COLLEGE/ REGIS NU 643 FINAL EXAM WEEK 15 (LATEST FINAL EXAMS)
A 27-year-old male who has been treated with risperidone for the last 8 weeks is
now having his medication changed t...
NU 643 ADVANCED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAMS (4 VERSIONS) ALL 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A + REGIS COLLEGE/ REGIS NU 643 FINAL EXAM 2023 -2024 WEEK 15 (LATEST FINAL EXAMS) NU 643 FINAL EXAM 1 A 27 -year-old male who has been treated with risperidone for the last 8 weeks is now having his medication changed to quetiapine. What is the recommended switching method in this situation, assuming the need to do this expeditiously, but not urgently, as an outpati ent? - ANSWER -Down -titrate risperidone over at least 1 week while uptitrating quetiapine over at least 2 weeks Dopamine 2 partial agonists cause receptor output that is less than that caused by dopamine but more than that caused by a conventional antipsychotic. - ANSWER -
True A 34 -year-old patient with schizophrenia is not responding to a standard dose of an antipsychotic. Which of the following might you suspect? - ANSWER -A. Dopamine 2 receptor occupancy less than 60%AND/ORB. Dopamine 2 receptor occupancy less than 80% (60 -80%) The patient is diagnosed with schizophrenia asks why psychotropic medications are always prescribed by the doctor the nurse answer will be based on info that the therapeutic action of psychotropic drugs is result of their effect on - ANSWER -The regulation of neurotransmitters especially dopamine the patients family asks whether a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease creates an increased risk of any mental health issues what questions would the nurse ask to assess for such a comorbid condition - ANSWER -Has your father exhibited any signs o f depression A 24 -year-old schizophrenia patient with prominent cognitive symptoms and social impairment is being evaluated for treatment. Her care provider is considering initiating ziprasidone, quetiapine, or aripiprazole, all of which share the property of serotonin 1A agonism. This receptor binding property is expected to have clinical effects in schizophrenia most similar to - ANSWER -Serotonin 2A antagonism A 24 -year-old man with moderate depression achieves remission after 16 weeks on a therapeutic dose of an antidepressant. According to the neurotrophic hypothesis of depression, which of the following is most likely true of his BDNF expression before and after his su ccessful treatment? - ANSWER -BDNF expression was abnormally low while he was depressed, and increased during antidepressant treatment A 73 -year-old Alzheimer's patient has been on donepezil 10 mg/day for approximately 10 months to aid in improving her cognitive functioning. Her husband has begun to notice a loss of effectiveness over the past month. You decide to au gment donepezil with 5 mg/day of memantine. Which of the following properties of memantine may be useful in treating Alzheimer's disease? - ANSWER -NMDA antagonism at the magnesium site A 23 -year-old female college student has gotten in significant trouble for her risky and impulsive behavior, stealing a f ire extinguisher, driving on the common area lawn, and hostilely addressing a professor. Which of the following monoamine projections may account for her recent behavior? Projections to the: - ANSWER -
Prefrontal cortex A student nurse mutters that it seems entirely unnecessary to have to struggle with understanding the anatomy and physiology of the neurologic system the mentor would base a response on the understanding that is - ANSWER -Necessary for planning psychiatric care for its especially those experiencing psyc hiatric disorders A serotonin molecule binds to a 5HT2A receptor causing electrical impulses to be sent down a GABA neuron's axon terminal, eventually releasing GABA to the GABA -A receptor of its postsynaptic neuron. Which type of neurotransmission does this describe? - ANSWER -Classic synaptic neurotransmission A patient asks the nurse my wife has breast cancer could it be caused by her chronic depression which response is supported by research data? - ANSWER -
Stress does cause the release of factors that suppress the immune system Pt with depression says to nurse my mother says depression is a chemical disorder what does she mean -- depression involves which neurotransmitter? - ANSWER -
Serotonin and norepinephrine A patient wh ich chronic schizophrenia had a stroke involving the hippocampus. The patient will be discharged on low doses of halloo the nurse will need to individualize that patients medication teaching by - ANSWER -including the patients caregiver in the education The physician tells the nurse the medication I'm prescribing for the patient enhances the GABA system which patient behavior will provide evidence that the medication therapy is successful - ANSWER -the patient reports they do not feel anxious as I did a coup le days ago which explanation for the prescription donepezil (aricept) would the nurse provide for a patient in the early stage of Alzheimers disease? - ANSWER -the acetylcholine deficiency will be managed through a prolonged reuptake period. There remai ns a stigma attached with psychiatric illness the psychiatric nurse makes the greatest impact on this sociological problem when - ANSWER -
Providing education programming for patients and the public The wife of a patient with paranoid schizophrenia tells th e nurse I've learned that my husband has several close relatives with the same disorder does this problem run in families the response based on recent discoveries in the field of genetics would be - ANSWER -Research tends to support a familiar tendency to schizophrenia A patient whose symptoms of mild depression have been managed with antidepressants is concerned about the affect of accepting a promotion that will require working the night shift what will be the basis of the response the nurse gives to addr ess the patients concerns - ANSWER -the interruption in normal wake sleep patterns can influence mood disorders the nurse is discouraged because the patient exhibiting negative symptoms of schizophrenia has shown noimprovment with the planned intervention to reduce symptoms the mentors remark that helps place the problem. in perspective is - ANSWER -it will take several trail and error attempts to get the right combination care the somatic nervous system provides sensory and motor innervation for - ANSWER -Peripheral nerves the portions and other materials used by the axon are synthesized ____ and then flow down the axon through the cytoplasm - ANSWER -is the cell body supporting cells of the nervous system such as Schwann cells, satellite cells and types of glial cells function provide neurons with - ANSWER -local protection neurons are characterized by the ability to communicate with other neurons and body cells through - ANSWER -action potentials chemical synapses rely on __ in order to provide com munication between neurons - ANSWER -transmitter molecules the BBB and CSF brain barriers control the chemical environment of the brain by allowing easy entrance to only a few chemicals that include - ANSWER -oxygen the perception of where a stimulus is in space and in relation to body parts is a function of the - ANSWER -parietal lobe the Pia mater is a connective tissue sheath that covers the spinal cord and also contains - ANSWER -fibrocartilage which of the following is the neurotransmitter for most pos tganlion sympathetic neurons - ANSWER -catecholamines in contrast to the SNS the function of the PNS system include - ANSWER -
anabolism a 60 y.o women has been recently diagnosed with MS a disease which oligodendrocytes of the patients CNS are progressivel y destroyed which physiologic process within the neurologic system is most likely be affected by this disease process - ANSWER -nerve conduction a neuron has been hyper polarized how will this affect the excitability of the neuron - ANSWER -the neuron will have a membrane potential farther from the threshold which of the following messages is most likely to be carried by the general somatic afferent GSA neurons - ANSWER -the sensation of cold when touching ice a patients pop has prescribed a b -adenergic rec eptor blocker which of the following therapeutic effects do the patient and PCP likely seek? - ANSWER -reduction in HR and BP
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