Anxiolytic Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Types of Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents - Answer-All have an effect on Affect Anxiolytics - Prevent feelings of tension or fear (anti-anxiety medications) Sedatives - Calm and make patients unaware of the environment (benzodiazepines) Hypnotics - Cause sleep (ambian) Minor Tranquilizers - Produce a state of tranquility in anxious patients Benzodiazepine: Action - Answer-- Act in the limbic system and the RAS - Make GABA more effective (neurotransmitter) - Causes interference w...

what drug class addresses physical symptoms that may accompany an anxiety attack? Correct Answer-beta blockers elderly patients on anxiety meds may have more difficulty managing CNS depression effects causing risk for what three things? Correct Answer-falls, memory deficits, urinary incontinence due to CNS depression on anxiety meds what should be monitored in patients? Correct Answer-drowsiness, sedation, poor coordination, impaired memory, clouded sensorium, decreased respirations, pulse...

NURS 676 FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (100% Correct)A contraindication to the use of combined contraceptives is: CORRECT ANSWER: A history of a clotting disorder • Question 2 Which of the following would the nurse include in a teaching plan about the signs and symptoms of thrombophlebitis and thromboembolism that should be reported by a patient taking estrogen? CORRECT ANSWER: Headaches and chest pain • Question 3 A patient with chronic heart failure has b...

GMS 6520: PS6 Anxiolytics and Alcohol questions with correct answers

1. The nurse is caring for a patient in a state of hypnosis, which means the patient is in what state? a. A state of extreme sedation in which the person no longer senses or reacts to incoming stimuli. b. A state of tranquility in which the person can be made to do whatever is suggested by others. c. A feeling of tension, nervousness, apprehension, or fear with high levels of awareness. d. A state in which the brain is no longer sending out signals to the body. Ans: A Feedback: Hypnosis...

NURS 4010 Anxiolytics Questions with Complete Solutions

Test Bank For Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology 7th Edition by Karen Whalen 4133, X , 6113, 6 1: Pharmacokinetics 2: Drug–Receptor Interactions and Pharmacodynamics 3: The Autonomic Nervous System 4: Cholinergic Agonists 5: Cholinergic Antagonists 6: Adrenergic Agonists 7: Adrenergic Antagonists 8: Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases 9: Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drugs 10: Antidepressants 11: Antipsychotic Drugs 12: Drugs for Epilepsy 13: Anesth...

NR546 Anxiolytic Table Week4 Latest Update 100% Complete Solution

The nurse suspects that a patient who is experiencing facial grimacing, involuntary upward eye movement, and muscle spasms of the tongue and fce may have which condition? a.) Akathisia b.) Acute Dystonia c.) Tardive Dyskinesia D.) Pseudoparkinsonism - b.) Acute Dystonia A patient asks the nurse to explain how antipsychotic drugs work to make him feel better. The nurse understands that antipsychotics act in which way? a.) Blocking actions of dopamine b.) Blocking actions of epinephri...

What are the 6 general principles of psychopharmacological treatment? Safety Tolerability Efficacy Practicality Treatment accessibility Treatment compliance Pharmacokinetics How the drug moves in the body. (ex. Where is it absorbed? How and where is it metabolized? Where is it excreted?) Pharmacodynamics What the drug does to the body. (consider mechanism of action) Define First-generation antipsychotics Referred to as Typical Antipsychotics. Most have strong bond w...