NURS-6630C-7/NURS-6630N-7-Approaches to Treatment • Question 1
1 out of 1 points
During assessment a patient
... [Show More] states “Why are you asking me about my heart, I am here for my head”, the PMHNP’s best response is:
Selected Answer:
D.
“Anxiety can cause cortisol levels to increase and when this happens frequently it puts you at risk for comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes.”
• Question 2
During gene expression, what must occur prior to a gene being expressed?
1 out of 1 points
Selected Answers:
A.
Transcription factor must bind to the regulatory region within the cell’s nucleus.
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
The PMNHP is assessing a 29-year-old client who takes antipsychotics that block D2 receptors. This client has begun to develop a common side effect of this medication. What is this side effect?
Selected Answer:
D.
Tardive dyskinesia
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
After ordering flumazenil (Rumazicon) the PMHNP cautions the staff to monitor for which possible effect?
Selected Answer:
D.
All of the above
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A patient is prescribed 50 mg of desvenlafaxine to take every other day for major depressive disorder. What does the PMHNP understand about this patient?
Selected Answer:
C.
The patient has severe renal impairment.
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A patient is prescribed sertraline to treat panic disorder. Knowing that sertraline can initially cause anxiety or insomnia, what should the PMHNP do?
Selected Answer:
B.
Prescribe short-acting benzodiazepine for 2 weeks, then discontinue.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Though medications have the ability to target neurotransmitter release into the synapse by the presynaptic neuron it is not always necessary. The PMHNP understands that this is because:
Selected Answer:
C.
Neurotransmitters can spread by diffusion.
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient is diagnosed with schizophrenia. What increases the patient’s potential to mediate the cognitive symptoms of the disease?
Selected Answer:
A.
Achieving underactivity of the mesocorticol projections to the prefrontal cortex
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP spends a session with a client and notices behaviors correlating with a potential manic episode. All of the following are possible manic symptoms the PMHNP could observe except:
Selected Answer:
D.
A low self esteem
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A patient who is prescribed MAO inhibitors asks about whether he can continue taking pseudoephedrine to relieve his congestion. Which response by the PMHNP indicates proper understanding of drug-drug interactions?
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