NURS 6630N WEEK 6 MIDTERM EXAM 76 QUESTIONS
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• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Mr.
... [Show More] McCullin is 64 years old with Parkinson’s disease. The
PMHNP caring for Mr. McCullin wants to start him on a
dopamine agonist to help manage and treat his condition.
The PHMNP selects this agent because of which action it has
on patients like Mr. McCullin?
Selected
Answer:
D.
D2 receptors are the primary binding site for
dopamine agonists.
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Ms. Hill is currently being treated for schizophrenia but has stopped taking
her medications due to some side effects she claims she was
experiencing. She presents to the clinic today with worsening symptoms.
She is experiencing anhedonia, agitation, attentional impairment, and
affective blunting. Which one of the symptoms mentioned is considered a
positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Selected
Answer:
B.
Agitation
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
NURS 6630N WEEK 6 MIDTERM EXAM 76 QUESTIONS
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The PMHNP evaluates the patient for “fear conditioning”
when he asks:
Selected
Answer:
A.
Have you ever experienced any type
of trauma?
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
While genes have potential to modify behavior, behavior can
also modify genes. How do genes impact this process?
Selected
Answer:
B.
Changes made to proteins lead to changes
in behavior.
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is caring for a patient with schizophrenia and is
considering a variety of treatment approaches. The PHMNP
selects a viable treatment that is consistent with the
“dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia.” What action does
the PMHNP anticipate this treatment having on the patient?
Selected
Answer:
B.
Hyperactivity in the mesolimbic dopamine
pathway mediates the positive symptoms of
schizophrenia.
• Question 6
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 7
1 out of 1 points
NURS 6630N WEEK 6 MIDTERM EXAM 76 QUESTIONS
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The PMHNP is assessing a patient in the psychiatric
emergency room. The patient tells the PMHNP that he does
not understand why his depression has not lifted after being
on four different antidepressants over the course of a year.
Which of the following symptoms can be residual symptoms
for patients who do not achieve remission with major
depressive disorder?
Selected
Answer:
D.
A and
C
• Question 8
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.
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