Take Test: Week 6 Midterm Exam
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Take Test: Week 6 Midterm Exam
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QUESTION 1
1. A noncompliant patient states, “Why do you want me to put this poison in my body?”
Identify the best response made by the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner
(PMHNP).
A.
“You have to take your medication to become stable.”
B.
“ Medications work by increasing the types of neurotransmitters produced by the human brain.”
C.
“Most medications that work in the brain will result in restoring an imbalance of one or more
neurotransmitters that your body already produces helping to alleviate your symptoms .”
D.
“Why do you believe that your medication is poison?”
1 points
QUESTION 2
1.
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?A.
Anhedonia
B.
Agitation
C.
Attentional Impairment
D.
Affective Blunting
1 points
QUESTION 3
1. Which statement about neurotransmitters and medications is true?
A.
Endorphins were discovered before morphine which lead to the use of the opioids for pain
control.
B.
Several psychiatric medications have been developed after discoveries of endogenous
neurotransmitters and defining their function in the brain.
C.
Medications work by sending messages to neurotransmitters enabling them to work more
effectively.
D.
An imbalance of serotonin has been directly linked to depression. Following the discovery of this
neurotransmitter, pharmacologists were able to develop a well-known drug- Prozac as the first
medication used to restore the balance of serotonin.
1 point
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