Take Test: Week 6 Midterm Exam
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Take Test: Week 6 Midterm Exam
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Timed Test This test has a time limit of 2 hours.You will be notified when
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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?
QUESTION 3
1. Which statement about neurotransmitters and medications is true?
QUESTION 4
1. When an unstable patient asks why it is necessary to add medications to his current
regimen, the PMHNP’s best response would be:
QUESTION 5
1. During gene expression, what must occur prior to a gene being expressed?
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