2024-2025 NR546 Midterm Review Practice Exam with Answers (108 Solved Questions)
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NR 546 MIDTERM REVIEW
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
2024/2025 ANSWERS
VERIFIED CORRECT
The PMHNP has prescribed chlorpromazine hydrochloride (Thorazine) for a
patient with psychosis, and the patient is to continue on the oral medication after
discharge from the psychiatric unit. As part of educating the patient about the
medication, the PMHNP should advise him or her to avoid:
Sun exposure
What problems with peers could you come across from having a child with
ADHD?
Annoying, socially insensitive, loud, inappropriate, and socially aggressive behaviors.
Display little of the "give and take" attitude that you find in other children
Tardive dyskinesia after long-term antipsychotic administration is thought to be
due to:
Up-regulation of striatal dopamine receptors
Which neuroleptic agents are less likely to produce tardive dyskinesia?
quetiapine, clozapine, respiradone
The following statements regarding neurotransmission are true
Retrograde neurotransmission occurs when the post synaptic neuron "talks back" with
the presynaptic neuron
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
2024/2025 ANSWERS
VERIFIED CORRECT
The PMHNP has prescribed chlorpromazine hydrochloride (Thorazine) for a
patient with psychosis, and the patient is to continue on the oral medication after
discharge from the psychiatric unit. As part of educating the patient about the
medication, the PMHNP should advise him or her to avoid:
Sun exposure
What problems with peers could you come across from having a child with
ADHD?
Annoying, socially insensitive, loud, inappropriate, and socially aggressive behaviors.
Display little of the "give and take" attitude that you find in other children
Tardive dyskinesia after long-term antipsychotic administration is thought to be
due to:
Up-regulation of striatal dopamine receptors
Which neuroleptic agents are less likely to produce tardive dyskinesia?
quetiapine, clozapine, respiradone
The following statements regarding neurotransmission are true
Retrograde neurotransmission occurs when the post synaptic neuron "talks back" with
the presynaptic neuron
Neurotransmssion is the foundation of psychopharmacology
Starts with the stimulation of the cell by a molecule (ligand) or other stimuli that
activates the receptors
Neuroimaging data show that neuronal activity in the amygdala of depressed
patients is:
Overreactive to induced sadness
A patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) will begin medication to
control symptoms. An FDA-approved drug for OCD that the PMHNP may
prescribe is:
fluoxetine (Prozac).
The complete effect of the chemical neurotransmission happens within an hour
and there are no long lasting effects
false
Which of the following statements regarding mood disorders is false?
Manic forms of mood disorders predominate in men.
Drugs can produce a therapeutic response when they are:
unbound to plasma proteins
A 36-year-old man with depression has had 3 therapeutic trials of serotonin
reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) without notable improvement. His clinician is now
considering switching the patient's SRI to a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).
Which of the following is an appropriate switching strategy in this situation?
Discontinue SRI, then wait 5 half-lives before initiating MAOI
Starts with the stimulation of the cell by a molecule (ligand) or other stimuli that
activates the receptors
Neuroimaging data show that neuronal activity in the amygdala of depressed
patients is:
Overreactive to induced sadness
A patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) will begin medication to
control symptoms. An FDA-approved drug for OCD that the PMHNP may
prescribe is:
fluoxetine (Prozac).
The complete effect of the chemical neurotransmission happens within an hour
and there are no long lasting effects
false
Which of the following statements regarding mood disorders is false?
Manic forms of mood disorders predominate in men.
Drugs can produce a therapeutic response when they are:
unbound to plasma proteins
A 36-year-old man with depression has had 3 therapeutic trials of serotonin
reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) without notable improvement. His clinician is now
considering switching the patient's SRI to a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).
Which of the following is an appropriate switching strategy in this situation?
Discontinue SRI, then wait 5 half-lives before initiating MAOI
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