NR607 FINAL TEST | {LATEST 2026/ 2027
UPDATE} COMPLETE ACTUAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | BRAND NEW!
What is the foundation of a therapeutic relationship with a
psychiatric patient? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Approaching professional
relationships with compassion, caring, and respect,
acknowledging the dignity and worth of each individual, and
advocating to overcome negative stigmas toward psychiatric
diagnoses to ensure access to care.
What do you prioritize when aggression is unavoidable? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > prioritize security, sedation, and supervision.
Medication, restraints, and seclusion may be necessary until the
client is stabilized. The least restrictive means of safe
intervention should be employed.
Tell me about the SAFE - T: Suicide Assessment Five - Step
Evaluation and Triage - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1.) Identify risk factors
- Note those that can be modified to reduce risk
2.) Identify protective factors
- Note those that can be enhanced
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3.) Conduct suicide inquiry
- Suicidal thoughts, plans, behavior, and intent
4.) Determine risk level/intervention
- Determine risk
- Choose appropriate intervention to address and reduce risk
5.) Document
- Assessment of risk, rationale, intervention, and follow - up
When does serotonin syndrome occur? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > when
medications that alter the way serotonin is produced or
metabolized by the body cause excessive levels of serotonin to
build up in the body.
Symptoms and timeline with serotonin syndrome - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Clinical symptoms may range from mild to fatal and
typically occur within several hours of beginning a new
medication or increasing the dose of an existing medication.
List the symptoms of serotonin syndrome - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Neuromuscular abnormalities (greater in the lower extremities)
- Clonus
- Hyperreflexia
- Tremor
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- Seizure
Mental changes
- Agitation
- Pressured speech
Autonomic instability
- Mydriasis
- Tachycardia
- Hypertension
- Shivering
- Diaphoresis
- Diarrhea
How do you treat serotonin syndrome? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
initially involves discontinuing the causative medication. The
intensity of supportive treatment depends on the severity of
symptoms. Mild cases typically resolve within 24 hours, while
more severe cases may require hospitalization for stabilization.
When does neuroleptic malignant syndrome occur? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > rare, life - threatening adverse effect caused by
antipsychotic medications. The syndrome may occur due to
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disruption of dopamine receptors in the anterior hypothalamus
or due to direct toxicity to muscle cells
What is the onset with neuroleptic malignant syndrome? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > The onset of symptoms may occur 1 - 2 weeks after
starting or changing the causative medication.
How does neuroleptic malignant syndrome present? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > may involve mental status changes including agitation,
confusion, catatonia, muscle rigidity (sometimes called "lead
pipe" rigidity), hyperthermia, excessive salivation, and autonomic
instability as evidenced by labile blood pressure and heart rate.
Serum creatine kinase (CK) levels are typically elevated
How do you treat neuroleptic malignant syndrome? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > immediate intervention to stabilize vital signs, reduce
fever, and control agitation. Clients are frequently admitted to the
intensive care unit for management. The causative agent should
be discontinued immediately
What symptoms overlap with serotonin syndrome and
neuroleptic malignant syndrome? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - Agitation
- High blood pressure
- High fever
- Confusion