PMHNP EXAM BOARDS complete solution

PMHNP EXAM BOARDS complete solution 1. What labs are seen with chronic alcoholism: high GGT, low PLT, high MCV 2. What can exogenous steroids do: cause mania 3. what can endogenous steroids do: cause depression 4. what does the HPA axis do: drives the stress response 5. a single pack of cigarettes has how much nicotine in the body: 20mg 6. smoking cigarettes is a what: p450 inducer 7. mother observed child in MVA (frontal lobe) what might she say: I was in shock 8. if patient has stroke and is unable to understand language where might the lesion be: wernickes area 9. where is brocas area located: frontal lobe 10. what do you worry about with lasix and insulin: drug to drug interaction 11. what is brocas area responsive for: expressive speech 12. what is the temporal cortex responsible for: auditory 13. what is the occipital lobe responsible for: vision 14. if you are seeing a patient and they do not meet the criteria listed what would you put: no diagnosis 15. what's projection refer to: blaming 16. if patient has history of addiction what stimulant would not be useful: ri- talin 17. what stage would you assess a persons readiness to quit: precontempla- tion 18. what does BMI does the PMHNP consider to admit for anorexia: 14.4 19. what medications are the only ones used for children with depression: - prozac and lexapro 20. nucleus accumbens is responsible for: GABA 21. basal nucleus of meynert responsible for: ACH 22. raphe nuclei responsible for: serotonin 23. ventral tegmenjtum and snc is responsible for: dopamine 24. locus cereus is where what happens: NE synthesis 25. name the 6 neurotransmitters: serotonin, dopamine, GABA, norepinephrine, acetylcholin