NRNP 6675 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST 2024
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |GRADED A+
100% PASS!!
Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal
pathway causing which of the following effects?
B) Increases EPS
Incorrect: reduces negative s/s, causes prolactinemia, reduces
positive symptoms
Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral
effects by blocking which of the following receptors?
D) NMDA type receptors
Incorrect: GABA, serotonin, dopamine "receptors"
,The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome characterized by specific
s/s resulting from recent ingestion or exposure to a substance is
known as which of the folllowing?
C) Substance use disorder
Incorrect: substance intox, substance withdrawal, all of the above
Abnormal involuntary movements in a rhythmic pattern affecting the
face, mouth, tongue jaw is known as which of the following?
C) Tardive dyskinesia
Incorrect: akathisia, dystonia, EPS
A deeply held belief despite evidence to the contrary, lasting at least
1 month, without prominent hallucinations, with functional
impairment that relates to the delusional system disorder called?
Delusional disorder
Which of the following is true about preoccupation with castration?
,A) This can be serious and life threatening if castration is carried out
without medical supervision
Incorrect: consistent with transvestiatic disorder, other specified
paraphillic disorder, or sexual machochism disorder
Which of the following is a system that provides a uniform language
for describing medical and surgical procedures and diagnostics
services rendered by clinicians?
CPT
Incorrect: HIPPA, DSM5-, DRG
A patient on Chlorpromazine states his orgasm is dry and afterwards
he will commonly have milky urine. The APRN realizes this is which of
the following?
A) This is likely a harmless response to the Chlorpromazine
"Thorazine"
A condition which results from absence of second female sex
chromosome (XO) and is associated with web neck, dwarfism,
cubitus valgus and infertility is known as which of the following?
, B) Turners Syndrome
Turners syndrome:
tx involves hormone therapy; fertility treatments for women when
they decide to have a baby
Which of the following would be characterized as a negative s/s of
schizophrenia?
B & C only
B) impaired social and occupational functioning
C) isolation and impaired self-care
Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as?
B) Gender Discordance
Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant
syndrome? Select all that apply
Rapid dose escalation; parental route of administration; higher
potency typical antipsychotics
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |GRADED A+
100% PASS!!
Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal
pathway causing which of the following effects?
B) Increases EPS
Incorrect: reduces negative s/s, causes prolactinemia, reduces
positive symptoms
Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral
effects by blocking which of the following receptors?
D) NMDA type receptors
Incorrect: GABA, serotonin, dopamine "receptors"
,The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome characterized by specific
s/s resulting from recent ingestion or exposure to a substance is
known as which of the folllowing?
C) Substance use disorder
Incorrect: substance intox, substance withdrawal, all of the above
Abnormal involuntary movements in a rhythmic pattern affecting the
face, mouth, tongue jaw is known as which of the following?
C) Tardive dyskinesia
Incorrect: akathisia, dystonia, EPS
A deeply held belief despite evidence to the contrary, lasting at least
1 month, without prominent hallucinations, with functional
impairment that relates to the delusional system disorder called?
Delusional disorder
Which of the following is true about preoccupation with castration?
,A) This can be serious and life threatening if castration is carried out
without medical supervision
Incorrect: consistent with transvestiatic disorder, other specified
paraphillic disorder, or sexual machochism disorder
Which of the following is a system that provides a uniform language
for describing medical and surgical procedures and diagnostics
services rendered by clinicians?
CPT
Incorrect: HIPPA, DSM5-, DRG
A patient on Chlorpromazine states his orgasm is dry and afterwards
he will commonly have milky urine. The APRN realizes this is which of
the following?
A) This is likely a harmless response to the Chlorpromazine
"Thorazine"
A condition which results from absence of second female sex
chromosome (XO) and is associated with web neck, dwarfism,
cubitus valgus and infertility is known as which of the following?
, B) Turners Syndrome
Turners syndrome:
tx involves hormone therapy; fertility treatments for women when
they decide to have a baby
Which of the following would be characterized as a negative s/s of
schizophrenia?
B & C only
B) impaired social and occupational functioning
C) isolation and impaired self-care
Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as?
B) Gender Discordance
Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant
syndrome? Select all that apply
Rapid dose escalation; parental route of administration; higher
potency typical antipsychotics
