NEWLY UPDATED NR 546 MIDTERM EXAM WITH ANSWERS

NEWLY UPDATED NR 546 MIDTERM EXAM WITH ANSWERS thalamus - -answer-involved in sensory organ and motor command processing striatum - -answer-involved in complex motor actions, also links cognition to motor actions limbic system - -answer-includes circuits that are associated with pleasure and reward basal ganglia - -answer-group of structures involved in voluntary motor movements amygdala - -answer-involved in emotional regulation and perception of odors corpus callosum - -answer-controls the communication between the two brain hemispheres white matter - -answer-contains nerve fibers that connect neurons from different regions into functional circuits grey matter - -answer-contains nerve cells and dendrites brain tissue - -answer-made up of grey matter and white matter dorsal striatum - -answer-involved in complex motor actions and linkage of cognition to motor actions -main input area for basal ganglia *activated when anticipating or engaging in pleasure The field of epigenetics is rapidly growing and can help explain how gene expression is: - -answer-influenced by environmental factors and how epigenetics contributes to the manifestation of mental illness How does epigenetics impact a person's mental health? - - answer-internal or external factors activate portions of the genome that result in the manifestation of mental health symptoms -activation is often a result of a stressful event, which, when combined with the genetic risk, results in the disease -genes being on or off -occurrence of symptoms may be the result of inheritance of an abnormal gene or of normal genes being "on" when they should be "off." What should the PMHNP consider when prescribing chemical restraints? - -answer--allergy status -prior med hx for adverse drug reactions r/t the meds ordered in the chemical restraint -state regulations regarding chemical restrains must be reviewed