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PSYCH 382 EXAM 2 Questions and Answers
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The client who has been taking buspirone (Buspar) for one month returns to the clinical for a
follow- up assessment. The nurse determines that the medication is effective if the absence of
which manifestation occurs: - ANS Rapid heartbeat or anxiety.
Classes of antidepressant medication include all except the following: - ANS anticholinergics
In order to plan for the care of a client on an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, the nurse should
assess for: - ANS memory impairment
In educating the family, what would you teach regarding the negative symptoms of psychiatric
disability? - ANS These symptoms should not be confused with laziness or manipulation.
Staff has made several verbal attempts to de-escalate a client, however, the client's level of
agitation continues to increase and it becomes necessary to administer a fast-acting
pharmacological intervention. Which medication would the nurse most likely provide? -
ANS Haloperidol (Haldol).
The client of Asian extraction asks the nurse why the client's own dose of antipsychotic
medication is effective yet so much lower than other clients who are mostly from European
extraction. Which nursing response is correct? - ANS Often people of Asian extraction have
lower metabolic rates and need lower amounts of medication.
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The client reports the medication must be effective since the hallucinations are now markedly
diminished. The nurse documents that the client is responding positively to which of the
following medications? - ANS Olanzapine ( Zyprexa)
A client who is experiencing difficulties with working memory, planning and prioritizing tasks. In
planning the nursing care, the nurse will apply knowledge that these symptoms represent
problems with the: - ANS frontal lobe
A 22 year old male patient is diagnosed with schizophrenia,. The nurse notes that he is often
forgetful and seems disinterested in activities. Furthermore, he has difficulty completing tasks.
The nursing planning of care will address strategies based on the understanding that these
behaviors are due to : - ANS Problems in cognitive functioning.
Which of the following would be the nurse suspect when observing that a patient with
schizophrenia is tapping his feet, smacking his lips, and blinking and cortorting his face as he
speaks to another patient? - ANS Tardive dyskinesia
The client asks the nurse how SSRI antidepressant that is prescribed works. What nursing
response is correct? - ANS SSRIs allow more of the chemical transmitter, serotonin, to be
available to areas of the brain.
The Rorschach (inkblot) test and the Blackie pictures are examples of: - ANS Projective
personality tests.
A patient with schizophrenia approaches the nurse and says, "Cats eat birds...east now... job is
new... you father." This speech pattern can be assessed as: - ANS Loose associations.
The therapeutic action of psychotropic drugs is most often caused by their effect on the activity
of: - ANS Neurotransmitters.
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PSYCH 382 EXAM 2 Questions and Answers
100% Pass
The client who has been taking buspirone (Buspar) for one month returns to the clinical for a
follow- up assessment. The nurse determines that the medication is effective if the absence of
which manifestation occurs: - ANS Rapid heartbeat or anxiety.
Classes of antidepressant medication include all except the following: - ANS anticholinergics
In order to plan for the care of a client on an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, the nurse should
assess for: - ANS memory impairment
In educating the family, what would you teach regarding the negative symptoms of psychiatric
disability? - ANS These symptoms should not be confused with laziness or manipulation.
Staff has made several verbal attempts to de-escalate a client, however, the client's level of
agitation continues to increase and it becomes necessary to administer a fast-acting
pharmacological intervention. Which medication would the nurse most likely provide? -
ANS Haloperidol (Haldol).
The client of Asian extraction asks the nurse why the client's own dose of antipsychotic
medication is effective yet so much lower than other clients who are mostly from European
extraction. Which nursing response is correct? - ANS Often people of Asian extraction have
lower metabolic rates and need lower amounts of medication.
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The client reports the medication must be effective since the hallucinations are now markedly
diminished. The nurse documents that the client is responding positively to which of the
following medications? - ANS Olanzapine ( Zyprexa)
A client who is experiencing difficulties with working memory, planning and prioritizing tasks. In
planning the nursing care, the nurse will apply knowledge that these symptoms represent
problems with the: - ANS frontal lobe
A 22 year old male patient is diagnosed with schizophrenia,. The nurse notes that he is often
forgetful and seems disinterested in activities. Furthermore, he has difficulty completing tasks.
The nursing planning of care will address strategies based on the understanding that these
behaviors are due to : - ANS Problems in cognitive functioning.
Which of the following would be the nurse suspect when observing that a patient with
schizophrenia is tapping his feet, smacking his lips, and blinking and cortorting his face as he
speaks to another patient? - ANS Tardive dyskinesia
The client asks the nurse how SSRI antidepressant that is prescribed works. What nursing
response is correct? - ANS SSRIs allow more of the chemical transmitter, serotonin, to be
available to areas of the brain.
The Rorschach (inkblot) test and the Blackie pictures are examples of: - ANS Projective
personality tests.
A patient with schizophrenia approaches the nurse and says, "Cats eat birds...east now... job is
new... you father." This speech pattern can be assessed as: - ANS Loose associations.
The therapeutic action of psychotropic drugs is most often caused by their effect on the activity
of: - ANS Neurotransmitters.
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