NR 546 MIDTERM EXAM 2025
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
,What should the PMHNP consider when prescribing chemical restraints?
-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
Are the PMHNP and other staff liable if the client has an allergic reaction or adverse side
effects to the drugs used for chemical restraint?
No.
The client has been court-ordered to take the prescribed medications and the standing
order for chemical restraints is approved. The PMHNP and other staff are not liable if the
patient has an allergic reaction or adverse side effects.
How does reviewing the genetic makeup of a client help guide the PMHNP in selecting
medication for clients?
,-Genetic testing can assist by providing more information on how clients may respond to
certain psychotropic medications
-provides information on how a client may break down and metabolize medications
based on the cytochrome P450 system.
ş (2020) investigated identical twins to determine the presence of an
inherited link for schizophrenia and why one twin may develop schizophrenia when the
other does not. When two people have 100% identical DNA, why don't both persons
develop the exact illnesses? Studies of identical Danish twins found that if one twin had
schizophrenia, the other twin had a 50% lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia
(Lemvigh et al., 2020). Why is there only half the risk?
Both environmental and psychosocial stressors can impact mental health. Although twins
may have identical genes, their gene expression may be different.
There may be an environmental exposure that turned a gene "on" that should have been
"off" for one twin to develop schizophrenia and not the other.
central sulcus
separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
frontal lobe
, associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
,What should the PMHNP consider when prescribing chemical restraints?
-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
Are the PMHNP and other staff liable if the client has an allergic reaction or adverse side
effects to the drugs used for chemical restraint?
No.
The client has been court-ordered to take the prescribed medications and the standing
order for chemical restraints is approved. The PMHNP and other staff are not liable if the
patient has an allergic reaction or adverse side effects.
How does reviewing the genetic makeup of a client help guide the PMHNP in selecting
medication for clients?
,-Genetic testing can assist by providing more information on how clients may respond to
certain psychotropic medications
-provides information on how a client may break down and metabolize medications
based on the cytochrome P450 system.
ş (2020) investigated identical twins to determine the presence of an
inherited link for schizophrenia and why one twin may develop schizophrenia when the
other does not. When two people have 100% identical DNA, why don't both persons
develop the exact illnesses? Studies of identical Danish twins found that if one twin had
schizophrenia, the other twin had a 50% lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia
(Lemvigh et al., 2020). Why is there only half the risk?
Both environmental and psychosocial stressors can impact mental health. Although twins
may have identical genes, their gene expression may be different.
There may be an environmental exposure that turned a gene "on" that should have been
"off" for one twin to develop schizophrenia and not the other.
central sulcus
separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
frontal lobe
, associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking
