Psych Meds Exam 13 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
1. Since the summer weather began, a patient taking lithium for manic
episodes has been walking daily. What important instruction should the
nurse provide to this patient? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Maintain hydration
2. A patient with bipolar disorder is being treated with tricyclic medications.
What should the nurse inform the patient to expect when teaching
information concerning side effects? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Orthostatic
Hypotension
3. A patient is receiving large doses of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and
begins to exhibit extrapyramidal signs of involuntary muscle movement.
Which classification of drugs should the nurse anticipate will be added to
the patient's protocol? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anti-parkinsonian
, 4. A long - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔time patient with schizophrenia in the inpatient
unit has developed involuntary movements of his tongue. What has this
patient developed?
- Tardive Dyskinesia
5. A nurse is caring for a client who has paranoid schizophrenia and a new
prescription for risperidone. The client asks the nurse what the medicine is
supposed to do. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"This medication will help to clear your thinking."
6. A nurse is caring for a client who has paranoid schizophrenia and is
taking quetiapine. The nurse should observe the client for which of the
following adverse effects? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Drowsiness
7. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has schizophrenia and
recently stopped taking chlorpromazine after 8 years. The nurse notes
choreiform movements, lip smacking, and spastic facial distortions. The
nurse should document these findings as indicating which of the following
conditions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tardive dyskinesia
8. A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and is receiving
clozapine. For which of the following findings should the nurse monitor to
Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
1. Since the summer weather began, a patient taking lithium for manic
episodes has been walking daily. What important instruction should the
nurse provide to this patient? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Maintain hydration
2. A patient with bipolar disorder is being treated with tricyclic medications.
What should the nurse inform the patient to expect when teaching
information concerning side effects? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Orthostatic
Hypotension
3. A patient is receiving large doses of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and
begins to exhibit extrapyramidal signs of involuntary muscle movement.
Which classification of drugs should the nurse anticipate will be added to
the patient's protocol? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anti-parkinsonian
, 4. A long - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔time patient with schizophrenia in the inpatient
unit has developed involuntary movements of his tongue. What has this
patient developed?
- Tardive Dyskinesia
5. A nurse is caring for a client who has paranoid schizophrenia and a new
prescription for risperidone. The client asks the nurse what the medicine is
supposed to do. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"This medication will help to clear your thinking."
6. A nurse is caring for a client who has paranoid schizophrenia and is
taking quetiapine. The nurse should observe the client for which of the
following adverse effects? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Drowsiness
7. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has schizophrenia and
recently stopped taking chlorpromazine after 8 years. The nurse notes
choreiform movements, lip smacking, and spastic facial distortions. The
nurse should document these findings as indicating which of the following
conditions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tardive dyskinesia
8. A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and is receiving
clozapine. For which of the following findings should the nurse monitor to
