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NSG 552 Wilkes University Exam 2 With
Complete Questions and Answers 2025
Acute anxiety - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ First line for acute
panic may be short term benzo use.
short acting benzos cause rebound anxiety and are the
most abused
Benzodiazepines - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Withdrawal
can be dangerous, even deadly. Stopping abruptly is
not advised. Symptoms of agitation, tension, irritability,
and sz. may occur
anxiety disorders - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ psychological
disorders characterized by distressing, persistent
anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
anxiety disorders treatment - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ -
non-activating antidepressants area good place to start.
for this disorder
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first line treatment anxiety disorders - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ SSRI- Fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft),
and paroxetine (Paxil)
TCAs often effective but with riskier SE
may interfere with psychotherapy in TX of AD -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Benzodiazepines- short acting
Alprazolam are most abusable
Rapid onset BZD - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ used for acute
panic disorder
BZD with long half- life (20-80 hours) - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Diazepam (avoid in elderly)
BEERS criteria - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ A list of
medications that are generally considered
inappropriate when given to elderly people
BEERS criteria - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Identifies High Risk
Meds to Generate Wide List of Meds That Should be
Avoided
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The "Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate
Medication Use in Older Adults", commonly called the
Beers List, are guidelines for healthcare professionals to
help improve the safety of prescribing medications for
older adults.
concomitant with pharmacological tx in AD - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Psychotherapy
First line for specific phobias like clowns, blood, animals
- ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Psychotherapy
medications not all that helpful for specific phobias
OCD treatment - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ SSRI and CBT
BZD in treatment of OCD - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Xanax,
Valium, Klonipin
Trauma and Dissociative Disorders - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Consider and treat and comorbid disorders as
well
Trauma and Dissociative Disorders first line
pharmocology - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Antidepressants
NSG 552 Wilkes University Exam 2 With
Complete Questions and Answers 2025
Acute anxiety - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ First line for acute
panic may be short term benzo use.
short acting benzos cause rebound anxiety and are the
most abused
Benzodiazepines - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Withdrawal
can be dangerous, even deadly. Stopping abruptly is
not advised. Symptoms of agitation, tension, irritability,
and sz. may occur
anxiety disorders - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ psychological
disorders characterized by distressing, persistent
anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
anxiety disorders treatment - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ -
non-activating antidepressants area good place to start.
for this disorder
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first line treatment anxiety disorders - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ SSRI- Fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft),
and paroxetine (Paxil)
TCAs often effective but with riskier SE
may interfere with psychotherapy in TX of AD -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Benzodiazepines- short acting
Alprazolam are most abusable
Rapid onset BZD - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ used for acute
panic disorder
BZD with long half- life (20-80 hours) - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Diazepam (avoid in elderly)
BEERS criteria - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ A list of
medications that are generally considered
inappropriate when given to elderly people
BEERS criteria - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Identifies High Risk
Meds to Generate Wide List of Meds That Should be
Avoided
, 3|Page
The "Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate
Medication Use in Older Adults", commonly called the
Beers List, are guidelines for healthcare professionals to
help improve the safety of prescribing medications for
older adults.
concomitant with pharmacological tx in AD - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Psychotherapy
First line for specific phobias like clowns, blood, animals
- ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Psychotherapy
medications not all that helpful for specific phobias
OCD treatment - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ SSRI and CBT
BZD in treatment of OCD - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Xanax,
Valium, Klonipin
Trauma and Dissociative Disorders - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Consider and treat and comorbid disorders as
well
Trauma and Dissociative Disorders first line
pharmocology - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Antidepressants
