Exam 3: Biological Basis for Understanding Psychiatric Disorders and Treatments

Consider these medications: carbamazepine (Tegretol),lamotrigine (Lamictal),gabapentin (Neurontin).Which medication below also belongs with this group?

A nurse can anticipate anticholinergic side effects are likely when a patient takes:

An individual hiking in the forest encounters a large poisonous snake on the path.Which change in this individual's vital signs is most likely?

A patient begins therapy with a phenothiazine medication.What teaching should the nurse provide related to the drug's strong dopaminergic effect?

A patient asks,"What are neurotransmitters? The doctor said mine are imbalanced." Select the nurse's best response.

The parent of an adolescent diagnosed with schizophrenia asks the nurse,"My child's doctor ordered a PET.What kind of test is that?" Select the nurse's best reply.

By which mechanism do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)improve depression?

A patient is hospitalized for severe depression.Of the medications listed below,the nurse can expect to provide the patient with teaching about:

An obese patient has a diagnosis of schizophrenia.Medications that block which receptors would contribute to further weight gain?

The laboratory report for a patient taking clozapine (Clozaril)shows a white blood cell count of 3000 mm³.Select the nurse's best action.

The nurse administers a medication that potentiates the action of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).Which effect would be expected?

A drug blocks the attachment of norepinephrine to a₁ receptors.The patient may experience:

A patient has acute anxiety related to an automobile accident 2 hours ago.The nurse should teach the patient about medication from which group?

A patient tells the nurse,"My doctor prescribed Paxil (paroxetine)for my depression.I assume I'll have side effects like I had when I was taking Tofranil (imipramine)." The nurse's reply should be based on the knowledge that paroxetine is a(n):

A patient with a long history of hypertension and diabetes now develops confusion.The health care provider wants to make a differential diagnosis between Alzheimer's disease and multiple infarcts.Which diagnostic procedure should the nurse expect to prepare the patient for first?