Exam 1: NUR208 / NUR 208 (Latest
Update 2024 / 2025) Mental Health Nursing | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Fortis
Question:
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Answer:
(level 1) Physiological Needs(air, water, food, shelter, sleep, clothing) (level 2) Safety and Security(health, property) (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection(friendship, family, connection) (level 4) Self Esteem(respect, self esteem, freedom, recognition) (level 5) Self Actualization (desire to become the most that one can be)
Question:
Foods high in tyramine
Answer:
Aged cheeses, pickled or smoked fish, and wine
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Question:
Antianxiety Drugs
Answer:
- Benzodiazepines: lorazepam, diazepam, clonazepam, alprazolam (xanax) =
enhances the effects of GABA
- Buspirone (BuSpar) reduces anxiety without strong sedative (does not leave
pts sleepy or sluggish and does not have a great danger of interactions with other CNS depressants such as alcohol
Question:
Antidepressant Drugs
Answer:
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs): fluoxetine (prozac),
sertraline (zoloft), paroxetine (paxil), citalopram (celexa), escitalopram (lexapro), and fluvoxamine (luvox) block the reuptake of serotonin thereby making more of this neurotransmitter available
Question:
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Answer:
- used before SSRIs
- They have more side effects, take longer to reach an optial therapeutic dose,
are fare more lethal in overdose
- Examples: nortriptyline(pamelor), amitriptyline(elavil) , and imipramine
(tofranil)
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