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NUR 162 EXAM 1 PSY

  • dopamine
  • Answer complex movements, motivation, cognition, regulation of emotional response

excitatory

  • norepinephrine
  • Answer Causes changes in attention, learning and memory, sleep and wakefulness, mood

excitatory

  • Epinephrine
  • Answer fight or flight response

  • Glutamate
  • Answer A major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory. major neurotoxic effects at high levels

  • excitatory neurotransmitters
  • Answer Dopamine Norepinephrine

Epinephrine Glutamate

  • inhibitory neurotransmitters
  • Answer Serotonin and GABA 1 / 4

  • serotonin
  • Answer food intake, sleep, wakefulness, temperature regulation, pain control, sexual behaviors, regulation of emotions

8. GABA

Answer modulation of other neurotransmitters, deficit amount in those with anxiety

  • Acetylcholine
  • Answer sleep and wakefulness cycle, signals muscles to become alert

  • histamine
  • Answer Controls alertness, gastric secretions, cardiac stimulation, peripheral allergic responses

  • conventional antipsychotic drugs
  • Answer -Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)

-Fluphenazine (Prolixin)(depot injection) -Haloperidol (Haldol)(depot injection)

  • second generation antipsychotic drugs
  • Answer clozapine, risperidone (depot injection), olanzapine (depot injection)

  • third generation antipsychotics
  • Answer dopamine system stabilizers (aripiprazole)

  • MOA of antipsychotic drugs 2 / 4

Answer blocks the dopamine receptors 2,3,4

  • extrapyramidal syndrome (EPS)
  • Answer A variety of signs and symptoms, including muscular rigidity, tremors, drooling, shuffling gait, restlessness, peculiar involuntary postures, and many other neurological disturbances. Often a side-effect of antipsychotic medications.

  • basic level of care for psychiatric nurse
  • Answer counseling, milieu, self-care activities , psychobiologic interventions, teaching, case management, health promotion /maintenance

  • advanced level functions of nursing practice
  • Answer psychotherapy, drugs, consultation , eval, program development, supervision

  • acute dystonia
  • Answer acute sustained contraction of muscles, usually of the head and neck

  • toricollis
  • Answer spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles causing stiffness and twisting of the neck that may be congenial or acquired; wryneck

  • Akathisia
  • Answer restless, trouble standing still, paces the floor, feet in constant motion, rocking back and forth 3 / 4

tx- change in antipsychotic medication or by the addition of an oral agent such as a beta-blocker, anticholinergic, or benzodiazepine.

  • NMS (neuroleptic malignant syndrome)
  • Answer high fever; autonomic instability such as unstable blood pressure, diaphoresis, and pallor; delirium; and elevated levels of enzymes, particularly creatine phosphokinase.

-dehydration, bad nutrition can increase risk

  • Tardive dyskinesia (TD)
  • Answer a motor disorder that results from chronic use of certain antipsychotic drugs. irreversible involuntary movements

tx-valbenazine (Ingrezza) and deutetrabenazine (Austedo, Teva)

  • Agranulocytosis
  • Answer A life-threatening drop in white blood cells. This condition is sometimes produced by the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine.

  • halluncinations
  • Answer positive side effect that effects every sense of their being

  • EPS side effects
  • Answer Acute dystonia, pseudo-parkinsonism, akathisia

  • nondirective role
  • Answer using broad openings and open-ended questions to collect information and help the client to identify and discuss the topic of concern

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