Final Exam:NR572/ NR 572 (2023/ 2024 Latest Update) Advanced Acute Care Management Exam Review |Week 5-8| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Chamberlain
Final Exam:NR572/ NR 572 (2023/ 2024
Latest Update) Advanced Acute Care
Management Exam Review |Week 5-8|
Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct- Chamberlain
Q: What non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic is used in the treatment of general- ized anxiety
disorder?
Answer:
Buspirone (Wellbutrin)
-nonsedating
-not tolerance or dependence
-does not react with benzo receptors or alcohol
-no abuse or disinhibition potential
- requires several weeks to take effect.
Q: Diagnostic criteria for GAD
Answer:
-Anxiety/worry for most days for at least 6 months
-3 or more of the following:
-Restlessness
-Fatigue
-Difficulty concentrating
-Irritability
-Muscle tension
-Sleep disturbance
-cause sig distress or impairment in social, occupational and other important areas of
functioning.
Q: adverse effects of benzos?
Answer:
headache, drowsiness, dizziness, cognitive im- pairment, vertigo, lethargy, fall hazard, hangover
effect, sedation
Q: precautions when prescribing benzos?
Answer:
high abuse potential tolerance
risk for dependency interacts with alcohol
Q: contraindications of Wellbutrin?
Answer:
- Co-administration with MAOI may cause serotonin syndrome
Q: dx of delirium requires (3)
Answer:
-diminished attention and awareness, evolving over a short period of time
-waxing and waning in severity
-associated with other distrubances in cognition (memomry and disorientation)
Q: what medication class should be avoid in acute delirium?
Answer:
benzos
unless the patient was already taking them prior to admission.
Q: Psychosis
Answer:
is a mental state in which the client perceives a significantly distort- ed sense of reality
Q: Psychosis symptoms
Answer:
-Hallucinations: Perceptual experiences in the absence of external stimuli. May be auditory or
visual. Examples include hearing voices or seeing people that are not there.
-Delusions: Fixed irrational beliefs.
-Thought Disorder: Impairment in the process of thinking.
-Disorganized Behavior: Behavior or communication that lacks organization, cohe- siveness, and
purpose in one’s external behavior. Reflecting the internal chaos of the mind.
Q: diagnosing psychosis
Answer:
Clients presenting with psychotic symptoms should have a full workup to rule out an organic
medical cause before a psychiatric diagnosis is made.
Diagnostic testing may include:
-radiologic imaging
-electroencephalography (EEG) to rule out an intracranial process or seizure disor- ders.
-Serum and urine lab tests should also be performed to rule out underlying metabolic disorders or
substance use.
Q: What is schizophrenia?
Answer:
involves changes in behavior and other symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and
disorganized speech that lasts longer than 6 months.
Q: most commonly use antipsychotic medication for psychosis
Answer:
halodol first-generation antipsychotic (FGA)
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