Exam 1: NR 326 NR326 Latest

Exam 1: NR 326 / NR326 (Latest

Update 2025 / 2026) Mental Health | Questions and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct – Chamberlain

Question:

What are the typical antipsychotics?

Answer:

Haloperidol (Halol) Chlorpromazine (thorazine) Fluphenazine (prolixin)

Question:

what are nursing considerations for typical antipsychotics?

Answer:

-minimize anticholinergic effects

• minimize postural/orthostatic hypotension
• monitor for extrapyramidal Side Effects
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Question:

what are extrapyramidal symptoms?

Answer:

-Pseudoparkinsonism

• Akathisia
• Dystonia

Question:

what is pseudoparkinsonism?

Answer:

tremors, shuffling gait, drooling, rigidity

Question:

what is akathisia?

Answer:

extreme internal/external restlessness. fidgeting

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Question:

what is dystonia?

Answer:

strong muscle spasms causing twisting (can occur in any part of the body) *monitor for Oculogyric crisis*- NOTIFY PCP ASAP

Question:

what treats extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)

Answer:

anticholinergics: benztropine

Antihistamines: Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for acute dystonia

Question:

what is Tardive Dyskinesia? (TD)

Answer:

*chronic + irreversible *- but treatment available

symptoms:

• grimacing, tongue movements, lip smacking, excessive eye blinking,

uncontrollable repetitive movement of arms, legs and trunk

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Question:

how to detect Tardive Dyskinesia? (TD)

Answer:

AIMS EXAM

Question:

what are atypical antipsychotics?

Answer:

clozapine (clozaril), risperidone (risperdal), olanzapine (zyprexa), ziprasidone (geodon), lurasidone

Question:

nursing considerations for atypical antipsychotics?

Answer:

minimize weight gain, monitor BS, lipids (metabolic syndrome)

- report: agitation, dizziness, sedation, insomnia

• agranulocytosis

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