Understanding Pharmacokinetics in Psychiatry 1. The PMHNP knows that the study of how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes a medication is known as: A. Breakdown B. Pharmacokinetics C. Pharmacodynamics D. First-pass effect 2. After a drug is absorbed…
Understanding Neurological and Psychiatric Concepts 7. A patient appears internally preoccupied and responding to auditory hallucination. ,This patient may have a pathology affecting which lobe of the brain? A. Temporal lobe B. Occipital lobe 74 C. Parietal lobe D. Cerebellum…
Understanding Defense Mechanisms and Development 15. A woman who discovers her husband has committed suicide in the middle of the night decides to tell her 4- and 6-year-old children the next morning that the reason daddy is not here today…
Patient Engagement in Treatment 6. The PMHNP is explaining the risks and benefits of long-acting injectable antipsychotics to a patient with a history of medication nonadherence. The patient is asking logical questions that demonstrate he can understand the facts. Which…
How the practicum experience helped in developing an appreciation for nursing scholarship A practicum exists to help nursing students apply the lessons they learn in class to their field of study (Kaihlanen et al., 2021). In other words, students…
Essential Guidelines for Nursing Scholarship Reflect on how your practicum experience throughout this program has helped you develop an appreciation for nursing scholarship., How will you incorporate scholarship into your future nursing practice? Purpose: The purpose of the threaded discussion…
Understanding Addiction and Dependence 3. Answer B. Addiction is psychological dependence leading to persistent and increased use of the substance or behavior and, when discontinued, causes distress and urges to resume use despite adverse consequences. Dependence is characterized by the…
Relapse Prevention and Substance Use 10. A patient who has been sober for 20 years is anticipating some major life changes in the next 3 months and is very worried about relapse. ,Which of the following actions should the PMHNP…
Concerns in Substance Use Disorders 1. A 61-year-old married woman who has been sober from alcohol use disorder for 25 years relapsed 3 weeks ago. She reports drinking 1.5 L of vodka and half a liter of scotch daily. On…
Pharmacological treatments, including any side effects Gabapentin is one of the antiepileptic medications prescribed to stuttering children as it acts on the brain's neurotransmitters such as gamma-aminobutyric acid (Maguire et al., 2020). This medication is associated with side effects…