Psychiatric
Psychiatric Pharmacology Quiz
Enhance your understanding of psychiatric medications with this comprehensive quiz designed for healthcare professionals and students alike. Test your knowledge on medication administration, side effects, and specific therapeutic uses.
- 10 carefully crafted questions
- Covering a range of psychiatric medications
- Ideal for students and professionals in mental health
A client’s medication sheet contains a prescription for sertraline. To ensure safe administration of the medication, how should the nurse administer the dose?
On an empty stomach
At the same time each evening
Evenly spaced around the clock
As needed when the client complains of depression
A client with schizophrenia has been started on medication therapy with clozapine. The nurse should assess the results of which laboratory study to monitor for adverse effects from this medication?
Platelet count
Blood glucose levels
Liver function studies
WBC count
A client is scheduled for discharge and will be taking phenobarbital for an extended period. The nurse would place highest priority on teaching the client which point that directly relates to client safety?
Take the medication only with meals
Take the medication at the same time each day
Use a dose container to help prevent missed doses
Avoid drinking alcohol while taking this medication
The nurse is describing the medication side and adverse effects to a client who is taking amitriptyline. Which information should the nurse incorporate in the discussion?
Consume a low-fiber diet
Increase fluids and bulk in the diet
Rest if the heart begins to beat rapidly
Walk if you have difficulty urinating because this is a normal side effect
The nurse is administering risperidone to a client with schizophrenia who is scheduled to be discharged. Before discharge, which instruction should the nurse provide to the client?
Get adequate sunlight
Continue driving as usual
Avoid foods rich in potassium
Get up slowly when changing positions
The nurse is teaching a client who is being started on imipramine about the medication. The nurse should inform the client to expect maximum desired effects at which time period following initiation of the medication?
In 2 months
In 2 to 3 weeks
During the first week
During the 6th week of administration
A hospitalized client is started on a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) for the treatment of depression. The nurse should instruct the client that which foods are acceptable to consume while taking this medication? Select all that apply
Figs
Yogurt
Crackers
Aged cheese
Tossed salad
Oatmeal raisin cookies
The nurse notes that a client with schizophrenia and receiving an antipsychotic medication is moving her mouth, protruding her tongue, and grimacing as she watches television. The nurse determines that the client is experiencing which medication complication?
Parkinsonism
Tardive dyskinesia
Hypertensive crisis
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
The nurse is performing a follow-up teaching session with a client discharged 1 month ago. The client is taking fluoxetine. Which information would be important for the nurse to obtain during this client visit regarding the side and adverse effects of the medication?
Cardiovascular symptoms
GI dysfunctions
Problems with mouth dryness
Problems with excessive sweating
A client who has been taking buspirone for 1 month returns to the clinic for a follow-up assessment. The nurse determines that the medication is effective if the absence of which manifestation has occurred?
Paranoid thought process
Rapid heartbeat or anxiety
Alcohol withdrawal symptoms
Thought broadcasting or delusions
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