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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

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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

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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