Download ANCC PMHNP Exam Prep: Neurotransmitters, Pathways, and Psychiatric Disorders and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! ANCC PMHNP Exam Prep Questions And Answers With The Latest Answers Neocortical pathway Correct Answer: executive function: attention, focus, depression Nigrostriatal pathway Correct Answer: from substantia nigra (brainstem) to striatum (muscles): Parkinson's Mesolimbic pathway Correct Answer: projects to nucleus acumens (part of limbic system). Pleasure, reward, positive symptoms of schizophrenia: Addiction, gambling Tuber infundibular pathway Correct Answer: regulation of prolactin (acts on pituitary). Hyper sexuality in mania Dopamine Correct Answer: produced in substantial nitro and VTA. D2 & D4 receptors most important. Elevated in the mesolimbic pathway associated with pleasure and psychosis. Antipsychotics block dopamine. Travels through mesocoritcal, mesolimbic, nigrostriatal, and tuber infundibular pathways Serotonin Correct Answer: 5-HT. Produced in raphe nucleus. Emotion, impulses, dreams. 5HT2A receptors = atypical antipsychotics. Norepinephrine Correct Answer: produced in locus cerulean. Arousal and vigilance GABA Correct Answer: inhibitory. Produces calm in conjunction with benzodiazepines. ACTH Correct Answer: motor control, learning, memory, sleep, and dreams. Helps with balance. Decrease in Alzheimer's disease Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) Correct Answer: CRH, ACTH, then cortisol. Worsens with stress and depression Hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) Correct Answer: TRH, TSH, T4. Hypothyroid causes depression, weight gain, slow metabolism. Hyperthyroid is opposite. Hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) Correct Answer: gnrh, FSH, LH. Malfunctions cause infertility problems. Gray matter Correct Answer: neurons are found Frontal lobe Correct Answer: executive function, voluntary movement, speech (Broca's area) Temporal lobe Correct Answer: memory, cognition, speech, emotions (aka limbic area) Parietal lobe Correct Answer: receive and process sensory input Wernicke's area Correct Answer: temporal and parietal lobes; speech Amygdala Correct Answer: fear response. Hippocampus Correct Answer: memory. Make up limbic system with amydgala HIPAA Correct Answer: 1. Education about privacy protection, 2. Access to own medical records, 3. Request amendment to health information to which they object, 4. Require permission for disclosure of medical issues Forensic nursing Correct Answer: based on crime committed and investigational aspects Correctional nursing Correct Answer: offender's current mental health and medical condition Research utilization process Correct Answer: critique, synthesize, apply, measure PICO question Correct Answer: patient, intervention, comparison, outcome Internal validity Correct Answer: when the independent variable (treatment) caused a change in the dependent variable (outcome) External validity Correct Answer: when the sample is representative of the population and the results can be generalized Descriptive statistics Correct Answer: used to describe the basic features of the data in the study Standard deviation Correct Answer: indication of the possible deviations from the mean Variance Correct Answer: how the values are dispersed around the mean - the larger the variance, the larger the dispersion of scores Inferential statistics Correct Answer: numerical value that enable one to reach conclusions that extend beyond immediate data alone - generated by quantitative research designs T-test Correct Answer: assess whether means of 2 groups are statistically different from each other ANOVA Correct Answer: analysis of variance - tests difference of 3 or more groups Pearson's r-correlation Correct Answer: relationship between 2 variables Probability Correct Answer: 0-1: likelihood of an event occurring P value Correct Answer: level of significance: describes the probability of a particular result occurring by chance alone HOPE Correct Answer: sources of hope, organized religion, personal spirituality, effects on medical care/end of life OLDCARTS for HPI Correct Answer: onset, location, duration, character, alleviating/aggravating factors, radiation, time of occurrence, severity Cranial Nerves Correct Answer: Olfactory, optic, ocular motor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, acoustic, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory spinal, hypoglossal
