NUR 1211C Study Guide - Final Guide: Tyramine, Nursing Assessment, Pepperoni

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Which statement about the tricyclic group of antidepressant medications is accurate, their full therapeutic potential may not be reached until 4 weeks, rationale: it may take several weeks for tricyclic medications to reach their full therapeutic. Ashley quiz 3 effect: a client with depression and substance abuse has an interrupted sleep pattern. She demands that her psychiatrist prescribe her a sedative. Tolerance can easily develop: a group of nursing students is receiving instruction from a nurse educator about neurotransmitters. Adequate sodium and fluid intake is necessary to prevent lithium toxicity: the nurse is assessing a client who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia and takes an anti-psychotic agent daily. The medication is to be administered "prn for eps. " What alteration in brain chemistry should a nurse correlate with the production of these symptoms: decreased levels of acetylcholine, rationale: the nurse should correlate memory deficits and decreased motor function with decreased levels of acetylcholine.