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Anxiety and Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder Flashcards

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A nurses is teaching medication to treat anxiety, which medication should the nurse teach about?

A

Benzodiazepines
Atypical anxiolytic/nonbarbiturate anxiolytic
SSRI antidepressants

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How would you recognize benzodiazepines? Which drugs are in this class?

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-lams and -pams
● Diazepam
● Lorazepam
● Chlordiazepoxide
● Clorazepate
● Oxazepam
● Clonazepam

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When teaching about benzos, what neural transmitter should the nurse know that benzo act on?

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Benzo inhibits the effect of GABA. GABA is the most common neurotransmitter, and its main role is to reduce neural excitability,

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