Central Nervous System Drugs

Question 1

It stimulates the release of neurotransmitters like norepinephrine and dopamine from the brain and SNS.

Answer 1

Amphetamines

Question 2

It is another drug prescribes for narcolepsy because it increases the amount of time clients with narcolepsy feel awake.
a. Methylphenidate
b. Amphetamines
c. Dexmethylphenidate
d. Modafinil

Answer 2

d. Modafinil

Question 3

It is the most frequently prescribed drug to treat ADHD.
a. Methylphenidate
b. Amphetamines
c. Dexmethylphenidate
d. Modafinil

Answer 3

a. Methylphenidate

Question 4

A process by which information is carried across the gap between neuron and postsynaptic cell.

Answer 4

Synaptic Transmission

Question 5

This barrier limits the passage of the fluids across the brain mask and prevents the brain from sudden reflux of electrolytes.

Answer 5

Blood-Brain Barrier

Question 6

This is a state in which abrupt discontinuation of drug use will precipitate a withdrawal syndrome
a. Physical Defense
b. Tolerance.
c. Sufferance

Answer 6

a. Physical Defense

Question 7

A decreased response occurs in the course of prolonged drug use.
a. Physical Defense
b. Tolerance
c. Sufferance

Answer 7

b. Tolerance

Question 8

This illness slowly affects the extrapyramidal system which influences movement.
a. ADHD
b. Parkinson’s Disease
c.Narcolepsy

Answer 8

b. Parkinson’s Disease

Question 9

Type of seizures in which excitation spreads widely throughout both hemispheres of the brain

Answer 9

Generalized Seizures

Question 10

What are the two types of seizures?

Answer 10

1. Partial Seizures
2. Generalized Seizures

Question 11

When a 12-year-old child is prescribed methylphenidate, it is most important for the nurse to monitor the child:
a. temperature
b. respirations
c. intake and outputs
d. height and weight

Answer 11

d. height and weight

Question 12

This drug can be use as daytime sedative “sleeping pills”?
a. mephobarbital
b. phenobarbital
c. benzodiazepines

Answer 12

b. phenobarbital

Question 13

Adverse effects of Benzodiazepine includes:
a. Drowsiness, Dizziness, Hypertension
b. Tremor, Hypersensitivity, Ataxia
c. Confusion, Tremor, Dizziness

Answer 13

c. Confusion, Tremor, Dizziness

Question 14

Phenytoin (Dilantin) has been prescribed for a client with seizures. Which is an appropriate nursing intervention?
a. monitoring CBC levels
b. reporting a phenytoin level of 18 mcg/ml
c. encouraging the client to brush teeth vigorously to prevent plaque buildup.
d. teaching the client to stop the drug immediately when passing pinkish-red or reddish-brown urine

Answer 14

a. monitoring CBC levels

Question 15

A client with parkinsonism asks the nurse to explain what causes this condition. the most accurate response by the nurse is that the cause of parkinsonism is the degeneration of:
a. cholinergic neurons
b. dopaminergic neurons
c. acetylcholine neurotransmitter
d. monamine oxidase-B neurotransmitters

Answer 15

b. dopaminergic neurons

Question 16

It occurs when clients abruptly withdraw from a substance on which they are physically dependent.
A. opioid addiction
b. Abstinence syndrome
c. Withdrawal

Answer 16

b. Abstinence syndrome

Question 17

It acts like acetylcholine but is not inactivated by ACHe.
a. Naltrexone
b. Acamprosate
c. Succinylcholine

Answer 17

c. Succinylcholine

Question 18

The most effective for spasticity of cerebral origin. It is also used for the treatment of malignant hyperthermia.
a. Dantrolene Sodium
b. Carisoprodol
c. Diazepam

Answer 18

a. Dantrolene Sodium

Question 19

What do you call a drug that relaxes skeletal muscles by disrupting the transmission of nerve impulses at the motor end plate?
a. Dopaminergic Drugs
b. Anti-Epileptic Drugs
c. Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs

Answer 19

c. Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs

Question 20

It is abstinence maintenance that decreases unpleasant effects resulting from abstinence (anxiety/restlessness)
a. Disulfiram
b. Naltrexone
c. Acamprosate
d. Methadone

Answer 20

c. Acamprosate