PMHNP Certificate Study EXAMs Flashcards
An inability to recognize letters or numbers drawn on the palm with a pointed object.
Agraphesthesisa
Repetitive and rapid jerking, involuntary yet well-coordinated movements commonly associated with Huntington’s disease.
Choreiform movements
An inability to discriminate between objects based on touch alone (e.g., key and paper clip); can be associated with a parietal lesion.
Astereognosis:
The inability to perform rapidly alternating hand movements; can be associated with posterior cerebellum lesions.
Dysdiadochokinesia
This is a feeling of restlessness that can make it difficult to hold still. Crossing and uncrossing legs, tapping fingers, and rocking are examples of this type of side effect.
Akathisia
With this form of EPS, your muscles contract or contort involuntarily, sometimes resulting in painful movements.
Dystonia
tremors, pill-rolling movements in your fingers, stiff posture, and slow body movements.
Parkinsonism
While these symptoms can affect your limbs, the main characteristics are abnormal mouth and facial movements (i.e. chewing, Teeth grinding, Jaw protrusion, Curling or twisting, the tongue, Lip smacking or puckering, Grimacing, Bulging cheeks, Blinking, Eye twitching
Tardive dyskinesia
A severe form of drug rash characterized by blisters and hive-like lining of mucous membranes (mouth, vagina, uncircumcised penis) that can spread all over the body; most commonly associated with sulfa drugs, lamotrigine, and carbamazepine.
Steven Johnson Syndrome
Normal Hemoglobin Range
Male: 14–17 Female: 12–16
Normal Hematocrit Range
Male: 42–52 Female: 36–48
Normal WBC
5–10
Normal Platelet counts
140–400
Normal Neutrophil Count
1,800–8,000/mcL
Normal Sodium
135-145
Normal Potassium
3.5-5
Normal Calcium
8.6–10
Normal BUN
7–18
Normal Creatinine
0.6-1.3
Symptoms of confusion and/or depression with an elevated creatinine, BUN, and serum sodium, are likely due to
dehydration
Normal Ammonia
9–33
patients with unexplained altered mental status, anemia, and abnormal liver enzymes may indicate
Wilson’s Disease
Normal TSH
0.5–9
Normal Free T4
0.7–1.9
study of how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes a medication is known as:
pharmacokinetics
What would you order prior to starting someone on antipsychotics?
Hemoglobin A1C, lipid profile, EKG
