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Frontal lobe

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thought processes, motor functions, insight and judgement/abstraction and decision making (executive functions)

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Frontal lobe is

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the largest most well developed lobe

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Parietal Lobe

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sensory and motor, interprets sensory information, right and left orientation

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temporal lobe

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auditory, connects with limbic system/ allows expression of emotional/sexual, aggresion
motivation, memory

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occipital love

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vision, interprets visual images

involved in language formation

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basal nuclei (ganglia)

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associated with complex motor functions

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Limbic system

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instincts, drives, fear, aggression (emotional brain)

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Cerebellum

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motor coordination and balance -cognition

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Hypothalmus (part of the limbic system)

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basic funcitons sleep-rest, temperature, thirst, hunger, sex

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brainstem

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regulator of respiration and heart rate

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Increased Dopamine

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Schizophrenia

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Decreased Serotonin

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Depression

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Decreased Norepinephrine

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Depression

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Decreased y-Amniobutyric Acid

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Anxiety Disorders

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Decreased Acetylcholine

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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action potentials

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when neurons are capable of detecting, processing, generating, and conducting electrical signals

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neurotransmitters

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chemical substance that is released by stimulated presynaptic cells that functions to activate post synaptic cells and this cause them to act as messengers in the central nervous system. Common neurotransmitters are acetylcholine, dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and y-amniobutyric acid

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function of the receptor

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neurotransmitters either stimulates or inhibits the other cell
it is the interaction between the neurotransmitter and the receptor that allows the activity of one neuron to influence the activity of other neurons

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Changes in affect, such as flattening 
Alteration in language production
Alteration in motor functioning
Impulse Behavior
Impaired decision making
Concrete thinking
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Frontal

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Altered sensory perceptions, such as decresed consciousness of pain sentation
Difficulty with time concepts, such as an inability to keep appointment times
Alteration in personal hygiene
Alteration in ability to calculate numbers
Inability to adequately perform common motor actions of writing
Mixing up the right and left
Poor attention span

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Parietal

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Auditory hallucinations 
Increased sexual focus
Decreased motivation 
Alterations in memory 
Altered emotional responses 
Sensory Aphasia
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Temporal

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Visual Halluciantions

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Occipital

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Broca’s area

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located in the left frontal lobe, the speech area

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Wernicke’s area

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specialized area of the temporal lobe and is responsible for organizing words so that they will be recognized and express the correct emotional content

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basal nuclei
concentrations of cell bodies that are closely involved with motor functions and association
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Monoamines
Dopamine Norepinephrine Serotonin Histamine
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Amino Acids
Glutamine | Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
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Cholinergics
Acetylcholine
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Neuropeptides
``` Substance P Somatostatin Neurotensin CRH Endorphin ```
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Dopamine increase
Schizophrenia
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Serotonin decrease
depression
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Norepinephrine decrease
depression
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GABA decrease
anxiety disorder
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acetylcholine decrease
alzheimer's
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Computerized Tomography CT detects
a. lesions, infarct(tissue death), aneurysms | b. schizophrenia: cotrical atrophy, third ventricle enlargement, cognitive disorders
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Magneti Resonance Imaging (MRI) detects
a. brain edema, ischemia, infection, neoplasm and trauma | b. schizophrenia: enlarged ventricles, reduction in temporal and frontal lobes
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Positron-emission tomography (PET) detects
a. oxygen use, glucose metabolism, blood flow, some neurotransmitter interactions b. schizophrenia: increased dopamine receptors, abnormalities in limbic system mood disorder; abnormalities in temporal lobe c. adult ADHD: decreased utilization of glucose
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Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) detects
a. similar to PET, also measures brain function and provides images of multiple layers of the CNS
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the limbic system
is a complex set of brain structures that lies on both sides of the thalamus, right under the cerebrum.[1] It is not a separate system, but a collection of structures from the telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon.[2] The limbic system includes the hippocampus, amygdala, anterior thalamic nuclei, septum, habenula, limbic cortex and fornix. It supports a variety of functions, including emotion, behavior, motivation, long-term memory, and olfaction.[3] It appears to be primarily responsible for our emotional life, and has a great deal to do with the formation of memories.
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Amygdala
part of the limbic system, modulates emotional states | regulates affective responses to events
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Thalamus
of the limbic system, relays all sensory information except smell filters incoming information regarding emotions, mood, and memory to prevent the cortex from becoming overloaded
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Hypothalmus
of the limbic system, regulates basic human functions such as sleep-rest patterns, body temp, and the physical drives for hunger and sex
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Hippocampus
of the limbic system, controls learning and the recall of an event with its associated memory
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lobes of the cerebrum
frontal parietal temporal occipital
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structures of the limbic system
amygdala thalmus hypothalamus hippocampus
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synapse
space between neurons
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receptor
binding site
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neuron
cells that conduct electrical impulses
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neurotransmitters
chemical messengers
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Who can petition?
Anyone over 18 who has witnessed the behavior
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An involuntary admit has what rights?
right to atty and right to refuse tx until judicially committed
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PET scan shows
blood flow and glucose metabolism
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Which disorder is related to depression
parkinsonism
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Serotonin is linked to which illness
depression
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motor function and memory are found in which lobe
temporal
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which lobe is executive function
frontal
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where in the temporal lobe is memory found?
hippocampus
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a voluntary admit wants to leave, what must they do?
sign and wait 3 buisness days
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you have an alzheimers patient, what medicine is best
one that increass acetylcholine or stops the decrease of acetylcholine
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What must happen for an involuntary admit?
witnes behavior over 18, first cert. doc must be called within one hour and see patient within 24 hours, second cert, court notified within 3 bus days and seen by a psychiatrist
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Your patient is going for an MRI what should you as a nurse tell doctor?
patient has knee replacement, has claustrophobia
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A nurse talks to the charge nurse "why should i not feel sympathy for that family, they lost their child the same way i lost mine"
reply is to get a shrink and handle your shit
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Client says "I was really hard on my kids growing up" nurse says "you were strict?" what is this?
paraphrasing or RESTATING
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What is done during orientation?
Explaining confidentiality and the working contract
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A woman brings a child into ER, has bite marks and x-ray shows a healing fracture, what do you do?
Talk to parent more, or call CPS.
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your client is suicidal what is their GAF score?
10
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Basal ganglia
motor function
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I want, I can, I will
establishing an internal locus of control
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talking to a new patient about their rights, what else should you do?
give them the booklet about rights in writing
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GABA
anxiety
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Know facilitators and blockers
Resistance Transference Counter transference Boundary violations
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in a mental health assessment what do you assess?
mood and affect, judgement, appearance, attitude and speech
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What are the criteria for involuntary treatment?
danger to self or others, and cannot provide for one's basic needs
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CT =
gross anatomy, one dimensional
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MRI =
layers and structures, 3D
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PET =
blood flow, oxygen, and glucose metabolism
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SPECT =
vascular
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If a nurse becomes close to a patient and the start discussing their mutual things in common why is this a problem?
Boundary violations, no longer a therapeutic relationship
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You have a client who is mute, and the family states that he hasnt bathed or eaten in 5 days, is she wholly, partially or supportive compensatory? GAF score?
Wholly, 10
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A patient states when he is released he intends to kill his wife and her lover, what do you do?
Document and tell the doctor
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The definition of mental health nursing is
prevention of mental disorders , the treatment of disorders and the restoration of health
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What makes the DSM IV special?
it classifies and gives statistical info
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If your client had stroke on the left side what should you as a nurse expect to find?
client struggles to hold spoon with the right hand
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What is the job of the neurotransmitter?
the electrical impulse
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How would a nurse assess a clients judgement?
Ask what they would do if their house was on fire
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What is necessary for a properly written DX
the NANDA dx, the etiology, and supportive info
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Which is a properly written outcome statement?
client will attend one group session by the end of the day also client will report a reduction in anxiety from severe to moderate by the end of the day
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What type of therapeutic communication is this " can you give me an example of that?
clarifying
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Pharmacodynamics
the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs on the body or on microorganisms or parasites within or on the body and the mechanisms of drug action and the relationship between drug concentration and effect.
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Pharmakinetics
is a branch of pharmacology dedicated to the determination of the fate of substances administered externally to a living organism. The substances of interest include pharmaceutical agents, hormones, nutrients, and toxins. It attempts to discover the fate of a drug from the moment that it is administered up to the point at which it is completely eliminated from the body.
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pharmacogenetics
genetic differences in metabolic pathways which can affect individual responses to drugs, both in terms of therapeutic effect as well as adverse effects.
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Axis I
Clinical mental disorder
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Axis II
Personality Disorder or Mental Retardation
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Axis III
General Medical Diagnosis
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Axis IV
Psychosocial and Environment
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Axis V
Global Assessment of Functioning

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