QUESTION 1

1.      A noncompliant patient states, "Why do you want me to put this poison in my body?" Identify the best response made by the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP).

A. "You have to take your medication to become stable."

B."Most medications will increase the number of neurotransmitters that you already have in the brain."

C."Most medications used in treatment are either increasing or decreasing neurotransmitters that your body already has."

D."Why do you believe that your medication is poison?" 

QUESTION 2

1.      Which statement about neurotransmitters and medications is true?

A. Natural neurotransmitters such as endorphins have been discovered after the development of medications.

B. Some medications were developed after the discovery and known action of the neurotransmitters in the brain.

C. Neurotransmitters receive messages from most medications.

D. The neurotransmitter serotonin is directly linked to depression. Following this discovery, the antidepressant Prozac was developed.