the nclex-style question thread.

Think I'll go with 4 on this one.

 

Four. GABA has significant links to anxiety. Decreased serotonin and norepinephrine cause depression more than anxiety. Demyelination causes problems with memory and motor function.

 

I have a feeling that it's high levels of norepinephrine that can cause anxiety (also low serotonin), which put me off that one.

 

Yes, the correct answer is #4.

I love 'select all that apply' questions!
not really.

 

I'm going to guess 1, 2 and 5. No research. Just off the top of my head.

 

Where is the "all of the above" option? Well, maybe not 3.

 

It is select all that apply, so if you want to choose all of them you, uh, just choose all of them.

 

Autonomic functions, right? I'm not certain that fat metabolism fits, but all of the rest do IMO.

 

4 initially caught me because I though it was referring to GABA agonists rather than antagonists, but I'llgo with 3 because I know people who have been prescribed SSRIs for anxiety, and based on the answer I assume SNRIs may be helpful in some situations.

 

1, 2, and 4, I think.

 

The answer is 1, 2 and 4.

Hypothalamus controls body temperature and fat metabolism is not controlled by the brain.

Instead of another nclex question this time, I thought I might pose this query. I learned this in class today.

Can you take a guess as to the mortality rate (%) of Americans over age 75 within six months of developing a Stage II decubitus ulcer, or bedsore?

 

A wild guess, but I think it's going to be quite high - 87%? I'm hoping that's too high - I was going to go with around 66%, but think it will be higher for people over 75.

 

It's in between those two, but Rogue is closest. It is 70%.
Which I found to be rather shocking and dismaying.

 

I'm trying to think of any situation in which atropine would help with gallbladder problems and coming up blank. I'll go with 3.

 

The correct answer is 1. Morphine

I didn't know the answer so I guessed #4. We haven't learned alot about specific meds at this point, we're still in admin and calculation mode.
The thing to keep in mind with these sorts of questions, though, is that just because they mention a condition that a patient may have, the answer to the question (in this case, a medication) may only relate to that condition indirectly. Because nurses don't prescribe medications, they encourage them to focus on contraindications and food/drug interactions because that's the sort of thing that might get missed...particularly when you have multiple doctors treating a patient taking multiple medications.

Anyway, onward and upward. This one is related to stuff I am studying today for a test Monday on Physical Assessment, Age-Related Care, Geriatric Assessment, Sensory Awareness and Mobility/Skin Integrity.

 

All those adult diaper commercials I see suggest that C is a normal part of aging.