Nr 568 study guide - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NR568 Final Exam Study Guide Week 5 - 8 - Management of Bipolar Disorder (BPD) o Drugs from other classes that can be used to treat BPD o Drug Interactions  Lithium  Monitoring  Anticonvulsants o Monitoring  Lithium  Lamotrigine  Tegretol  Depakote  Trileptal  Topamax - Management of Major Depressive Disorder o Know example drugs  SSRIs o Adverse Effects  Venlafaxine  Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors o Food & Drug Interactions  Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (...

Prevention of osteoporosis with hormone replacement therapy o Alendronate is first-choice o Suppresses resorption of bone by decreasing both the number and activity of osteoclasts - When and when not to use progestin for hormone replacement therapy and why o Women with an intact uterus should receive progestin in combination with low- dose estrogen to help minimize the risk for estrogen-induced endometrial ca o For women without a uterus, the progestin is unnecessary o Main use is to cou...

Exam (elaborations) NR 601 Comprehensive Final Exam Study Guide and Practice Questions (NR601) DISCLAIMER- None of this is my original work. The first 11 pages are the completed study guide from a previous class. Pages 11 through 13 are the NR 601 course final exam review topics in outline form (Thanks Lisa Trevino!). Page 13-46 includes my notes from class and YouTube videos, Kennedy-Malone text (minimal), lessons, and some external research. When the information came from an external a rt...

Exam (elaborations) NR 601 Comprehensive Final Exam Study Guide And Practice Questions How to conduct Mini-Cog-  The Mini-Cog has been demonstrated to have comparable psychometric properties to the MMSE  The primary advantage of the Mini-Cog is that it is shorter than the MMSE and measures executive function.  It is composed of a three-item recall and the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) and takes about 3 minutes to administer  The Mini-Cog is a short dementia assessment that combin...