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When conducting a neurological exam on a client, the PMHNP asks the client to hold out her arms and stick out her tongue while assessing for tremors. Which cranial nerve is being assessed?

What part of the limbic system regulates emotion, hormones, arousal and fear?

A patient has a complete spinal cord injury (SCI). The neurological level of the SCI is T10. What motor impairments would you expect immediately after the injury? 

Discriminative touch sensation from the lower extremity is sent to which area of somatosensory cortex?

Following evidence-based practice, which laboratory screening tests and assessments should be completed prior to placing a person on a second generation (atypical) antipsychotic?

Consider the following sample data shown below. Calculate the median for this data set. {1, 7, 12, 8.5, 9, 20, 13, 5, 23, 17} Make sure to type in your answer rounded to 2 decimal places. So if you thought the answer was 65.4321 then you would type in 65.43

During an initial assessment of an adult you identify hallucinations and illusions. What should you initially consider in your differential diagnosis?

You are treating an adult with schizophrenia with Risperdal 7 mg daily. He is symptom free but complains of arm stiffness. The AIMS assessment score is 0 but there is cogwheeling on physical exam. The best initial treatment approach is:

Which type of hallucination is rare in persons with psychotic illnesses and is often associated with an organic etiology?

The five internal environmental factors are __________.