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Question : What is dissemination?
Correct answer: Getting the research information out to those
who need to know it!
Publication - highest level Presenting at National Conference Presenting at Local Conference Journal Club where one person reviews an article
Question : What does a 17 on MMSE mean?
Correct answer: Moderate cognitive impairment
Question : What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system?
Correct answer: Inducer -->will lower dose of Lamictal and
BCP's
Question : What do BCP's do to Lamictal?
Correct answer: Inducer - will lower dose of Lamictal
Question : What is a Type I research error?
Correct answer: There IS a difference but you say there isn't a
difference.
Question : What is a Type II research error?
Correct answer: There is NO difference but you say there is a
difference.
Question : What is pseudo-dementia?
Correct answer: Cognitive impairment secondary to
depression that clears when treated in the elderly. Dementia won't improve.
Question : Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar
grasp?
Correct answer: Yes.
Question : What is a drug 1/2 life?
Correct answer: The time it takes for 50% of a drug to be
eliminated from the body.
Question : What 3 atypicals can be used with teens?
Correct answer: Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel - low doses
Question : What is a risk of using Tramadol?
Correct answer: Serotonin Syndrome as it is very
serotonergic.
Question : What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the
risk of SJS?
Correct answer: HLAB-1502
Question : When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis?
Correct answer: With worsening of SJS
Question : How many generations do you include for a
genogram?
Correct answer: 1st degree - mother, father, siblings
2nd degree - grandparents & cousins 3rd degree -
Question : What does messenger RNA code for?
Correct answer: Amino Acids
Question : What is epigenetics?
Correct answer: Factors that affect genes - environmental,
smoking, stress, etc...
Question : What part of the brain is involved with OCD?
Correct answer: Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal