A psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner is conducting a class on the pharmacodynamics of psychiatric medications for a group of psychiatric-mental health nurses. The nurse practitioner determines that additional education is needed when the group identifies which as a site of action?

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Psychiatric medications primarily target the central nervous system at the cellular synaptic level at four sites: receptors, ion channels, enzymes, and carrier proteins. Receptors respond to neurotransmitters, but neurotransmitters are not a site of action of medications.

A Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Is Conducting a Class on the Pharmacodynamics