Mental Health Nursing Final Exam
2026/2027 With Verified Questions And
Answers
Binge Eating Disorder - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔individuals who engage in repeated
episodes of binge eating but do not regularly use compensatory behaviours
Eating Disorder NOS - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔includes disorders that do not meet the
criteria for either anorexia, bulimia or binge eating, which are all characterized by a significant
disturbance in the perception of body shape and weight
Eating Disorders - epidemiology - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔Most eating disorders begin in
early teens to mid-20s
Incidence: Women
- Anorexia nervosa—0.9%
- Bulimia nervosa—1.5%
- Binge eating disorder—3.5%
Incidence: Men
- Anorexia nervosa—0.3%
- Bulimia nervosa—0.5%
- Binge eating disorder—2%
Many people with disordered eating patterns do not present for help
Statistics do not reflect the magnitude of the problem
Eating disorders Co-morbitities - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔Depression and anxiety
disorders (particularly social phobias) are common co-morbidities
,Incidence of OCD is as high as 25% in individuals with anorexia nervosa
Personality disorders may occur in 42-75% of individuals with eating disorders
Link exists between trauma and eating disorders
Anorexia - Nursing Assessment - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔General:
- Physical: Electrolytes, weight, hair, skin, pulse, temperature
- Perception of the problem
- Eating habits
- History of dieting
- Methods to achieve weight loss/control
- Value attached to weight
- Social functioning
- Mental status
Self assessment
Anorexia Nervosa - thoughts and behaviours - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔- terror of gaining
weight
- preoccupation w/food
- view of self as fat even when emaciated
- peculiar handling of food --> cutting food into small bits / pushing pieces of food around plate
- possible development of rigorous exercise regimen
- possible self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives and diuretics
- cognition so disturbed that individual judges self-worth by weight
Anorexia Nervosa - signs / symptoms - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔- low weight
, - amenorrhea
- yellow skin
- lanugo
- cold extremities
- peripheral edema
- muscle weakness
- constipation
- abnormal lab values
- abnormal CT/EEG
- cardiovascular abnormalities
- impaired renal function
- hypokalemia
- anemic pancytopenia
- decreased bone density
Criteria for hospital admission - eating disorders - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔Physical:
- weight loss, <85% below ideal
- rapid decline in weight w/food refusal
- inability to gain weight w/outpatient treatment
- temperature <36
- HR <40 bpm
- BP <90/60
- severe dehydration
- hypokalemia
- glucose <60mg/dL
- hepatic, renal or cardio organ compromise
Psychiatric:
- risk for suicide
2026/2027 With Verified Questions And
Answers
Binge Eating Disorder - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔individuals who engage in repeated
episodes of binge eating but do not regularly use compensatory behaviours
Eating Disorder NOS - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔includes disorders that do not meet the
criteria for either anorexia, bulimia or binge eating, which are all characterized by a significant
disturbance in the perception of body shape and weight
Eating Disorders - epidemiology - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔Most eating disorders begin in
early teens to mid-20s
Incidence: Women
- Anorexia nervosa—0.9%
- Bulimia nervosa—1.5%
- Binge eating disorder—3.5%
Incidence: Men
- Anorexia nervosa—0.3%
- Bulimia nervosa—0.5%
- Binge eating disorder—2%
Many people with disordered eating patterns do not present for help
Statistics do not reflect the magnitude of the problem
Eating disorders Co-morbitities - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔Depression and anxiety
disorders (particularly social phobias) are common co-morbidities
,Incidence of OCD is as high as 25% in individuals with anorexia nervosa
Personality disorders may occur in 42-75% of individuals with eating disorders
Link exists between trauma and eating disorders
Anorexia - Nursing Assessment - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔General:
- Physical: Electrolytes, weight, hair, skin, pulse, temperature
- Perception of the problem
- Eating habits
- History of dieting
- Methods to achieve weight loss/control
- Value attached to weight
- Social functioning
- Mental status
Self assessment
Anorexia Nervosa - thoughts and behaviours - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔- terror of gaining
weight
- preoccupation w/food
- view of self as fat even when emaciated
- peculiar handling of food --> cutting food into small bits / pushing pieces of food around plate
- possible development of rigorous exercise regimen
- possible self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives and diuretics
- cognition so disturbed that individual judges self-worth by weight
Anorexia Nervosa - signs / symptoms - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔- low weight
, - amenorrhea
- yellow skin
- lanugo
- cold extremities
- peripheral edema
- muscle weakness
- constipation
- abnormal lab values
- abnormal CT/EEG
- cardiovascular abnormalities
- impaired renal function
- hypokalemia
- anemic pancytopenia
- decreased bone density
Criteria for hospital admission - eating disorders - correct answer <<<<<💕💕💕✔✔Physical:
- weight loss, <85% below ideal
- rapid decline in weight w/food refusal
- inability to gain weight w/outpatient treatment
- temperature <36
- HR <40 bpm
- BP <90/60
- severe dehydration
- hypokalemia
- glucose <60mg/dL
- hepatic, renal or cardio organ compromise
Psychiatric:
- risk for suicide
