NRNP 6635 (WALDEN UNIVERSITY) MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in
psychosomatic patients
Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle
Erickson
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia
Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs
AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly
Autism and Intellectual disability
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative
amnesia
Sequential events
,The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa
Eating with friends but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness
diagnosis.
Psychiatrist History and mental status examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients.
Patient Resistance
Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom
Central Apnea
Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a
Primary Care Provider
Hoarding
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
CAPS
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
4
Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in
television, movies, and video games
Dysthymia
, Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health
interview of a child
Medical history
Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy
6-8 weeks
What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD?
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
Short duration of symptoms
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or
hypochondriasis
Angina Pectoris
What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents?
Appetite
Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Acetylcholine
Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
Privacy
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in
psychosomatic patients
Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle
Erickson
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia
Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs
AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly
Autism and Intellectual disability
Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients
20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative
amnesia
Sequential events
,The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa
Eating with friends but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness
diagnosis.
Psychiatrist History and mental status examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients.
Patient Resistance
Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom
Central Apnea
Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a
Primary Care Provider
Hoarding
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder
CAPS
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed
4
Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in
television, movies, and video games
Dysthymia
, Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health
interview of a child
Medical history
Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy
6-8 weeks
What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD?
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams
Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT:
Short duration of symptoms
Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom disorder or
hypochondriasis
Angina Pectoris
What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents?
Appetite
Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Acetylcholine
Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport.
Privacy
