NUR 3450 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE &
PRACTICE TEST | LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
Define mental health - ANS ✔✔- A person's condition with regard to their psychological and emotional
well-being.
- A wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior
Factors that affect mental health - ANS ✔✔Genes, trauma, family, lifestyle, stressors, biological factors,
childhood abuse, neglect, social isolation, racism, losing someone close to you, severe long-term stress
What are the 3 general adaptation syndrome - ANS ✔✔Alarm Reaction Stage, Stage of Resistance, Stage
of Exhaustion
What is the alarm reaction stage - ANS ✔✔The initial reaction stage your body experiences when under
stress. Prepapres you for the flight or fight response. Heart rate and the adrenal gland releases cortisol
(stress hormone) and a boost of adrenaline.
What is the Stage of Resistance - ANS ✔✔The body begins to repair itself. Releases a lower amount of
cortisol and heart rate and blood pressure are stabilized. Remains on high alert. Signs of resistance are
irritability, frustration, and poor concentration.
What is the Stage of Exhaustion - ANS ✔✔The stage that results after prolonged stress. Signs are fatigue,
burnout, depression, anxiety, decreased stress tolerance.
What are the 4 levels of anxiety - ANS ✔✔Mild - Anxious throughout the day, but not all day. Some
changes in concentration and sleep. Stomach-ache and muscle tension
Moderate - Anxious most of the day. Changes in sleep appetite, and concentration. Avoidance. Feeling
panicky, headaches, and fatigue.
Severe - Anxiety all day. Feeling breathless, chest tightness, digestive issues, unable to focus, and sensory
overload. Isolation.
Panic - Sever anxiety all day. Panic attack, can't function. Obsessive thoughts.
What are the 5 stages of grief? - ANS ✔✔Denial - Denying the situation. Usually, to numb the intensity of
the situation.
Anger - Anger is hiding many of the emotions and pain that you carry
Bargaining - You may find yourself creating a lot of "what if" and "only if" statements
Depression - Where you isolate yourself from the others in order to fully cope with the loss
Acceptance - Accepted the situation. You understand what it meant in your life
, What is the DSM5? - ANS ✔✔The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, DSM-5 is the
current official guidebook for categorizing and diagnosing psychiatric mental health disorders in the
United States.
What are ways to check for mental status? - ANS ✔✔Level of Consciousness - refers to the state of
wakefulness of the patient and depends both on brainstem and cortical components. Altered &
Oriented, Comatose.
Physical appearance - Manner of dress, level of cleanliness, appearance
Behavior - Level of eye contact, restless/anxious, withdrawn, disinhibited behavior, rapport, level of
motor activity
Cognitive and intellectual abilities - Patients level of orientation, attention, memory, alertness and
visuospatial functioning. The cognition section assesses their awareness of itself, their environment,
higher cortical functioning, frontal functioning, language, mental calculation, drawing and copying.
What is a HEADSS assessment? - ANS ✔✔Home, Education, Activities, Drugs, Sex, Suicide. Assessment is
a psychosocial screening tool designed for the adolescent population. The American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) and other organizaitons recommend using this assessment in order to address risk
behaviors.
What is the MMSE - ANS ✔✔The mini mental state exam, or MMSE, is a simple pen and paper test of
cognitive function based on a total possible score of 30 points; it includes tests of orientation,
concentration, attention, verbal memory, naming and visuospatial skills.
Therapeutic strategies: What is counseling? - ANS ✔✔Process of meeting with a therapist to resolve
problematic behaviors, beliefs, feelings, relationship issues, and/or somatic responses.
Therapeutic strategies: What is milieu therapy? - ANS ✔✔Safe, structured, group treatment method for
mental health issues. Interaction in a community setting.
Therapeutic strategies: What is promotion of self-care activites? - ANS ✔✔Meditation, exercise, get
sleep, good hygiene, practice gratitude, focus on positivity, eating healthy, socializing
Therapeutic strategies: What is psychobiological interventions? - ANS ✔✔Another psychobiological
intervention is electrical stimulation or neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
Therapeutic strategies: What is Cognitive and behavioral therapies? - ANS ✔✔Identifying specific
problems or issues in your daily life. Becoming aware of unproductive thought patterns and how they
can impact your life. Identifying negative thinking and reshaping it in a way that changes how you feel.
Learning new behaviors and putting them into practice.
Therapeutic strategies: What is health teaching? - ANS ✔✔Teaching the patient medication awareness,
intervention purposes, and coping strategies.
Therapeutic strategies: What is health promotion? - ANS ✔✔Process of enabling people to increase
control over or improve their health
PRACTICE TEST | LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
Define mental health - ANS ✔✔- A person's condition with regard to their psychological and emotional
well-being.
- A wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior
Factors that affect mental health - ANS ✔✔Genes, trauma, family, lifestyle, stressors, biological factors,
childhood abuse, neglect, social isolation, racism, losing someone close to you, severe long-term stress
What are the 3 general adaptation syndrome - ANS ✔✔Alarm Reaction Stage, Stage of Resistance, Stage
of Exhaustion
What is the alarm reaction stage - ANS ✔✔The initial reaction stage your body experiences when under
stress. Prepapres you for the flight or fight response. Heart rate and the adrenal gland releases cortisol
(stress hormone) and a boost of adrenaline.
What is the Stage of Resistance - ANS ✔✔The body begins to repair itself. Releases a lower amount of
cortisol and heart rate and blood pressure are stabilized. Remains on high alert. Signs of resistance are
irritability, frustration, and poor concentration.
What is the Stage of Exhaustion - ANS ✔✔The stage that results after prolonged stress. Signs are fatigue,
burnout, depression, anxiety, decreased stress tolerance.
What are the 4 levels of anxiety - ANS ✔✔Mild - Anxious throughout the day, but not all day. Some
changes in concentration and sleep. Stomach-ache and muscle tension
Moderate - Anxious most of the day. Changes in sleep appetite, and concentration. Avoidance. Feeling
panicky, headaches, and fatigue.
Severe - Anxiety all day. Feeling breathless, chest tightness, digestive issues, unable to focus, and sensory
overload. Isolation.
Panic - Sever anxiety all day. Panic attack, can't function. Obsessive thoughts.
What are the 5 stages of grief? - ANS ✔✔Denial - Denying the situation. Usually, to numb the intensity of
the situation.
Anger - Anger is hiding many of the emotions and pain that you carry
Bargaining - You may find yourself creating a lot of "what if" and "only if" statements
Depression - Where you isolate yourself from the others in order to fully cope with the loss
Acceptance - Accepted the situation. You understand what it meant in your life
, What is the DSM5? - ANS ✔✔The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, DSM-5 is the
current official guidebook for categorizing and diagnosing psychiatric mental health disorders in the
United States.
What are ways to check for mental status? - ANS ✔✔Level of Consciousness - refers to the state of
wakefulness of the patient and depends both on brainstem and cortical components. Altered &
Oriented, Comatose.
Physical appearance - Manner of dress, level of cleanliness, appearance
Behavior - Level of eye contact, restless/anxious, withdrawn, disinhibited behavior, rapport, level of
motor activity
Cognitive and intellectual abilities - Patients level of orientation, attention, memory, alertness and
visuospatial functioning. The cognition section assesses their awareness of itself, their environment,
higher cortical functioning, frontal functioning, language, mental calculation, drawing and copying.
What is a HEADSS assessment? - ANS ✔✔Home, Education, Activities, Drugs, Sex, Suicide. Assessment is
a psychosocial screening tool designed for the adolescent population. The American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) and other organizaitons recommend using this assessment in order to address risk
behaviors.
What is the MMSE - ANS ✔✔The mini mental state exam, or MMSE, is a simple pen and paper test of
cognitive function based on a total possible score of 30 points; it includes tests of orientation,
concentration, attention, verbal memory, naming and visuospatial skills.
Therapeutic strategies: What is counseling? - ANS ✔✔Process of meeting with a therapist to resolve
problematic behaviors, beliefs, feelings, relationship issues, and/or somatic responses.
Therapeutic strategies: What is milieu therapy? - ANS ✔✔Safe, structured, group treatment method for
mental health issues. Interaction in a community setting.
Therapeutic strategies: What is promotion of self-care activites? - ANS ✔✔Meditation, exercise, get
sleep, good hygiene, practice gratitude, focus on positivity, eating healthy, socializing
Therapeutic strategies: What is psychobiological interventions? - ANS ✔✔Another psychobiological
intervention is electrical stimulation or neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
Therapeutic strategies: What is Cognitive and behavioral therapies? - ANS ✔✔Identifying specific
problems or issues in your daily life. Becoming aware of unproductive thought patterns and how they
can impact your life. Identifying negative thinking and reshaping it in a way that changes how you feel.
Learning new behaviors and putting them into practice.
Therapeutic strategies: What is health teaching? - ANS ✔✔Teaching the patient medication awareness,
intervention purposes, and coping strategies.
Therapeutic strategies: What is health promotion? - ANS ✔✔Process of enabling people to increase
control over or improve their health
