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NSG 322 Exam 3
Comprehensive
Questions & Answers
2026-2027 | Verified
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95 QUESTIONS
DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
This document provides 95 verified exam questions along with correct answers and
explanations, focusing on psychiatric nursing concepts. It serves as a comprehensive
resource for students preparing for certification exams in mental health nursing. The
structured format allows for efficient study and review, ensuring mastery of essential topics
in the field.
CONTENTS
Bipolar Disorders Q1–Q23
Bipolar Comorbidities Q24–Q25
Mental Status Exam Q26–Q42
Page 1
, Psychiatric Interventions Q43–Q74
Bipolar Screening and Tools Q75–Q75
Schizophrenia Spectrum Q76–Q95
E XA M Q U EST I O N S
Q1 QUESTION 1 OF 95
Bipolar I
CORRECT ANSWER
- At least 1 manic episode
- Most severe form
- Highest mortality rate
- Cycle between manic and severe depression
- Extreme shifts in activity levels, energy, ability to function in their roles and even ability to
complete ADLs
- High risk and frequently require hospitalization
Q2 QUESTION 2 OF 95
Bipolar II
CORRECT ANSWER
- At least 1 hypomanic episode (3-4 days) AND at least 1 major depressive episode
- Less acute and can be treated outpatient
- Characterized by cycles of hypomania or less severe mania lasting at least 4 days and major
depression
- May seem more distractable or talkative than usual, but no serious impairment in social or
occupational functioning
Q3 QUESTION 3 OF 95
DIGFAST (for mania)
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, CORRECT ANSWER
- Distractibility
- Impulsivity
- Grandiosity
- Flight of ideas
- Activity increase
- Sleep deficit
- Talkativeness
Q4 QUESTION 4 OF 95
5 Skills for Better Control
CORRECT ANSWER
- 48 Hour Rule: 2 full days/nights of sleep
- 2 Person Feedback: Trusted, long-term
- Step Away: Disarm
- Self Check-In: Reality challenge/hyper positivity risk
- Limits: Temptations
Q5 QUESTION 5 OF 95
Cyclothymic Disorder
CORRECT ANSWER
- Hypomania alternates with symptoms of mild to moderate depression for at least 2 years
(adults)
- Rapid cycling possible
- Mood changes are less severe and do not meet the criteria for full depressive, manic, or even
hypomanic episodes
- 15%-50% progress into bipolar I/II
Q6 QUESTION 6 OF 95
Rapid Cycling
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, CORRECT ANSWER
- Bipolar I or II
- At least 4 mood episodes in 12 months
- May be in one week or 24 hours
- These episodes are distinct and separated by periods of partial or full recovery, or by a sudden
switch to an episode of opposite mood
- Associated with severe symptoms
- High recurrence rate
- Resistant to conventional somatic treatments
- Often have more difficulty managing their symptoms, and their episodes may come on more
quickly and unpredictably
Q7 QUESTION 7 OF 95
Mania
CORRECT ANSWER
- Intense mood disturbances
- Persistent elevation and expansiveness
- Irritability and extreme goal-oriented activity or energy
- Last at least one week, most of the day, every day
- Psychiatric emergency
- Eat and sleep little
- High risk behaviors
- Psychosis
- Will not realize the state they are in
Q8 QUESTION 8 OF 95
Hypomania
CORRECT ANSWER
- Features similar symptoms to mania
- Includes elevated or irritable mood and increased activity or energy
- The symptoms are less severe, last at least four consecutive days, and do not cause significant
impairment or require hospitalization
- May realize the state they are in
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P R O F E S S I O N A L P R A C T I C E M AT E R I A L S
NSG 322 Exam 3
Comprehensive
Questions & Answers
2026-2027 | Verified
Review
Verified Answers Exam Ready With Rationales
95 QUESTIONS
DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
This document provides 95 verified exam questions along with correct answers and
explanations, focusing on psychiatric nursing concepts. It serves as a comprehensive
resource for students preparing for certification exams in mental health nursing. The
structured format allows for efficient study and review, ensuring mastery of essential topics
in the field.
CONTENTS
Bipolar Disorders Q1–Q23
Bipolar Comorbidities Q24–Q25
Mental Status Exam Q26–Q42
Page 1
, Psychiatric Interventions Q43–Q74
Bipolar Screening and Tools Q75–Q75
Schizophrenia Spectrum Q76–Q95
E XA M Q U EST I O N S
Q1 QUESTION 1 OF 95
Bipolar I
CORRECT ANSWER
- At least 1 manic episode
- Most severe form
- Highest mortality rate
- Cycle between manic and severe depression
- Extreme shifts in activity levels, energy, ability to function in their roles and even ability to
complete ADLs
- High risk and frequently require hospitalization
Q2 QUESTION 2 OF 95
Bipolar II
CORRECT ANSWER
- At least 1 hypomanic episode (3-4 days) AND at least 1 major depressive episode
- Less acute and can be treated outpatient
- Characterized by cycles of hypomania or less severe mania lasting at least 4 days and major
depression
- May seem more distractable or talkative than usual, but no serious impairment in social or
occupational functioning
Q3 QUESTION 3 OF 95
DIGFAST (for mania)
Page 2
, CORRECT ANSWER
- Distractibility
- Impulsivity
- Grandiosity
- Flight of ideas
- Activity increase
- Sleep deficit
- Talkativeness
Q4 QUESTION 4 OF 95
5 Skills for Better Control
CORRECT ANSWER
- 48 Hour Rule: 2 full days/nights of sleep
- 2 Person Feedback: Trusted, long-term
- Step Away: Disarm
- Self Check-In: Reality challenge/hyper positivity risk
- Limits: Temptations
Q5 QUESTION 5 OF 95
Cyclothymic Disorder
CORRECT ANSWER
- Hypomania alternates with symptoms of mild to moderate depression for at least 2 years
(adults)
- Rapid cycling possible
- Mood changes are less severe and do not meet the criteria for full depressive, manic, or even
hypomanic episodes
- 15%-50% progress into bipolar I/II
Q6 QUESTION 6 OF 95
Rapid Cycling
Page 3
, CORRECT ANSWER
- Bipolar I or II
- At least 4 mood episodes in 12 months
- May be in one week or 24 hours
- These episodes are distinct and separated by periods of partial or full recovery, or by a sudden
switch to an episode of opposite mood
- Associated with severe symptoms
- High recurrence rate
- Resistant to conventional somatic treatments
- Often have more difficulty managing their symptoms, and their episodes may come on more
quickly and unpredictably
Q7 QUESTION 7 OF 95
Mania
CORRECT ANSWER
- Intense mood disturbances
- Persistent elevation and expansiveness
- Irritability and extreme goal-oriented activity or energy
- Last at least one week, most of the day, every day
- Psychiatric emergency
- Eat and sleep little
- High risk behaviors
- Psychosis
- Will not realize the state they are in
Q8 QUESTION 8 OF 95
Hypomania
CORRECT ANSWER
- Features similar symptoms to mania
- Includes elevated or irritable mood and increased activity or energy
- The symptoms are less severe, last at least four consecutive days, and do not cause significant
impairment or require hospitalization
- May realize the state they are in
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