NUR 214 (Mental Health - Test 4) Study Notes Questions with
Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Food is essential to life because the body requires nutrients to meet energy requirements
for what 3 processes?
Answer: 1. Thermoregulation 2. Cellular regulation 3. Metabolism
Question 2: Metabolism
Answer: Complex process by which the body breaks down and converts food and fluid into energy sources
Question 3: What are the 3 feeding and eating disorders?
Answer: 1. Anorexia nervosa 2. Bulimia nervosa 3. Binge-eating disorder
Question 4: Negative body image, degraded self-worth, and body dissatisfaction causes stress that leads
to what?
Answer: Feeding and eating disorders
Question 5: Universal prevention for feeding and eating disorders targets what types of audience?
Answer: General public
Question 6: Targeted prevention for feeding and eating disorders targets what types of audience?
Answer: Those who are beginning to show symptoms
Question 7: Anorexia athletica
Answer: An eating disorder in which individuals seeking a lean body type engage in excessive exercise and
calorie restriction
Question 8: What are some warning signs of anorexia athletica?
Answer: 1. Will not skip a workout, even if tired, sick, or injured 2. Seems anxious or guilty when missing
even one workout 3. Constantly preoccupied with weight and exercise routine 4. Does not like to sit still or
relax because of worry that not enough calories are being expended 5. Has lost a significant amount of
weight 6. Increases exercises after eating more 7. Skips seeing friends, give up activities, and abandons
responsibilities to make more time for exercise 8. Seems to base self-worth on the number of workouts
completed and the effort put into training 9. Is never satisfied with own physical achievements
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,Question 9: Anorexia nervosa (AN)
Answer: A potentially deadly eating disorder that compels individuals to lose more weight than is healthy
for their age and height. The patient has an intense fear of gaining weight even when dangerously
underweight which leads to dieting or exercising to the point of dangerous malnutrition.
Question 10: When does anorexia nervosa (AN) typically begin?
Answer: Teen years
Question 11: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is typically diagnosed in who?
Answer: Caucasian (white) females
Question 12: Clinical signs of anorexia nervosa (AN) are an important indicator of the severity for what
2 reasons?
Answer: 1. Patients with anorexia nervosa often hide their symptoms and behaviors, and therefore may not
always report reliably about the extent to which the symptoms interfere with function or the duration of the
symptoms 2. As the illness becomes more acute the patient is at increased risk for physiological dysfunction
and even organ damage
Question 13: A BMI of greater than or equal to 17 is an important clinical indicator that the severity of
anorexia nervosa (AN) is:
Answer: Mild
Question 14: A BMI of 16 to 16.99 is an important clinical indicator that the severity of anorexia
nervosa (AN) is:
Answer: Moderate
Question 15: A BMI of 15 to 15.00 is an important clinical indicator that the severity of anorexia
nervosa (AN) is:
Answer: Severe
Question 16: A BMI of less than 15 is an important clinical indicator that the severity of anorexia
nervosa (AN) is:
Answer: Extreme
Question 17: A patient with anorexia nervosa (AN) who has severe to extreme BMI deficits may
determine a need for hospitalization based on the patient's BMI and what other clinical signs?
Answer: 1. Arrhythmia 2. Systolic BP of less than 90 mmHg 3. Heart rate below 40 to 50 bpm
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, Question 18: The criteria for diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN) includes what?
Answer: 1. Intense fear of weight gain 2. Refusal to maintain healthy weight 3. Distorted body image
Question 19: What are some behaviors that may be seen in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN)?
Answer: 1. Limiting food consumption 2. Offset consumption with excessive exercise 3. Self-induced
vomiting 4. Refusing to eat in presence of others 5. Using diuretics, laxatives, and diet pills 6. Cutting food
into small pieces while pretending to eat
Question 20: What are some symptoms that may be seen with anorexia nervosa (AN)?
Answer: 1. Brittle hair and nails 2. Dry and sometimes yellow skin 3. Lanugo (soft, feathery hair) on
previously hairless parts of the body 4. Constantly feeling cold (cold hands/feet) 5. Constipation 6. Bloating
7. Anemia 8. Damage to heart (heart failure) 9. Bradycardia/hypotension 10. Dysrhythmias 11. Breathing
slow 12. Damage to brain/impaired cognition 13. Osteoporosis/fractures 14. Kidney stones/kidney failure
Question 21: Bulimia nervosa (BN)
Answer: A condition in which individuals binge on food or have episodes of overeating in which they feel a
loss of control. After periods of binging, they use methods such as vomiting or laxative abuse to prevent
weight gain
Question 22: T/F: Many patients with bulimia nervosa (BN) also have anorexia nervosa (AN)
Answer: TRUE
Question 23: What is the diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa (BN)?
Answer: Binge eating in association with unhealthy compensatory behaviors AT LEAST once a week over
a 3 MONTH period
Question 24: Binge eating
Answer: The rapid consumption of an uncommonly large amount of food in a short amount of time
Question 25: What types of food are often involved in binge eating?
Answer: 1. Junk food 2. Fast food 3. High-calorie food
Question 26: T/F: An individual feels in control during the episode of binge eating
Answer: FALSE **Feel OUT of control during episode
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Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Food is essential to life because the body requires nutrients to meet energy requirements
for what 3 processes?
Answer: 1. Thermoregulation 2. Cellular regulation 3. Metabolism
Question 2: Metabolism
Answer: Complex process by which the body breaks down and converts food and fluid into energy sources
Question 3: What are the 3 feeding and eating disorders?
Answer: 1. Anorexia nervosa 2. Bulimia nervosa 3. Binge-eating disorder
Question 4: Negative body image, degraded self-worth, and body dissatisfaction causes stress that leads
to what?
Answer: Feeding and eating disorders
Question 5: Universal prevention for feeding and eating disorders targets what types of audience?
Answer: General public
Question 6: Targeted prevention for feeding and eating disorders targets what types of audience?
Answer: Those who are beginning to show symptoms
Question 7: Anorexia athletica
Answer: An eating disorder in which individuals seeking a lean body type engage in excessive exercise and
calorie restriction
Question 8: What are some warning signs of anorexia athletica?
Answer: 1. Will not skip a workout, even if tired, sick, or injured 2. Seems anxious or guilty when missing
even one workout 3. Constantly preoccupied with weight and exercise routine 4. Does not like to sit still or
relax because of worry that not enough calories are being expended 5. Has lost a significant amount of
weight 6. Increases exercises after eating more 7. Skips seeing friends, give up activities, and abandons
responsibilities to make more time for exercise 8. Seems to base self-worth on the number of workouts
completed and the effort put into training 9. Is never satisfied with own physical achievements
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,Question 9: Anorexia nervosa (AN)
Answer: A potentially deadly eating disorder that compels individuals to lose more weight than is healthy
for their age and height. The patient has an intense fear of gaining weight even when dangerously
underweight which leads to dieting or exercising to the point of dangerous malnutrition.
Question 10: When does anorexia nervosa (AN) typically begin?
Answer: Teen years
Question 11: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is typically diagnosed in who?
Answer: Caucasian (white) females
Question 12: Clinical signs of anorexia nervosa (AN) are an important indicator of the severity for what
2 reasons?
Answer: 1. Patients with anorexia nervosa often hide their symptoms and behaviors, and therefore may not
always report reliably about the extent to which the symptoms interfere with function or the duration of the
symptoms 2. As the illness becomes more acute the patient is at increased risk for physiological dysfunction
and even organ damage
Question 13: A BMI of greater than or equal to 17 is an important clinical indicator that the severity of
anorexia nervosa (AN) is:
Answer: Mild
Question 14: A BMI of 16 to 16.99 is an important clinical indicator that the severity of anorexia
nervosa (AN) is:
Answer: Moderate
Question 15: A BMI of 15 to 15.00 is an important clinical indicator that the severity of anorexia
nervosa (AN) is:
Answer: Severe
Question 16: A BMI of less than 15 is an important clinical indicator that the severity of anorexia
nervosa (AN) is:
Answer: Extreme
Question 17: A patient with anorexia nervosa (AN) who has severe to extreme BMI deficits may
determine a need for hospitalization based on the patient's BMI and what other clinical signs?
Answer: 1. Arrhythmia 2. Systolic BP of less than 90 mmHg 3. Heart rate below 40 to 50 bpm
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, Question 18: The criteria for diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN) includes what?
Answer: 1. Intense fear of weight gain 2. Refusal to maintain healthy weight 3. Distorted body image
Question 19: What are some behaviors that may be seen in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN)?
Answer: 1. Limiting food consumption 2. Offset consumption with excessive exercise 3. Self-induced
vomiting 4. Refusing to eat in presence of others 5. Using diuretics, laxatives, and diet pills 6. Cutting food
into small pieces while pretending to eat
Question 20: What are some symptoms that may be seen with anorexia nervosa (AN)?
Answer: 1. Brittle hair and nails 2. Dry and sometimes yellow skin 3. Lanugo (soft, feathery hair) on
previously hairless parts of the body 4. Constantly feeling cold (cold hands/feet) 5. Constipation 6. Bloating
7. Anemia 8. Damage to heart (heart failure) 9. Bradycardia/hypotension 10. Dysrhythmias 11. Breathing
slow 12. Damage to brain/impaired cognition 13. Osteoporosis/fractures 14. Kidney stones/kidney failure
Question 21: Bulimia nervosa (BN)
Answer: A condition in which individuals binge on food or have episodes of overeating in which they feel a
loss of control. After periods of binging, they use methods such as vomiting or laxative abuse to prevent
weight gain
Question 22: T/F: Many patients with bulimia nervosa (BN) also have anorexia nervosa (AN)
Answer: TRUE
Question 23: What is the diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa (BN)?
Answer: Binge eating in association with unhealthy compensatory behaviors AT LEAST once a week over
a 3 MONTH period
Question 24: Binge eating
Answer: The rapid consumption of an uncommonly large amount of food in a short amount of time
Question 25: What types of food are often involved in binge eating?
Answer: 1. Junk food 2. Fast food 3. High-calorie food
Question 26: T/F: An individual feels in control during the episode of binge eating
Answer: FALSE **Feel OUT of control during episode
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