NURS 340 Quiz 1 – Accurate Answers To All
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What neurotransmitter imbalance Too much or excess transmission of dopamine.
causes schizophrenia?
A patient asks the nurse, "what are They are chemicals that pass messages between
neurotransmitters?" How should brain cells.
they respond?
What are you assessing during the Volume and rate.
speech component? - Ex: Whispering, loud, too fast, slow, etc.
When assessing thought processes, Flow of ideas.
what are you paying attention to?
, When assessing thought content, What are they thinking about.
what are you paying attention to? - Ex: Are they suicidal? (suicidal ideation)
When assessing insight, what are Does the patient know why they're here.
you paying attention to?
Mental Health Nursing Emotional, Behavioral, Psychological, and Spiritual.
Encompasses:
Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory Uses free association (whatever comes to Pt's
(Psychoanalysis) mind), dream analysis, and facilitated transference
to understand unconscious (forgotten) processes
and repressed memories by encouraging the Pt to
say anything that comes to mind.
What is the primary focus of Improving the patient's interpersonal skills.
interventions when using Peplau's
interpersonal therapy with anxious
withdrawn patients?
When looking at Maslow's Hierarchy Physiological Needs: Eating, bathing, oxygen, etc.
of Needs for a psychotic patient,
which problem would be the
priority?
What's the primary goal of CBT? To identify negative patterns of thought that lead to
negative emotions and help Pt identify & change
faulty thinking.
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Terms in this set (38)
What neurotransmitter imbalance Too much or excess transmission of dopamine.
causes schizophrenia?
A patient asks the nurse, "what are They are chemicals that pass messages between
neurotransmitters?" How should brain cells.
they respond?
What are you assessing during the Volume and rate.
speech component? - Ex: Whispering, loud, too fast, slow, etc.
When assessing thought processes, Flow of ideas.
what are you paying attention to?
, When assessing thought content, What are they thinking about.
what are you paying attention to? - Ex: Are they suicidal? (suicidal ideation)
When assessing insight, what are Does the patient know why they're here.
you paying attention to?
Mental Health Nursing Emotional, Behavioral, Psychological, and Spiritual.
Encompasses:
Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory Uses free association (whatever comes to Pt's
(Psychoanalysis) mind), dream analysis, and facilitated transference
to understand unconscious (forgotten) processes
and repressed memories by encouraging the Pt to
say anything that comes to mind.
What is the primary focus of Improving the patient's interpersonal skills.
interventions when using Peplau's
interpersonal therapy with anxious
withdrawn patients?
When looking at Maslow's Hierarchy Physiological Needs: Eating, bathing, oxygen, etc.
of Needs for a psychotic patient,
which problem would be the
priority?
What's the primary goal of CBT? To identify negative patterns of thought that lead to
negative emotions and help Pt identify & change
faulty thinking.
