Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Exam 1|
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Side effects of antipsychotics - ✔️✔️with in days patient will feel agitated and
having hallucinations
wishing few weeks delusions
6 weeks see major improvement
Educate patient to keep taking meds bc it takes a long time to work
What happens when stop taking antipsychotics? - ✔️✔️Symptomatic relapse when
you do not follow med orders
If the prescriber stops the medication, it should be gradually tapered, and never
stopped suddenly.
ACT - ✔️✔️team management; psychiatric services to clients in their natural living
environments
"revolving door"
Team of social workers, rehabilitation, counseling, nursing, and psychiatry
available 7 days a week, 365 days
,Nursing implications - ✔️✔️Assess for degree of impairment
if possible, interview with family member or friend
sometimes patient will give a false story
determine family HX of previous episodes of psychotic symptoms, onset of
symptoms, and thoughts of suicide or violent behavior
Nursing implications (2) - ✔️✔️are they able to express mood
difficult to follow?
ideas of reference?
social support?
client knowledge?
Anhedonia - ✔️✔️inability to experience pleasure
Linda Richards (1841-1930) - ✔️✔️First trained nurse in America. Responsible for
the development of the first nursing and hospital records. Credited with the
development of our present-day documentation system.
,Always Send Mail Through the Post Office - ✔️✔️Assessment
Speech
Memory/Mood
Thoughts
Perception
Orientation
Axis - ✔️✔️Diagnosis
personality disorder
medical condition
psychosocial
level of functioning
Motor Behavior - ✔️✔️Hygiene & Grooming
, Appropriate Dress
Posture
Eye Contact
Unusual Speech or Mannerisms
Definitions of Assessment - ✔️✔️Mood: sustained emotion
Affect: expression of emotion (appropriate or not) specific words used to define
Thought process: using the mind; psychosis
Language: are thoughts expressed or not, and if not why not
altered thought process - ✔️✔️Tangentially (never gets to the point)
Circumstantiality (eventually gets to the point)
Mutism (no attempt to communicate)
Thought broadcasting (others know one's thoughts)
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Side effects of antipsychotics - ✔️✔️with in days patient will feel agitated and
having hallucinations
wishing few weeks delusions
6 weeks see major improvement
Educate patient to keep taking meds bc it takes a long time to work
What happens when stop taking antipsychotics? - ✔️✔️Symptomatic relapse when
you do not follow med orders
If the prescriber stops the medication, it should be gradually tapered, and never
stopped suddenly.
ACT - ✔️✔️team management; psychiatric services to clients in their natural living
environments
"revolving door"
Team of social workers, rehabilitation, counseling, nursing, and psychiatry
available 7 days a week, 365 days
,Nursing implications - ✔️✔️Assess for degree of impairment
if possible, interview with family member or friend
sometimes patient will give a false story
determine family HX of previous episodes of psychotic symptoms, onset of
symptoms, and thoughts of suicide or violent behavior
Nursing implications (2) - ✔️✔️are they able to express mood
difficult to follow?
ideas of reference?
social support?
client knowledge?
Anhedonia - ✔️✔️inability to experience pleasure
Linda Richards (1841-1930) - ✔️✔️First trained nurse in America. Responsible for
the development of the first nursing and hospital records. Credited with the
development of our present-day documentation system.
,Always Send Mail Through the Post Office - ✔️✔️Assessment
Speech
Memory/Mood
Thoughts
Perception
Orientation
Axis - ✔️✔️Diagnosis
personality disorder
medical condition
psychosocial
level of functioning
Motor Behavior - ✔️✔️Hygiene & Grooming
, Appropriate Dress
Posture
Eye Contact
Unusual Speech or Mannerisms
Definitions of Assessment - ✔️✔️Mood: sustained emotion
Affect: expression of emotion (appropriate or not) specific words used to define
Thought process: using the mind; psychosis
Language: are thoughts expressed or not, and if not why not
altered thought process - ✔️✔️Tangentially (never gets to the point)
Circumstantiality (eventually gets to the point)
Mutism (no attempt to communicate)
Thought broadcasting (others know one's thoughts)
