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Final Exam: NR 326/ NR326 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Mental Health Nursing Guide | Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)- Chamberlain Q: What if the main contraindication for electrocompulsive therapy (ECT)? Answer: Increased ICP Q: What are the indications for ECT? Answer: 1. Severe depression (med resistant) 2. Mania with BP 3. Schizophrenia Q: What are the side effects of ECT? Answer: - Short term memory loss - Confusion - Pain - Nausea - ECG changes Q: How long should the patient be NPO prior to ECT treatment? Answer: 6-8 hours Q: What are the 3 meds used during ECT and what are they used for? Answer: 1. Atropine (Anticholinergic) - stops body fluids 2. Proprofol (Anesthetic) 3. Succinylcholine (Neuromuscular Blocking Agent) - muscle relaxant Q: What are the 4 levels of anxiety? Answer: 1. Mild 2. Moderate 3. Severe 4. Panic Q: Mild Anxiety & Symptoms Answer: Normal experience - restlessness, irritability, fidgeting, foot tapping Q: Moderate Anxiety & Symptoms Answer: Reduced perception and ability to think - pacing, difficulty concentrating, increased RR and HR Q: Severe Anxiety & Symptoms Answer: No ability to problem solve - feeling of doom, tachycardia, hyperventilation, rapid speech Q: Panic Anxiety & Symptoms Answer: Loses touch with reality, disturbed behaviors - dilated pupils, hallucinations, severe withdrawal, shakiness Q: What are the nursing interventions for mild-moderate anxiety? Answer: - Evaluate past coping mechanisms - Relaxation techniques like abdominal breathing exercises Q: What are the nursing interventions for severe-panic anxiety? Answer: Quiet environment with minimal stimuli - NO PROBLEM SOLVING OCCURS HERE Q: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment/Medications Answer: SSRI's for long-term maintenance - Fluoxetine - Paroxetine - Sertraline Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to identify source of anxiety - Set time limits for compulsive behaviors Q: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Answer: A type of anxiety disorder with persistent thoughts of urges that cause anxiety - Perform time consuming rituals to alleviate anxiety Q: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Answer: A type of anxiety disorder where they are exposed to a traumatic event Ex. rape, physical abuse, military combat Q: What are some of the expected findings with PTSD? Answer: - Flashbacks - Distressing dreams - Insomnia - Anxiety

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Finall Exam:l NRl 326/l NR326l (Latestl
2025/l 2026l Update)l Mentall Healthl
Nursingl Guidel |l Questionsl &l Answers|l
Gradel A|l 100%l Correctl (Verifiedl
Solutions)-l Chamberlain

Q:l Whatl ifl thel mainl contraindicationl forl electrocompulsivel therapyl (ECT)?

Answer:
Increasedl ICP




Q:l Whatl arel thel indicationsl forl ECT?

Answer:
1.l Severel depressionl (medl resistant)
2.l Manial withl BP
3.l Schizophrenia




Q:l Whatl arel thel sidel effectsl ofl ECT?

Answer:
-l Shortl terml memoryl loss
-l Confusion
-l Pain
-l Nausea
-l ECGl changes

,Q:l Howl longl shouldl thel patientl bel NPOl priorl tol ECTl treatment?

Answer:
6-8l hours




Q:l Whatl arel thel 3l medsl usedl duringl ECTl andl whatl arel theyl usedl for?

Answer:
1.l Atropinel (Anticholinergic)l -l stopsl bodyl fluids
2.l Proprofoll (Anesthetic)
3.l Succinylcholinel (Neuromuscularl Blockingl Agent)l -l musclel relaxant




Q:l Whatl arel thel 4l levelsl ofl anxiety?

Answer:
1.l Mild
2.l Moderate
3.l Severe
4.l Panic




Q:l Mildl Anxietyl &l Symptoms

Answer:
Normall experience
-l restlessness,l irritability,l fidgeting,l footl tapping




Q:l Moderatel Anxietyl &l Symptoms

,Answer:
Reducedl perceptionl andl abilityl tol think
-l pacing,l difficultyl concentrating,l increasedl RRl andl HR




Q:l Severel Anxietyl &l Symptoms

Answer:
Nol abilityl tol probleml solve
-l feelingl ofl doom,l tachycardia,l hyperventilation,l rapidl speech




Q:l Panicl Anxietyl &l Symptoms

Answer:
Losesl touchl withl reality,l disturbedl behaviors
-l dilatedl pupils,l hallucinations,l severel withdrawal,l shakiness




Q:l Whatl arel thel nursingl interventionsl forl mild-moderatel anxiety?

Answer:
-l Evaluatel pastl copingl mechanisms
-l Relaxationl techniquesl likel abdominall breathingl exercises




Q:l Whatl arel thel nursingl interventionsl forl severe-panicl anxiety?

Answer:
Quietl environmentl withl minimall stimuli
-l NOl PROBLEMl SOLVINGl OCCURSl HERE

, Q:l Obsessive-Compulsivel Disorderl Treatment/Medications

Answer:
SSRI'sl forl long-terml maintenance
-l Fluoxetine
-l Paroxetine
-l Sertraline

Cognitivel Behaviorl Therapyl (CBT)l tol identifyl sourcel ofl anxiety
-l Setl timel limitsl forl compulsivel behaviors




Q:l Obsessive-Compulsivel Disorder

Answer:
Al typel ofl anxietyl disorderl withl persistentl thoughtsl ofl urgesl thatl causel anxiety
-l Performl timel consumingl ritualsl tol alleviatel anxiety




Q:l Post-Traumaticl Stressl Disorder

Answer:
Al typel ofl anxietyl disorderl wherel theyl arel exposedl tol al traumaticl eventl
Ex.l rape,l physicall abuse,l militaryl combat




Q:l Whatl arel somel ofl thel expectedl findingsl withl PTSD?

Answer:
-l Flashbacks
-l Distressingl dreams
-l Insomnia

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