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Exam 2: NR 326/ NR326 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Mental Health Nursing Review | Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)- Chamberlain Q: Manic Bipolar S/S Answer: • Labile mood • Delusions of gradeur • Disorientation • VS Changes • Violent behaviors • Elation of euphoria • Pressured speech • Little need for sleep • Social and sexual inhibition • Med non-compliance • Flight of ideas Q: Motivational Interviewing Answer: Pt. centered style of communicating that promotes behavior change by guiding pts to explore their motivation for change and the advantages/disadvantages of their decisions. • Incorporate active listening and verbal communication techniques • Uses empathy and questioning to get client to develop plan Q: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Nursing Interventions Answer: -Obsessive: persistent thoughts -Compulsions: repetitive behaviors • Determine the types of situations that increase anxiety and result in ritualistic behaviors • Initially meet patients dependency needs as required • In the beginning of treatment, allow plenty of time for rituals • Support patients effort to explore meaning purpose of behavior • Gradually begin to limit amount of time for ritual behavior as the patient becomes more involved in activities • Give positive reinforcement for non-ritualistic behaviors • Help patient learn ways to interrupt obsessive thoughts/ritual behavior with techniques such as thought stopping/relaxation techniques, including exercise or other constructive activity with which they feel comfortable. • New ways of coping and decrease anxiety Q: Histrionic Personality Disorder (Cluster B) Answer: Dramatic/exaggerated attention seeking provocative/seductive/flirtatious "one-upper" wild and bold *HOW WILL THEY DRESS? Q: Schizotypal Personality Disorder (Cluster A) Answer: -magical thinking -superstitious -eccentric appearance -paranoid -lacks friends/isolate themselves -anxiety in social settings -rule out other mental disorders Q: Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder Answer: -Perfectionist -rigid/unbending rules -need for control -Preoccupied with details Q: Suicide facts Answer: -White middle-age men (45-54) commit suicide at a higher rate -Men use weapons (guns, hanging) -Women use poison (OD on pills) Q: Suicide risk factors Answer: • Psychiatric Disorder • Relationships • Previous Attempt • Loss • Substance Use • Socioeconomic status • Gender/Age/Culture • Chronic Mental Illness • Isolation • Lack of access to mental health care • At the beginning of tx with antidepressants

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Examl 2:l NRl 326/l NR326l (Latestl 2025/l
2026l Update)l Mentall Healthl Nursingl
Reviewl |l Questionsl &l Answers|l Gradel A|l
100%l Correctl (Verifiedl Solutions)-l
Chamberlain

Q:l Manicl Bipolarl S/S

Answer:
•l Labilel mood
•l Delusionsl ofl gradeur
•l Disorientation
•l VSl Changes
•l Violentl behaviors
•l Elationl ofl euphoria
•l Pressuredl speech
•l Littlel needl forl sleep
•l Sociall andl sexuall inhibitionl
•l Medl non-compliance
•l Flightl ofl ideas




Q:l Motivationall Interviewing

Answer:
Pt.l centeredl stylel ofl communicatingl thatl promotesl behaviorl changel byl guidingl ptsl tol
explorel theirl motivationl forl changel andl thel advantages/disadvantagesl ofl theirl decisions.
•l Incorporatel activel listeningl andl verball communicationl techniques
•l Usesl empathyl andl questioningl tol getl clientl tol developl plan




Q:l Obsessivel Compulsivel Disorderl Nursingl Interventions

,Answer:
-Obsessive:l persistentl thoughts
-Compulsions:l repetitivel behaviors
•l Determinel thel typesl ofl situationsl thatl increasel anxietyl andl resultl inl ritualisticl
behaviors
•l Initiallyl meetl patientsl dependencyl needsl asl required
•l Inl thel beginningl ofl treatment,l allowl plentyl ofl timel forl rituals
•l Supportl patientsl effortl tol explorel meaningl purposel ofl behavior
•l Graduallyl beginl tol limitl amountl ofl timel forl rituall behaviorl asl thel patientl becomesl
morel involvedl inl activities
•l Givel positivel reinforcementl forl non-ritualisticl behaviors
•l Helpl patientl learnl waysl tol interruptl obsessivel thoughts/rituall behaviorl withl techniquesl
suchl asl thoughtl stopping/relaxationl techniques,l includingl exercisel orl otherl constructivel
activityl withl whichl theyl feell comfortable.
•l Newl waysl ofl copingl andl decreasel anxiety




Q:l Histrionicl Personalityl Disorderl (Clusterl B)

Answer:
Dramatic/exaggerated
attentionl seeking
provocative/seductive/flirtatious
"one-upper"
wildl andl bold
*HOWl WILLl THEYl DRESS?




Q:l Schizotypall Personalityl Disorderl (Clusterl A)

Answer:
-magicall thinking
-superstitious
-eccentricl appearance
-paranoid
-lacksl friends/isolatel themselves

, -anxietyl inl sociall settings
-rulel outl otherl mentall disorders




Q:l Obsessive-Compulsivel personalityl disorder

Answer:
-Perfectionist
-rigid/unbendingl rules
-needl forl control
-Preoccupiedl withl details




Q:l Suicidel facts

Answer:
-Whitel middle-agel menl (45-54)l commitl suicidel atl al higherl rate
-Menl usel weaponsl (guns,l hanging)
-Womenl usel poisonl (ODl onl pills)




Q:l Suicidel riskl factors

Answer:
•l Psychiatricl Disorderl
•l Relationships
•l Previousl Attemptl
•l Loss
•l Substancel Usel
•l Socioeconomicl status
•l Gender/Age/Culturel
•l Chronicl Mentall Illness
•l Isolationl
•l Lackl ofl accessl tol mentall healthl care
•l Atl thel beginningl ofl txl withl antidepressants

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