NURSING 660 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH THE LATEST AND
UPDATED SCORE.
1) sequencing -- Answer ✔✔ putting events in proper sequence to help the patient
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slow down the events and process them
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2) theming -- Answer ✔✔ theme identification helps the patient to identify patterns of
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behavior
3) Erikson stages -- Answer ✔✔ infant-18 months- trust vs mistrust-related form of
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psychopathology psychosis, addictions, depressing t t t
18 months to 3 years-autonomy vs shame and doubt-paranoia, obsessions,
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3-5 years-initiative vs guilt-conversion disorder, phobia, psychosomatic disorder,
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inhibition
5-13 years-industry vs inferiority-creative inhibition, inertia
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13-21 years-identity vs role confusion-delinquent behavior gender related identity
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disorder, borderline psychotic behaviors
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21-39 years-intimacy vs isolation-schizoid personality, distantiation
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40-65 years-generativity vs stagnation-midlife crisis, premature invalidism
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65 and older-ego integrity vs despair-extreme alienation, despair
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4) four lobes of the cerebral cortex -- Answer ✔✔ frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
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5) frontal lobe -- Answer ✔✔ located at the front of the brain, associated with
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reasoning, motor skills, higher level cognition, and expressive language-receives
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information from various lobes of the brain and utilizes this information to carry
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out body movements
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, 6) parietal lobe -- Answer ✔✔ middle section of the brain, associated with processing
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tactile sensory information such as pressure, touch and pain, the somatosensory
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cortex is located in this lobe and is essential to the processing of the body’s senses
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7) temporal lobe -- Answer ✔✔ located in the bottom section of the brain, location of
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primary auditory cortex which is important for interpreting sounds and the
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language we hear t t
8) hippocampus -- Answer ✔✔ located in the temporal lobe, heavily associated with t t t t t t t t t t t t
formation of memories, damage to the temporal lobe causes problems with
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memory, speech perception and language skills responsible for processing of long
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term memory and emotional responses
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9) occipital lobe -- Answer ✔✔ located in the back portion of the brain and is
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associated with interpreting visual stimuli and information, the primary visual
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cortex which receives and interprets information from the retinas of the eyes is
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located in the occipital lobet t t t
10) thalamus -- Answer ✔✔ responsible for relaying information from the sensory
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receptors to proper areas of the brain where it can be processed
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11) hypothalamus -- Answer ✔✔ responsible for behaviors such as hunger and thirst as t t t t t t t t t t t t t
well as the maintenance of body temp
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12) limbic system -- Answer ✔✔ the limbic system is a network of structures located
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beneath the cerebral cortex, controls behaviors essential to life of all mammals
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13) recognizing -- Answer ✔✔ helps the patient to know that his feelings are
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14) validating -- Answer ✔✔ the recognition and acceptance of another person’s
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thoughts, feelings, sensations, and behaviors as understandable
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15) Mental Status Exam (MSE) -- Answer ✔✔ the psychological equivalent of a physical
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exam that describes the mental state and behaviors of the person being seen.
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UPDATED SCORE.
1) sequencing -- Answer ✔✔ putting events in proper sequence to help the patient
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slow down the events and process them
t t t t t t
2) theming -- Answer ✔✔ theme identification helps the patient to identify patterns of
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behavior
3) Erikson stages -- Answer ✔✔ infant-18 months- trust vs mistrust-related form of
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psychopathology psychosis, addictions, depressing t t t
18 months to 3 years-autonomy vs shame and doubt-paranoia, obsessions,
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compulsions, impulsivity t
3-5 years-initiative vs guilt-conversion disorder, phobia, psychosomatic disorder,
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inhibition
5-13 years-industry vs inferiority-creative inhibition, inertia
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13-21 years-identity vs role confusion-delinquent behavior gender related identity
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disorder, borderline psychotic behaviors
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21-39 years-intimacy vs isolation-schizoid personality, distantiation
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40-65 years-generativity vs stagnation-midlife crisis, premature invalidism
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65 and older-ego integrity vs despair-extreme alienation, despair
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4) four lobes of the cerebral cortex -- Answer ✔✔ frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
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5) frontal lobe -- Answer ✔✔ located at the front of the brain, associated with
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reasoning, motor skills, higher level cognition, and expressive language-receives
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information from various lobes of the brain and utilizes this information to carry
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out body movements
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, 6) parietal lobe -- Answer ✔✔ middle section of the brain, associated with processing
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tactile sensory information such as pressure, touch and pain, the somatosensory
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cortex is located in this lobe and is essential to the processing of the body’s senses
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7) temporal lobe -- Answer ✔✔ located in the bottom section of the brain, location of
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primary auditory cortex which is important for interpreting sounds and the
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language we hear t t
8) hippocampus -- Answer ✔✔ located in the temporal lobe, heavily associated with t t t t t t t t t t t t
formation of memories, damage to the temporal lobe causes problems with
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memory, speech perception and language skills responsible for processing of long
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term memory and emotional responses
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9) occipital lobe -- Answer ✔✔ located in the back portion of the brain and is
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associated with interpreting visual stimuli and information, the primary visual
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cortex which receives and interprets information from the retinas of the eyes is
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located in the occipital lobet t t t
10) thalamus -- Answer ✔✔ responsible for relaying information from the sensory
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receptors to proper areas of the brain where it can be processed
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11) hypothalamus -- Answer ✔✔ responsible for behaviors such as hunger and thirst as t t t t t t t t t t t t t
well as the maintenance of body temp
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12) limbic system -- Answer ✔✔ the limbic system is a network of structures located
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beneath the cerebral cortex, controls behaviors essential to life of all mammals
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13) recognizing -- Answer ✔✔ helps the patient to know that his feelings are
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understood and accepted and encouraged him to continue to express them t t t t t t t t t t
14) validating -- Answer ✔✔ the recognition and acceptance of another person’s
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thoughts, feelings, sensations, and behaviors as understandable
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15) Mental Status Exam (MSE) -- Answer ✔✔ the psychological equivalent of a physical
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exam that describes the mental state and behaviors of the person being seen.
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