MENTAL HEALTH- RASMUSSEN EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
What type of patients go to memory care? correct answersDementia or
Alzheimers
What type of environment is a memory care unit? correct answersLocked
unit, 24-7 supervision.
What type of activities do you implement to interact with memory care
patients? correct answersActivities that help them to recall their past-show
old photos, ask questions like what was your first job? where did you grow
up? what was your parents names?
If a patient is not engaged in a group of people sharing photos what
might they be feeling? correct answersDepressed, Isolated, Angry
Can a social worker make a decision about placement for an elderly
person if that person has living family members, a POA? correct
answersNo, they cannot make the decision. Nurses must educate family
about decisions.
What does agnosia mean? correct answersInability to interpret sensations
and hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage.
Example of something that could cause agnosia? correct answersTBI,
vascular dementia.
Characteristics of delirium. correct answersRapid in onset, 24-72 hours,
related to infection, NOT common with aging.
What is an important intervention for patients with delirium? correct
answersReorient them.
What are the primary characteristics of borderline personality disorder?
correct answerssplitting people (Pitting a group against each other). Self-
defeating cycle of behavior.
What do you give a patient who has overdosed on PCP?
correct answersBenzodiazepine
Example of a benzodiazpine antidote? correct
answersFlumazenil
, What type of personality disorder might a patient who still lives at home at
30 and depends on their mother for everything, have? correct
answersdependent personality disorder
Give an example of a positive statement made by a recovering alcohol that
made signal that they are getting better? correct answersI will identify things
that trigger my cravings
Symptoms of patient with suspected opioid abuse/overdose? correct
answersContracted pupils, increased HR, shallow Resp., increased
temp (but not always).
What do you give a opioid overdose patient? correct answersNarcan
(Naloxone)
S/S of acute alcohol withdrawal? correct answersEverything is
increased! RR, BP, Temp, HR, delerium
Characteristics of histrionic personality disorder? correct answersMania,
melodramatic, manipulative, emotional attention seeking behavior, often
seductive and flirtatious.
Interventions for histrionic personality disorder patient correct answersThey
are very manipulative. Set fine lines, do not offer relationship advice, avoid
situations where they are the center of attention.
Possible fatal complications of patient withdrawing from CNS
stimulant correct answersRespiratory failure, suicide, and
depression.
What is a hypochondriac? correct answersSomeone who thinks that
everything is wrong with them. Ex. their acute headache is caused by a brain
tumor.
How does cocaine stimulate the body? What do cocaine users use to
combat these effects? correct answersIt is an upper. Alcohol-allows them
to sleep.
Characteristics of borderline personality disorder correct answersSplit
people apart and are very manipulative.
Interventions for nurses dealing with borderline personality disorder
patients correct answersKeep all the staff on the same page. Set limits
and rules.
What is a personality disorder in general? What type of issues do these
patients have? correct answersWhen people rely on others to make
decisions. They have difficulties in their social life, work, relationships,
family problems. Place the blame on others. Many go undiagnosed.
What is conversion disorder?` correct answersSomething psychological
happens and it then manifests somatically. Ex. Someone has fake blindness
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
What type of patients go to memory care? correct answersDementia or
Alzheimers
What type of environment is a memory care unit? correct answersLocked
unit, 24-7 supervision.
What type of activities do you implement to interact with memory care
patients? correct answersActivities that help them to recall their past-show
old photos, ask questions like what was your first job? where did you grow
up? what was your parents names?
If a patient is not engaged in a group of people sharing photos what
might they be feeling? correct answersDepressed, Isolated, Angry
Can a social worker make a decision about placement for an elderly
person if that person has living family members, a POA? correct
answersNo, they cannot make the decision. Nurses must educate family
about decisions.
What does agnosia mean? correct answersInability to interpret sensations
and hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage.
Example of something that could cause agnosia? correct answersTBI,
vascular dementia.
Characteristics of delirium. correct answersRapid in onset, 24-72 hours,
related to infection, NOT common with aging.
What is an important intervention for patients with delirium? correct
answersReorient them.
What are the primary characteristics of borderline personality disorder?
correct answerssplitting people (Pitting a group against each other). Self-
defeating cycle of behavior.
What do you give a patient who has overdosed on PCP?
correct answersBenzodiazepine
Example of a benzodiazpine antidote? correct
answersFlumazenil
, What type of personality disorder might a patient who still lives at home at
30 and depends on their mother for everything, have? correct
answersdependent personality disorder
Give an example of a positive statement made by a recovering alcohol that
made signal that they are getting better? correct answersI will identify things
that trigger my cravings
Symptoms of patient with suspected opioid abuse/overdose? correct
answersContracted pupils, increased HR, shallow Resp., increased
temp (but not always).
What do you give a opioid overdose patient? correct answersNarcan
(Naloxone)
S/S of acute alcohol withdrawal? correct answersEverything is
increased! RR, BP, Temp, HR, delerium
Characteristics of histrionic personality disorder? correct answersMania,
melodramatic, manipulative, emotional attention seeking behavior, often
seductive and flirtatious.
Interventions for histrionic personality disorder patient correct answersThey
are very manipulative. Set fine lines, do not offer relationship advice, avoid
situations where they are the center of attention.
Possible fatal complications of patient withdrawing from CNS
stimulant correct answersRespiratory failure, suicide, and
depression.
What is a hypochondriac? correct answersSomeone who thinks that
everything is wrong with them. Ex. their acute headache is caused by a brain
tumor.
How does cocaine stimulate the body? What do cocaine users use to
combat these effects? correct answersIt is an upper. Alcohol-allows them
to sleep.
Characteristics of borderline personality disorder correct answersSplit
people apart and are very manipulative.
Interventions for nurses dealing with borderline personality disorder
patients correct answersKeep all the staff on the same page. Set limits
and rules.
What is a personality disorder in general? What type of issues do these
patients have? correct answersWhen people rely on others to make
decisions. They have difficulties in their social life, work, relationships,
family problems. Place the blame on others. Many go undiagnosed.
What is conversion disorder?` correct answersSomething psychological
happens and it then manifests somatically. Ex. Someone has fake blindness
