MENTAL HEALTH-FINAL EXAM RASMUSSEN
EXPERT QUESTIONS AND WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADE A+
What type of patients go to memory care? - ANSWER - Dementia or
Alzheimers
,What type of environment is a memory care unit? - ANSWER - Locked
unit, 24-7 supervision.
What type of activities do you implement to interact with memory care
patients? - ANSWER - Activities 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? - ANSWER - Depressed, Isolated, Angry
Can a social worker make a decision about placement for an elderly
person if that person has living family members, a POA? - ANSWER -
No, they cannot make the decision. Nurses must educate family about
decisions.
What does agnosia mean? - ANSWER - Inability to interpret sensations
and hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage.
Example of something that could cause agnosia? - ANSWER - TBI,
vascular dementia.
, Characteristics of delirium. - ANSWER - Rapid in onset, 24-72 hours,
related to infection, NOT common with aging.
What is an important intervention for patients with delirium? -
ANSWER - Reorient them.
What are the primary characteristics of borderline personality disorder?
- ANSWER - splitting people (Pitting a group against each other). Self-
defeating cycle of behavior.
What do you give a patient who has overdosed on PCP? - ANSWER -
Benzodiazepine
Example of a benzodiazpine antidote? - ANSWER - Flumazenil
What type of personality disorder might a patient who still lives at
home at 30 and depends on their mother for everything, have? -
ANSWER - dependent personality disorder
Give an example of a positive statement made by a recovering alcohol
that made signal that they are getting better? - ANSWER - I will identify
things that trigger my cravings
EXPERT QUESTIONS AND WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADE A+
What type of patients go to memory care? - ANSWER - Dementia or
Alzheimers
,What type of environment is a memory care unit? - ANSWER - Locked
unit, 24-7 supervision.
What type of activities do you implement to interact with memory care
patients? - ANSWER - Activities 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? - ANSWER - Depressed, Isolated, Angry
Can a social worker make a decision about placement for an elderly
person if that person has living family members, a POA? - ANSWER -
No, they cannot make the decision. Nurses must educate family about
decisions.
What does agnosia mean? - ANSWER - Inability to interpret sensations
and hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage.
Example of something that could cause agnosia? - ANSWER - TBI,
vascular dementia.
, Characteristics of delirium. - ANSWER - Rapid in onset, 24-72 hours,
related to infection, NOT common with aging.
What is an important intervention for patients with delirium? -
ANSWER - Reorient them.
What are the primary characteristics of borderline personality disorder?
- ANSWER - splitting people (Pitting a group against each other). Self-
defeating cycle of behavior.
What do you give a patient who has overdosed on PCP? - ANSWER -
Benzodiazepine
Example of a benzodiazpine antidote? - ANSWER - Flumazenil
What type of personality disorder might a patient who still lives at
home at 30 and depends on their mother for everything, have? -
ANSWER - dependent personality disorder
Give an example of a positive statement made by a recovering alcohol
that made signal that they are getting better? - ANSWER - I will identify
things that trigger my cravings
