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NU 126 – Exam 6 Psych – Verified Mental Health Questions and Rationales (Anxiety, OCD, Eating Disorders, Dissociation)

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a detailed and verified set of psychiatric nursing questions and answers for NU 126 Exam 6, with a strong focus on anxiety disorders, OCD, eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia), dissociative conditions, defense mechanisms, and therapeutic interventions. It includes scenario-based NCLEX-style questions with rationale, covering pharmacologic treatments (SSRIs, benzodiazepines, beta blockers), coping strategies, defense mechanism identification, and therapeutic communication techniques. A comprehensive review for nursing students preparing for psych exams and NCLEX.

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NRSG 126 Final Exam questions with verified
answers
_______________ begins when body is in metabolic alkalosis > resp
center responds to retain acids by increasing CO2 Ans✓✓✓
Hypoventilation


- Bleeding into brain tissue
- main causes: HTN and AVM (arterial venous malformation) Ans✓✓✓
Hemorrhagic stroke (intracerebral)


- bleeding into subarachnoid space
- main causes: AVM and aneurysm Ans✓✓✓ Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage


- building up in specific area due to diet or something else (reduced or
restricted blood flow)
- blood vessels in brain form a blood clot > clot blocks blood flow to
brain
- brain does not receive enough O2
- clot formation Ans✓✓✓ Thrombotic Ischemic Stroke


- carries urine from kidney to bladder
- works with peristalsis and prevents reflux of urine back into the
kidneys

,- overfilling of bladder causes reflux Ans✓✓✓ Ureters


- clot forms in an area outside of brain and moves to blood vessels in
brain Ans✓✓✓ Embolic Ischemic Stroke


- gather data, find client info (objective, subjective)
- involves discovery, decision making, critical thinking skills + data
collection
- supplement, confirm, or refute data obtained from history
- confirm or identify nursing diagnoses
- making judgments about health status and management
- evaluate outcomes Ans✓✓✓ Assessment


- help platelets from sticking in blood vessels
- ex: ASA, Plavix (clopidogrel) Ans✓✓✓ Antiplatelets


- hemostasis begins > constriction of blood vessels
- clots form fibrin
- vasodilation of surrounding capillaries
- localized redness, edema, warmth, and throbbing
- neutrophils and monocytes attend at cite Ans✓✓✓ Inflammatory
phase

,- in fovea or center of macula
- leading cause of vision loss in adults over the age of 50 yrs old
- incurable > loss of central vision Ans✓✓✓ macular degeneration


- injury to nerve or abnormal processing
- burning, shooting, electrical, or prickling pain
- not localized, chronic in nature
- treatment: adjuvants + opioids Ans✓✓✓ Neuropathic pain


- interfere with coagulation factors
- ex: heparin, warfarin, rivaroxaban, apixaban Ans✓✓✓ Anticoagulants


- internal organs
- not localized, more vague
- can radiate
- treatment: non-opioids + opioids Ans✓✓✓ Visceral pain (nociceptive)


- left body weakness + neglect
- emotional highs + lows
- concentration and attention span
- judgmental + impulsiveness
- confusion (memory loss) Ans✓✓✓ Right brain CVA

, - maturation
- collagen scar continues to gain strength and reorganize
- scar tissue has less melanocytes Ans✓✓✓ Remodeling phase


- Minin stroke > lasts several minutes with no permanent damage
- resolves without intervention Ans✓✓✓ Transient Ischemic Attack
(TIA)


- moderate to sever pain
- most common side effect is respiratory depression
- causes: nausea, vomiting, constipation, delirium Ans✓✓✓ Opioids


- new blood vessels appear as constriction progresses
- filling of wound with granulation tissue, contraction of wound and
resurfacing of wound by epithelization
- collagen is present > strength and integrity Ans✓✓✓ Proliferation
phase


- occurs in blood vessels
- leading cause of vision loss in adults under the age of 50 yrs old
- uncontrolled diabetes > sever vision loss/blindness Ans✓✓✓ Diabetic
retinopathy

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