MSN 610 study guide
Mental status is the total expression of: - ANSWER: Emotional response, mood, cognitive functioning, and
personality.
The cerebrum compromises: - ANSWER: 2 hemispheres that is divided into 2 lobes
Cerebral cortex houses: - ANSWER: Also known as gray outer layer houses higher mental functions and is
responsible for perception and behavior
Judgment and reasoning skills are explored by - ANSWER: How the patient is physically and socially. Future
plans. Solutions to hypothetical situations...what would you do if police gave you a ticket?
Impaired judgment may indicate - ANSWER: intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, frontal lobe injury,
dementia, or psychosis
Dysphonia - ANSWER: disorder of voice; difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume,
caused by laryngeal disease. voice sounds hoarse or whispered, but articulation and language are intact.
abnormal articulation of speech - ANSWER: Imprecise pronunciation of consonants slurring difficultly with
sound of speech hesitation repetitions stuttering
Dysarthria - ANSWER: Is a motor speech disorder associated with the nervous system related to strokes
inebriation cerebral palsy Parkinson's
Comprehension exam - ANSWER: Follow one to Town step directions
Coherence - ANSWER: Patients intentions or perceptions clearly conveyed
The cerebrum compromises: - ANSWER: Limbic and reticular system
,What disorders may affect cognitive development and mental status in infants and children - ANSWER:
Genetic, metabolic, and chromosomal disorders
Which finding is expected result of healthy aging and is associated with memory and cognitive impairment -
ANSWER: Decreased information of processing speed accompanied by cognitive flexibility (ability to plan and
develop strategies organize concentrate and remember details.
A patient with anxiety would present with - ANSWER: Spend excessive time repeatedly checking things
Which medication is associated with anxiety and depression - ANSWER: Steroids
What medication caused depression - ANSWER: Corticosteroids beta blockers
Intellectual maturation in adolescents continues with greater capacity for: - ANSWER: Information and
vocabulary development, abstract thinking and judgement begins to develop with education, intelligence, and
experience.
Adolescents - ANSWER: Have the ability to develop theories logical reasoning make future plans use
generalization and consider risks and possibilities
Cognitive function declines in cognitive abilities when? - ANSWER: 60 or 70 years of age
Disorientation can have abrupt or insidious onset: - ANSWER: Intermittent, fluctuating, or persistent
associated with time of day or emotional crisis
Depression can be caused by: - ANSWER: Lifestyle changes, death, changes in physical health
Anxiety - ANSWER: Sudden unexplained episodes of intense fear, worry, anxiousness, panic without reason
anxiety - ANSWER: Spends excessive time repeatedly doing or checking things
, Medications that can cause disorientation and confusion - ANSWER: Anticholinergics, benzo, opioids, tricyclic
anti depressants, levadopa or namenda, diuretics, dig, anti arrhythmias, sedative, hypnotics, St. John's wart,
gingko biloba
Past medical history - ANSWER: Helps assess mental status of a patient
Mental health assessment for children - ANSWER: Speech language behavior personality and learning
difficulties
Mental health in children and infants - ANSWER: All brain neurons are present at birth in a full term infant but
Brian development continues with myelinization of nerve cells over several years
Mental health assessment for adolescents: - ANSWER: Risk taking behaviors school performance family
interaction
Mental health assessment for older adults - ANSWER: Changes in Cognitive function through process and daily
activities
parietal lobe of cerebrum - ANSWER: Receives and processes sensory data
frontal lobe of cerebrum - ANSWER: Contains the motor cortex (broca area) responsible for decision making
problem solving ability to concentrate short term memory associated with emotions drive affect self
awareness and autonomic responses related to emotional states
Which abnormality results due to disruption of Retic system - ANSWER: Altered mental status
Which brain insult may cause permanent mental dysfunction - ANSWER: Zika virus rubella trauma and
metabolic imbalance
What element is present in family member would increase with the likelihood of mental health condition of
the patient - ANSWER: Autism
What examples of assessment mental health of a patient? - ANSWER: Do you have history MS? Have you been
coping with life stressors? Have you experienced change in memory?
Mental status is the total expression of: - ANSWER: Emotional response, mood, cognitive functioning, and
personality.
The cerebrum compromises: - ANSWER: 2 hemispheres that is divided into 2 lobes
Cerebral cortex houses: - ANSWER: Also known as gray outer layer houses higher mental functions and is
responsible for perception and behavior
Judgment and reasoning skills are explored by - ANSWER: How the patient is physically and socially. Future
plans. Solutions to hypothetical situations...what would you do if police gave you a ticket?
Impaired judgment may indicate - ANSWER: intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, frontal lobe injury,
dementia, or psychosis
Dysphonia - ANSWER: disorder of voice; difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume,
caused by laryngeal disease. voice sounds hoarse or whispered, but articulation and language are intact.
abnormal articulation of speech - ANSWER: Imprecise pronunciation of consonants slurring difficultly with
sound of speech hesitation repetitions stuttering
Dysarthria - ANSWER: Is a motor speech disorder associated with the nervous system related to strokes
inebriation cerebral palsy Parkinson's
Comprehension exam - ANSWER: Follow one to Town step directions
Coherence - ANSWER: Patients intentions or perceptions clearly conveyed
The cerebrum compromises: - ANSWER: Limbic and reticular system
,What disorders may affect cognitive development and mental status in infants and children - ANSWER:
Genetic, metabolic, and chromosomal disorders
Which finding is expected result of healthy aging and is associated with memory and cognitive impairment -
ANSWER: Decreased information of processing speed accompanied by cognitive flexibility (ability to plan and
develop strategies organize concentrate and remember details.
A patient with anxiety would present with - ANSWER: Spend excessive time repeatedly checking things
Which medication is associated with anxiety and depression - ANSWER: Steroids
What medication caused depression - ANSWER: Corticosteroids beta blockers
Intellectual maturation in adolescents continues with greater capacity for: - ANSWER: Information and
vocabulary development, abstract thinking and judgement begins to develop with education, intelligence, and
experience.
Adolescents - ANSWER: Have the ability to develop theories logical reasoning make future plans use
generalization and consider risks and possibilities
Cognitive function declines in cognitive abilities when? - ANSWER: 60 or 70 years of age
Disorientation can have abrupt or insidious onset: - ANSWER: Intermittent, fluctuating, or persistent
associated with time of day or emotional crisis
Depression can be caused by: - ANSWER: Lifestyle changes, death, changes in physical health
Anxiety - ANSWER: Sudden unexplained episodes of intense fear, worry, anxiousness, panic without reason
anxiety - ANSWER: Spends excessive time repeatedly doing or checking things
, Medications that can cause disorientation and confusion - ANSWER: Anticholinergics, benzo, opioids, tricyclic
anti depressants, levadopa or namenda, diuretics, dig, anti arrhythmias, sedative, hypnotics, St. John's wart,
gingko biloba
Past medical history - ANSWER: Helps assess mental status of a patient
Mental health assessment for children - ANSWER: Speech language behavior personality and learning
difficulties
Mental health in children and infants - ANSWER: All brain neurons are present at birth in a full term infant but
Brian development continues with myelinization of nerve cells over several years
Mental health assessment for adolescents: - ANSWER: Risk taking behaviors school performance family
interaction
Mental health assessment for older adults - ANSWER: Changes in Cognitive function through process and daily
activities
parietal lobe of cerebrum - ANSWER: Receives and processes sensory data
frontal lobe of cerebrum - ANSWER: Contains the motor cortex (broca area) responsible for decision making
problem solving ability to concentrate short term memory associated with emotions drive affect self
awareness and autonomic responses related to emotional states
Which abnormality results due to disruption of Retic system - ANSWER: Altered mental status
Which brain insult may cause permanent mental dysfunction - ANSWER: Zika virus rubella trauma and
metabolic imbalance
What element is present in family member would increase with the likelihood of mental health condition of
the patient - ANSWER: Autism
What examples of assessment mental health of a patient? - ANSWER: Do you have history MS? Have you been
coping with life stressors? Have you experienced change in memory?
