nfdn 2007 midterm review questions with
accurate answers
4 phases of bipolar pharmacotherapy Ans✓✓✓ 1. acute phase
(symptom reduction)
2. continuation phase (prevent relapse of current episode)
3. maintenance phase (sustain remission and prevent new episode)
4. discontinuation phase (conversation with doctor)
akathisia Ans✓✓✓ movement disorder characterized by feeling of inner
restlessness and inability to stay still
alogia Ans✓✓✓ poverty of speech; very little conveyed and may seem
cold and distant
clang associates Ans✓✓✓ relating ideas based on sound/rhyme
CPMPHN Standards (7) Ans✓✓✓ 1. trust, respect and cultural
competence
2. client assessments
3. evidence based care
4. manages rapidly changing situations
5. health promotion
6. monitors and ensures positive workplace attitudes
7. works in partnership with clients and others
, DC for bipolar I Ans✓✓✓ one or more manic episodes with major
depressive occurrence; can have psychotic symptoms
impairment in social, occupational and interpersonal functioning
DC for bipolar II Ans✓✓✓ at least one episode of hypomania
accompanying major depression; no psychotic symptoms
no marked impairment in social, occupational, or interpersonal
functioning
DC for dysthymic disorder Ans✓✓✓ depressed mood most days for at
least 2 years and more than 2 symptoms
DC for major depressive disorder Ans✓✓✓ at least 2 weeks of sad
mood, lack of interest in life activities, at least 5 of 7 symptoms
DC for schizoaffective disorder Ans✓✓✓ uninterrupted period of
illness; major depressive or mania, and two or more positive or negative
symptoms
**must have hallucinations or delusions for 2 or more weeks in the
absence of mood disorder
accurate answers
4 phases of bipolar pharmacotherapy Ans✓✓✓ 1. acute phase
(symptom reduction)
2. continuation phase (prevent relapse of current episode)
3. maintenance phase (sustain remission and prevent new episode)
4. discontinuation phase (conversation with doctor)
akathisia Ans✓✓✓ movement disorder characterized by feeling of inner
restlessness and inability to stay still
alogia Ans✓✓✓ poverty of speech; very little conveyed and may seem
cold and distant
clang associates Ans✓✓✓ relating ideas based on sound/rhyme
CPMPHN Standards (7) Ans✓✓✓ 1. trust, respect and cultural
competence
2. client assessments
3. evidence based care
4. manages rapidly changing situations
5. health promotion
6. monitors and ensures positive workplace attitudes
7. works in partnership with clients and others
, DC for bipolar I Ans✓✓✓ one or more manic episodes with major
depressive occurrence; can have psychotic symptoms
impairment in social, occupational and interpersonal functioning
DC for bipolar II Ans✓✓✓ at least one episode of hypomania
accompanying major depression; no psychotic symptoms
no marked impairment in social, occupational, or interpersonal
functioning
DC for dysthymic disorder Ans✓✓✓ depressed mood most days for at
least 2 years and more than 2 symptoms
DC for major depressive disorder Ans✓✓✓ at least 2 weeks of sad
mood, lack of interest in life activities, at least 5 of 7 symptoms
DC for schizoaffective disorder Ans✓✓✓ uninterrupted period of
illness; major depressive or mania, and two or more positive or negative
symptoms
**must have hallucinations or delusions for 2 or more weeks in the
absence of mood disorder
