NUR 405 Exam 2 Study guide questions with
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Definition |of |Anxiety |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Vague |diffuse |apprehension |that |is |associated |
with |feelings |of |uncertainty |and |helplessness
What |is |panic |disorder? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |disorder |characterized |by |recurrent |panic |
attacks, |the |onset |of |which |are |unpredictable, |and |manifested |by |intense |apprehension, |fear, |
or |terror, |often |associated |with |feelings |of |impending |doom, |and |accompanied |by |intense |
physical |discomfort
What |is |depersonalization? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |alteration |in |the |perception |or |
experience |of |the |self |so |that |the |feeling |of |one's |own |reality |is |temporarily |lost
What |questions |would |the |nurse |ask |during |an |assessment |for |suicide? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-- |"Directly |asking" |if |they |are |thinking |of |suicide.
- |Assessing |for |suicide |plan/lethality/available |means
- |Specificity |of |details
What |nursing |diagnoses |and |interventions |would |the |nurse |consider |#1 |priority |when |planning
|care |for |a |client |with |a |potential |for |suicide |risk? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Risk |for |self-
directed |or |other-directed |violence
- |Risk |for |injury
What |are |delusions |of |reference |and |thought |insertions? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-All |events |
within |the |environment |are |referred |by |the |psychotic |person |to |him |or |herself |e.g. |"someone |
is |trying |to |get |a |message |to |me |through |the |articles |in |this |magazine
, Negative |symptoms |of |schizophrenia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Flat |or |inappropriate |affect
- |Emotional |and |social |withdrawal-anhedonia
- |Poor |abstract |thinking
- |No |spontaneity-Avolition
- |Poverty |of |thought-Alogia
Positive |symptoms |of |schizophrenia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Delusions: |False |fixed |belief |
that |no |amount |of |logic |can |change
- |Hallucinations: |False |sensory |perception |not |based |in |reality |(usually |auditory |or |visual)
- |*Disorganized |Speech: |
- |*Bizarre/catatonic |behavior
What |is |tardive |dyskinesia? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Syndrome |of |symptoms |characterized |by |
bizarre |facial |and |tongue |movements, |a |stiff |neck, |and |difficulty |swallowing. |It |may |occur |as |
and |adverse |side |effect |of |long-term |therapy |with |some |antipsychotic |medications
How |does |Postpartum |depression |differ |from |major |depression? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-It's |a
|transient |depression |which |means |symptoms |at |this |level |of |the |continuum |are |not |
necessarily |dysfunctional.
What |are |symptoms |of |postpartum |depression? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Fatigues
Irritability
Loss |of |appetite
Sleep |disturbances
Loss |of |libido
Concern |about |inability |to |care |for |infant
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Definition |of |Anxiety |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Vague |diffuse |apprehension |that |is |associated |
with |feelings |of |uncertainty |and |helplessness
What |is |panic |disorder? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |disorder |characterized |by |recurrent |panic |
attacks, |the |onset |of |which |are |unpredictable, |and |manifested |by |intense |apprehension, |fear, |
or |terror, |often |associated |with |feelings |of |impending |doom, |and |accompanied |by |intense |
physical |discomfort
What |is |depersonalization? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |alteration |in |the |perception |or |
experience |of |the |self |so |that |the |feeling |of |one's |own |reality |is |temporarily |lost
What |questions |would |the |nurse |ask |during |an |assessment |for |suicide? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-- |"Directly |asking" |if |they |are |thinking |of |suicide.
- |Assessing |for |suicide |plan/lethality/available |means
- |Specificity |of |details
What |nursing |diagnoses |and |interventions |would |the |nurse |consider |#1 |priority |when |planning
|care |for |a |client |with |a |potential |for |suicide |risk? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Risk |for |self-
directed |or |other-directed |violence
- |Risk |for |injury
What |are |delusions |of |reference |and |thought |insertions? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-All |events |
within |the |environment |are |referred |by |the |psychotic |person |to |him |or |herself |e.g. |"someone |
is |trying |to |get |a |message |to |me |through |the |articles |in |this |magazine
, Negative |symptoms |of |schizophrenia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Flat |or |inappropriate |affect
- |Emotional |and |social |withdrawal-anhedonia
- |Poor |abstract |thinking
- |No |spontaneity-Avolition
- |Poverty |of |thought-Alogia
Positive |symptoms |of |schizophrenia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Delusions: |False |fixed |belief |
that |no |amount |of |logic |can |change
- |Hallucinations: |False |sensory |perception |not |based |in |reality |(usually |auditory |or |visual)
- |*Disorganized |Speech: |
- |*Bizarre/catatonic |behavior
What |is |tardive |dyskinesia? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Syndrome |of |symptoms |characterized |by |
bizarre |facial |and |tongue |movements, |a |stiff |neck, |and |difficulty |swallowing. |It |may |occur |as |
and |adverse |side |effect |of |long-term |therapy |with |some |antipsychotic |medications
How |does |Postpartum |depression |differ |from |major |depression? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-It's |a
|transient |depression |which |means |symptoms |at |this |level |of |the |continuum |are |not |
necessarily |dysfunctional.
What |are |symptoms |of |postpartum |depression? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Fatigues
Irritability
Loss |of |appetite
Sleep |disturbances
Loss |of |libido
Concern |about |inability |to |care |for |infant
