RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM |COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED |
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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
Symptoms of patient with suspected opioid abuse/overdose? - (answer)Contracted pupils,
increased HR, shallow Resp., increased temp (but not always).
What do you give a opioid overdose patient? - (answer)Narcan (Naloxone)
S/S of acute alcohol withdrawal? - (answer)Everything is increased! RR, BP, Temp, HR,
delerium
Characteristics of histrionic personality disorder? - (answer)Mania, melodramatic, manipulative,
emotional attention seeking behavior, often seductive and flirtatious.
Interventions for histrionic personality disorder patient - (answer)They are very manipulative.
Set fine lines, do not offer relationship advice, avoid situations where they are the center of
attention.
Possible fatal complications of patient withdrawing from CNS stimulant - (answer)Respiratory
failure, suicide, and depression.
,What is a hypochondriac? - (answer)Someone who thinks that everything is wrong with them.
Ex. their acute headache is caused by a brain tumor.
How does cocaine stimulate the body? What do cocaine users use to combat these effects? -
(answer)It is an upper. Alcohol-allows them to sleep.
Characteristics of borderline personality disorder - (answer)Split people apart and are very
manipulative.
Interventions for nurses dealing with borderline personality disorder patients - (answer)Keep all
the staff on the same page. Set limits and rules.
What is a personality disorder in general? What type of issues do these patients have? -
(answer)When people rely on others to make decisions. They have difficulties in their social life,
work, relationships, family problems. Place the blame on others. Many go undiagnosed.
What is conversion disorder?` - (answer)Something psychological happens and it then manifests
somatically. Ex. Someone has fake blindness
What is the difference between objective and subjective data? - (answer)Subjective is what the
patient tells you, objective is what you see and obtain from the physical assessment of the
patient.
What is somatoform disorder? - (answer)A mental illness that causes bodily symptoms that
cannot be tracked back to any specific cause.
Are the symptoms real for a patient with somatoform disorder? - (answer)Yes, the symptoms are
real. It is frustrating because many doctors will perform tests but find nothing. Many go
undiagnosed.
, What are younger patients with body image problems at risk for? - (answer)Suicide
A nurse caring for a patient with borderline personality disorder should try to find out what? -
(answer)What the patients secondary gains are. What are they trying to get? Attention? Money?
Pain pills?
Characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder patient in a locked setting with other clients?
- (answer)Manipulative, aggressive, angry, yelling.
What is a main cause of death for anorexia nervosa patients? - (answer)Cardiac problems d/t
potassium imbalances *hypokalemia
What is re-feeding syndrome? - (answer)Occurs when malnourished patient begins to receive
nourishment again. Severe change in intake and electrolyte increases cause heart to work harder
and can cause dysrhythmias.
What is the difference between bulimia and anorexia? - (answer)Bulimia is the binging of food
and then purging. Anorexia is starving self from food.
If you're throwing up and or taking a laxative? What electrolyte might be out of balance? -
(answer)Potassium
What are hallucinations? - (answer)Experiences that are real to the patient but are not actually
real.,
What should you do for a patient that is having hallucinations? - (answer)Make sure they have
everything they need (Glasses, hearing aid etc), keep lights on in room, do not place large clocks
or calendars on the walls.
What type of med would a dr. give a cognitive impaired elderly client who pulled out all of her
tubes? - (answer)Atypical antipsychotic
QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED |
GET 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
Symptoms of patient with suspected opioid abuse/overdose? - (answer)Contracted pupils,
increased HR, shallow Resp., increased temp (but not always).
What do you give a opioid overdose patient? - (answer)Narcan (Naloxone)
S/S of acute alcohol withdrawal? - (answer)Everything is increased! RR, BP, Temp, HR,
delerium
Characteristics of histrionic personality disorder? - (answer)Mania, melodramatic, manipulative,
emotional attention seeking behavior, often seductive and flirtatious.
Interventions for histrionic personality disorder patient - (answer)They are very manipulative.
Set fine lines, do not offer relationship advice, avoid situations where they are the center of
attention.
Possible fatal complications of patient withdrawing from CNS stimulant - (answer)Respiratory
failure, suicide, and depression.
,What is a hypochondriac? - (answer)Someone who thinks that everything is wrong with them.
Ex. their acute headache is caused by a brain tumor.
How does cocaine stimulate the body? What do cocaine users use to combat these effects? -
(answer)It is an upper. Alcohol-allows them to sleep.
Characteristics of borderline personality disorder - (answer)Split people apart and are very
manipulative.
Interventions for nurses dealing with borderline personality disorder patients - (answer)Keep all
the staff on the same page. Set limits and rules.
What is a personality disorder in general? What type of issues do these patients have? -
(answer)When people rely on others to make decisions. They have difficulties in their social life,
work, relationships, family problems. Place the blame on others. Many go undiagnosed.
What is conversion disorder?` - (answer)Something psychological happens and it then manifests
somatically. Ex. Someone has fake blindness
What is the difference between objective and subjective data? - (answer)Subjective is what the
patient tells you, objective is what you see and obtain from the physical assessment of the
patient.
What is somatoform disorder? - (answer)A mental illness that causes bodily symptoms that
cannot be tracked back to any specific cause.
Are the symptoms real for a patient with somatoform disorder? - (answer)Yes, the symptoms are
real. It is frustrating because many doctors will perform tests but find nothing. Many go
undiagnosed.
, What are younger patients with body image problems at risk for? - (answer)Suicide
A nurse caring for a patient with borderline personality disorder should try to find out what? -
(answer)What the patients secondary gains are. What are they trying to get? Attention? Money?
Pain pills?
Characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder patient in a locked setting with other clients?
- (answer)Manipulative, aggressive, angry, yelling.
What is a main cause of death for anorexia nervosa patients? - (answer)Cardiac problems d/t
potassium imbalances *hypokalemia
What is re-feeding syndrome? - (answer)Occurs when malnourished patient begins to receive
nourishment again. Severe change in intake and electrolyte increases cause heart to work harder
and can cause dysrhythmias.
What is the difference between bulimia and anorexia? - (answer)Bulimia is the binging of food
and then purging. Anorexia is starving self from food.
If you're throwing up and or taking a laxative? What electrolyte might be out of balance? -
(answer)Potassium
What are hallucinations? - (answer)Experiences that are real to the patient but are not actually
real.,
What should you do for a patient that is having hallucinations? - (answer)Make sure they have
everything they need (Glasses, hearing aid etc), keep lights on in room, do not place large clocks
or calendars on the walls.
What type of med would a dr. give a cognitive impaired elderly client who pulled out all of her
tubes? - (answer)Atypical antipsychotic
