MH Nursing Process (10) Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update | A+

Mood Ans: SUBJECTIVE expression of emotional state (how is the patient feeling?) Affect Ans: OBJECTIVE observed emotional tone (what does the nurse observe about the patient's feelings?) euthymic Ans: normal mood euphoric Ans: very happy labile Ans: Changing rapidly and often w/ extremes and no emotional obligation/reason (bipolar) dysphoric Ans: depressed, disquieted, restless Hallucinations Ans: sensory perceptions (what does the patient see or hear, do you hear voices, what do the voices say, what makes the voices worse/louder?) How many senses are involved in hallucinations? Ans: 5 Delusions Ans: fixed false beliefs/thought misperceptions (what does the patient think or believe?) grandeur delusion Ans: belief that they have great power, knowledge, or talent paranoia Ans: an irrational suspiciousness or distrust of others Religious delusions Ans: the belief that one is an agent of or specially favoured by a greater being somatic delusion