211 MENTAL MIDTERM REAL test
questions and answers with solutions
2025
What kind of behavior represents resilience? - ANSWER - the relationship between a person's inborn
strengths and success in handling stressful environmental factors
- the ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they need to support their well-being
1. Adaptability to changes in the environment
2. Ability to form nurturing relationships with other adults when the parent is not available
3. Ability to distance self from emotional chaos
4. Social intelligence
5. Good problem-solving skills
6. Ability to perceive a long-term future
What is the difference between DSM-V and nursing diagnoses? - ANSWER DSM-5 is used to diagnose a
psychiatric disorder
a well-defined nursing diagnosis provides the framework for identifying appropriate nursing
interventions for dealing with the patient's reaction to the disorder.
A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment concerning a human response to health conditions
What is a mentally healthy perspective? - ANSWER empathy
What is the essence of Dorothy Orem's theory? - ANSWER Goal of self-care as integral to the practice of
nursing Orem emphasizes the role of the nurse in promoting self-care activities of the patient; this has
relevance to the seriously and persistently mentally ill patient.
How does the nurse explain to parents about the cause of schizophrenia? Are parents responsible for
this condition? - ANSWER A combination of biological, psychologic, and environmental factors is thought
to cause schizophrenia.
There is no one genetic cause of schizophrenia; no one has the "schizophrenia gene."
, What is the essence of Harry Sullivan's Interpersonal theory? - ANSWER believed that human beings are
driven by the need for interaction. Indeed, he viewed loneliness as the most painful human condition.
He emphasized the early relationship with the primary parenting figure, or significant other (a term he
coined), as crucial for personality development.
According to Sullivan, the purpose of all behavior is to get needs met through interpersonal interactions
and to reduce or avoid anxiety.
What is the nurse's concern when a patient has an injury to the hippocampus? What kind of function is
associated with that area of the brain? - ANSWER its in the limbic system
involved in emotions, learning, memory, and basic drives
it can shrink the brain's MEMORY center
What is agranulocytosis and how is it related to Clozaril? - ANSWER - reduced neutrophil counts and
increased frequency and severity of infections
- clozapine can cause agranulocytosis
What are neurotransmitters? How do you teach the patient about them? - ANSWER a chemical
substance that functions as a neuro messenger
neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin play a major role in regulating mood
Their job is to carry chemical signals ("messages") from one neuron (nerve cell) to the next target cell.
The next target cell can be another nerve cell, a muscle cell or a gland
How do neurotransmitters inhibit reuptake? How is that therapeutic? - ANSWER - After interacting with
the postsynaptic receptor, the neurotransmitter is released and taken back into the presynaptic cell, the
cell from which it was released.
- These neurotransmitters are either reused or destroyed by intracellular enzymes
- it allows for the recycling of neurotransmitters and regulates the level of neurotransmitter present in
the synapse, thereby controlling how long a signal resulting from neurotransmitter release lasts.
How do SSRI medications help depression? - ANSWER increasing serotonin levels in the brain
thought to have a good influence on mood, emotion and sleep
questions and answers with solutions
2025
What kind of behavior represents resilience? - ANSWER - the relationship between a person's inborn
strengths and success in handling stressful environmental factors
- the ability and capacity for people to secure the resources they need to support their well-being
1. Adaptability to changes in the environment
2. Ability to form nurturing relationships with other adults when the parent is not available
3. Ability to distance self from emotional chaos
4. Social intelligence
5. Good problem-solving skills
6. Ability to perceive a long-term future
What is the difference between DSM-V and nursing diagnoses? - ANSWER DSM-5 is used to diagnose a
psychiatric disorder
a well-defined nursing diagnosis provides the framework for identifying appropriate nursing
interventions for dealing with the patient's reaction to the disorder.
A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment concerning a human response to health conditions
What is a mentally healthy perspective? - ANSWER empathy
What is the essence of Dorothy Orem's theory? - ANSWER Goal of self-care as integral to the practice of
nursing Orem emphasizes the role of the nurse in promoting self-care activities of the patient; this has
relevance to the seriously and persistently mentally ill patient.
How does the nurse explain to parents about the cause of schizophrenia? Are parents responsible for
this condition? - ANSWER A combination of biological, psychologic, and environmental factors is thought
to cause schizophrenia.
There is no one genetic cause of schizophrenia; no one has the "schizophrenia gene."
, What is the essence of Harry Sullivan's Interpersonal theory? - ANSWER believed that human beings are
driven by the need for interaction. Indeed, he viewed loneliness as the most painful human condition.
He emphasized the early relationship with the primary parenting figure, or significant other (a term he
coined), as crucial for personality development.
According to Sullivan, the purpose of all behavior is to get needs met through interpersonal interactions
and to reduce or avoid anxiety.
What is the nurse's concern when a patient has an injury to the hippocampus? What kind of function is
associated with that area of the brain? - ANSWER its in the limbic system
involved in emotions, learning, memory, and basic drives
it can shrink the brain's MEMORY center
What is agranulocytosis and how is it related to Clozaril? - ANSWER - reduced neutrophil counts and
increased frequency and severity of infections
- clozapine can cause agranulocytosis
What are neurotransmitters? How do you teach the patient about them? - ANSWER a chemical
substance that functions as a neuro messenger
neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin play a major role in regulating mood
Their job is to carry chemical signals ("messages") from one neuron (nerve cell) to the next target cell.
The next target cell can be another nerve cell, a muscle cell or a gland
How do neurotransmitters inhibit reuptake? How is that therapeutic? - ANSWER - After interacting with
the postsynaptic receptor, the neurotransmitter is released and taken back into the presynaptic cell, the
cell from which it was released.
- These neurotransmitters are either reused or destroyed by intracellular enzymes
- it allows for the recycling of neurotransmitters and regulates the level of neurotransmitter present in
the synapse, thereby controlling how long a signal resulting from neurotransmitter release lasts.
How do SSRI medications help depression? - ANSWER increasing serotonin levels in the brain
thought to have a good influence on mood, emotion and sleep
