RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM LATEST REAL
EXAM ALL 75 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
AGRADE 2025/2026
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
Side effects of lorazepam (Ativan) - Answer-Drowsiness, respiratory depression,
dizziness, lethargy, physical dependence
Contraindications of lorazepam (Ativan) - Answer-Angle closure glaucoma, hx of
drug dependence, pre-existing CNS depression, severe hypotension, and sleep
apnea
Lithium therapeutic range - Answer-0.5-1.5
Levels of maslow hierarchy of needs? - Answer-Physiological needs, safety, love &
belonging, self-esteem, self-actualization.
Rights of voluntary and involuntary admission patients to mental health? -
Answer-Have the right to refuse meds, refuse treatments, and the right to
informed consent.
SE of benzos - Answer-CNS depressant-sedation, light headed, drowsiness,
respiratory depression, dizziness, lethargy, and physical dependence
What is buspirone (buspar) used for? - Answer-Anxiety, OCD, panic disorders, and
PTSD
EXAM ALL 75 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
AGRADE 2025/2026
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
Side effects of lorazepam (Ativan) - Answer-Drowsiness, respiratory depression,
dizziness, lethargy, physical dependence
Contraindications of lorazepam (Ativan) - Answer-Angle closure glaucoma, hx of
drug dependence, pre-existing CNS depression, severe hypotension, and sleep
apnea
Lithium therapeutic range - Answer-0.5-1.5
Levels of maslow hierarchy of needs? - Answer-Physiological needs, safety, love &
belonging, self-esteem, self-actualization.
Rights of voluntary and involuntary admission patients to mental health? -
Answer-Have the right to refuse meds, refuse treatments, and the right to
informed consent.
SE of benzos - Answer-CNS depressant-sedation, light headed, drowsiness,
respiratory depression, dizziness, lethargy, and physical dependence
What is buspirone (buspar) used for? - Answer-Anxiety, OCD, panic disorders, and
PTSD
