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1. A nurse is teaching a medication class to a group of psychiatric patients. One of them
asks the nurse
why he has so much more trouble learning now when he‟s in his 60s than he did when he
was younger.
Which of the following concepts would the nurse integrate into the response?
A) The extrapyramidal motorsystem
B) The amygdala
C) Neuroplasticity
D) Psychoneuroimmunology
2. Which of the following would a nursing instructor identify when describing the area of the
brain
involved with verbal language function, including areasfor both receptive and expressive
speech?
A) Right hemisphere
B) Parietal lobe
C) Occipital lobe
D) Left hemisphere
3. A nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient experiencing expressive aphasia. The
nurse
incorporates knowledge that the patient most likely hassustained damage to which of the
following?
A) The postcentral gyrus
B) Broca‟s area
C) Basal ganglia
D) The hippocampus
4. The nurse is caring for an older adult who has experienced damage to the frontal lobe
after an
automobile accident. The nurse anticipatesthat the patient will have difficulty with which of
the
following?
A) Smell
B) Concept formation
C) Receptive speech
D) Hearing
5. The nurse is caring for a patient who has experienced damage to the parietal lobes of the
brain. The
nurse anticipates that the patient with have difficulty with which of the following?
A) Perceiving sensory input
B) Calculating a math problem
C) Seeing objects in front of him
D) Speaking fluently
6. A patient has been diagnosed with memory dysfunction associated with Alzheimer‟s
disease. The nurse
determinesthat damage to the patient‟s brain includes deterioration of temporal lobe
structures and the
nerves of which of the following?
A) Basal ganglia
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of Psychiatric
Biologic Foundations
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of Psychiatric Nursing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Chapter
08_ Biologic Foundations of 08_ Psychiatric
Biologic
Chapter 08: Biologic Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing
1. A nurse is teaching a medication class to a group of psychiatric patients. One of them
asks the nurse
why he has so much more trouble learning now when he‟s in his 60s than he did when he
was younger.
Which of the following concepts would the nurse integrate into the response?
A) The extrapyramidal motorsystem
B) The amygdala
C) Neuroplasticity
D) Psychoneuroimmunology
2. Which of the following would a nursing instructor identify when describing the area of the
brain
involved with verbal language function, including areasfor both receptive and expressive
speech?
A) Right hemisphere
B) Parietal lobe
C) Occipital lobe
D) Left hemisphere
3. A nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient experiencing expressive aphasia. The
nurse
incorporates knowledge that the patient most likely hassustained damage to which of the
following?
A) The postcentral gyrus
B) Broca‟s area
C) Basal ganglia
D) The hippocampus
4. The nurse is caring for an older adult who has experienced damage to the frontal lobe
after an
automobile accident. The nurse anticipatesthat the patient will have difficulty with which of
the
following?
A) Smell
B) Concept formation
C) Receptive speech
D) Hearing
5. The nurse is caring for a patient who has experienced damage to the parietal lobes of the
brain. The
nurse anticipates that the patient with have difficulty with which of the following?
A) Perceiving sensory input
B) Calculating a math problem
C) Seeing objects in front of him
D) Speaking fluently
6. A patient has been diagnosed with memory dysfunction associated with Alzheimer‟s
disease. The nurse
determinesthat damage to the patient‟s brain includes deterioration of temporal lobe
structures and the
nerves of which of the following?
A) Basal ganglia
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