Mark Klimek NCLEX notes Psych Exam Questions and Answers

the first thing you should do with a psych question is to: - ANSWER-determine if the patient is psychotic or nonpsychotic with a non psychotic patient, pick an answer that focuses on: - ANSWER-good therapeutic communication a person is non psychotic if: - ANSWER-they have insight into their problem and how if affects their life. If a patient is psychotic, they are: - ANSWER-not reality based and have no insight into their problems. Non reality-based thinking means: - ANSWER-they think everyone else is the problem. deny being sick. may have hallucinations, allusions, or delusions. Insight with psych patients means that they: - ANSWER-know they have a problem and how if affects them. Psychotic patients will have: - ANSWER-hallucinations, allusions, or delusions. Dellusions are: - ANSWER-false, fixed, idea or belief without a sensory components (see, taste, smell). Paranoid delusion means the patient thinks: - ANSWER-people are out to get them. grandiose delusions are: - ANSWER-you are superior/god Somatic dellusion are: - ANSWER-false belief about body: worms are in my arm, my body is hollow, false pregnancy, can shoot lasers out eyes Hallucinations are: - ANSWER-false sensory experiences. most common hallucinations are: - ANSWER-auditory the most common auditory hallucination are: - ANSWER-hearing voices telling you to harm yourself. 2nd most common hallucination is: - ANSWER-visual