Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Exam|
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Mood - ✔️✔️Defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a pervasive and
sustained emotion that, when extreme, can markedly color the way the individual
perceives the world.
Flat - ✔️✔️Absence or near absence of any signs of affective expression.
Tangentiality - ✔️✔️A disturbance in associative thinking in which the individual
goes off the
topic. When it happens frequently and the individual does not return to the topic,
interpersonal
communication shuts down.
Catatonia - ✔️✔️A state of psychologically induced immobilization at times
interrupted by
episodes of extreme agitation.
Incongruent - ✔️✔️The client's affect does not correspond to the content of his/her
speech.
Idea of reference - ✔️✔️The false impression that outside events have special
meaning for
oneself.
, Judgment - ✔️✔️The ability to make logical, rational decisions.
Mania - ✔️✔️An unstable elevated mood in which delusions, poor judgment, and
other
signs of impaired reality testing are evident.
Congruent - ✔️✔️The client's affect "matches" the content of his/her/speech.
Blunted - ✔️✔️Mild restriction in the range and intensity of emotional expression.
Intellectualization - ✔️✔️The use of thinking and talking to avoid emotions and
closeness.
What is the foundation of the Standards of Practice for Psychiatric
-Mental Health Nursing? - ✔️✔️nursing process
What are the 6 QSEN competencies? - ✔️✔️What are the 6 QSEN competencies?
What is the purpose of the Mental Status Exam (MSE)? - ✔️✔️To evaluate an
individual's current cognitive processes.
What are the 4 aspects or considerations that every nurse needs to know when
administering psychotropic medications? - ✔️✔️Intended action, therapeutic
dosage, adverse reactions, and safe blood
levels.
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Mood - ✔️✔️Defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a pervasive and
sustained emotion that, when extreme, can markedly color the way the individual
perceives the world.
Flat - ✔️✔️Absence or near absence of any signs of affective expression.
Tangentiality - ✔️✔️A disturbance in associative thinking in which the individual
goes off the
topic. When it happens frequently and the individual does not return to the topic,
interpersonal
communication shuts down.
Catatonia - ✔️✔️A state of psychologically induced immobilization at times
interrupted by
episodes of extreme agitation.
Incongruent - ✔️✔️The client's affect does not correspond to the content of his/her
speech.
Idea of reference - ✔️✔️The false impression that outside events have special
meaning for
oneself.
, Judgment - ✔️✔️The ability to make logical, rational decisions.
Mania - ✔️✔️An unstable elevated mood in which delusions, poor judgment, and
other
signs of impaired reality testing are evident.
Congruent - ✔️✔️The client's affect "matches" the content of his/her/speech.
Blunted - ✔️✔️Mild restriction in the range and intensity of emotional expression.
Intellectualization - ✔️✔️The use of thinking and talking to avoid emotions and
closeness.
What is the foundation of the Standards of Practice for Psychiatric
-Mental Health Nursing? - ✔️✔️nursing process
What are the 6 QSEN competencies? - ✔️✔️What are the 6 QSEN competencies?
What is the purpose of the Mental Status Exam (MSE)? - ✔️✔️To evaluate an
individual's current cognitive processes.
What are the 4 aspects or considerations that every nurse needs to know when
administering psychotropic medications? - ✔️✔️Intended action, therapeutic
dosage, adverse reactions, and safe blood
levels.
