Mental Health Unit 4 Study Guide Questions with
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Intellectual Development Disorder: Characteristic's Ans✔✔ -Deficit's in
intellectual, social, and daily functioning.
-Range from mild, moderate, severe, or profound.
Intellectual Development Disorder: Etiology Ans✔✔ -Hereditary,
problems with pregnancy, perinatal development, environmental
influences, direct result of a medical condition.
Risk Factor's: Mother over 40 years old, uterine bleeding, fetal distress,
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, genetic or prenatal conditions (most
common cause).
Intellectual Development Disorder: Nursing Diagnosis Ans✔✔ -Self-
Care Deficit
Impaired Social Interaction
Impaired Verbal Communication
Delayed Growth and Development
Intellectual Development Disorder: Intervention's Ans✔✔ -Assist with
ADL's
Repetitive simple instructions
Give positive reinforcement
IDEA (Individual's with Disabilities in Education Act)
,-TO provide services to children's while in school.
NO specific medications
ADHD: Characteristic's Ans✔✔ -Attention problems/Hyperactivity
Unable to finish challenges and tedious tasks.
Easily bored
Loses things frequently
Require frequent prompts to finish tasks
Impulsiveness
Fidgety
MUST be observed in 2 or more settings for at least 6 months.
ADHD: Assessment's Ans✔✔ -Medical, social, and academic history
Observation in multiple setting's
Teacher and parent report
Psychological testing to rule out other conditions
Behavior Rating Tool's:
1. Connor's
2. Vanderbilt
3. Achenbach
ADHD: Nursing Diagnosis Ans✔✔ -Attention:
,1. Ineffective impulse control
2. Impaired memory
Self Concept:
1. Chronic/situational low self-esteem
Coping Responses:
1. Anxiety
2. Ineffective coping
3. Compromised family coping
ADHD: Intervention's Ans✔✔ -Predictable Environment
Structure
Consistent Rules
Clear Expectation's
Operant Conditioning (Good behavior then reward)
ADHD: Medication's Ans✔✔ -Stimulants:
1. Dextroamphetamines (Adderall, Vyvanse)
2. Methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta, Daytrana)
-Interfere with sleep so early morning and then lunch.
-Able to stop and start when needed.
, Non-Stimulants:
1. Atomoxetine (Strattera)
-Builds up in the system so they need to start a few weeks prior to
needing the effects (school).
-Take every day.
Alpha 2 Agonists:
1. Clonidine
2. Guanfacine
-Used for aggression
Autism: Characteristic's Ans✔✔ -Deficit's in social relatedness
Repetitive speech
Obsessive focus on specific object's
Over adherence to routines or rituals
Hyper/Hypo activity to sensory input
Extreme resistance to change
Decreased display of affection
Autism: Nursing Diagnosis Ans✔✔ -Impaired Verbal Communication
Impaired Social Interaction
Social Isolation
Risk for Self-Directed Violence
Verified Answers
Intellectual Development Disorder: Characteristic's Ans✔✔ -Deficit's in
intellectual, social, and daily functioning.
-Range from mild, moderate, severe, or profound.
Intellectual Development Disorder: Etiology Ans✔✔ -Hereditary,
problems with pregnancy, perinatal development, environmental
influences, direct result of a medical condition.
Risk Factor's: Mother over 40 years old, uterine bleeding, fetal distress,
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, genetic or prenatal conditions (most
common cause).
Intellectual Development Disorder: Nursing Diagnosis Ans✔✔ -Self-
Care Deficit
Impaired Social Interaction
Impaired Verbal Communication
Delayed Growth and Development
Intellectual Development Disorder: Intervention's Ans✔✔ -Assist with
ADL's
Repetitive simple instructions
Give positive reinforcement
IDEA (Individual's with Disabilities in Education Act)
,-TO provide services to children's while in school.
NO specific medications
ADHD: Characteristic's Ans✔✔ -Attention problems/Hyperactivity
Unable to finish challenges and tedious tasks.
Easily bored
Loses things frequently
Require frequent prompts to finish tasks
Impulsiveness
Fidgety
MUST be observed in 2 or more settings for at least 6 months.
ADHD: Assessment's Ans✔✔ -Medical, social, and academic history
Observation in multiple setting's
Teacher and parent report
Psychological testing to rule out other conditions
Behavior Rating Tool's:
1. Connor's
2. Vanderbilt
3. Achenbach
ADHD: Nursing Diagnosis Ans✔✔ -Attention:
,1. Ineffective impulse control
2. Impaired memory
Self Concept:
1. Chronic/situational low self-esteem
Coping Responses:
1. Anxiety
2. Ineffective coping
3. Compromised family coping
ADHD: Intervention's Ans✔✔ -Predictable Environment
Structure
Consistent Rules
Clear Expectation's
Operant Conditioning (Good behavior then reward)
ADHD: Medication's Ans✔✔ -Stimulants:
1. Dextroamphetamines (Adderall, Vyvanse)
2. Methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta, Daytrana)
-Interfere with sleep so early morning and then lunch.
-Able to stop and start when needed.
, Non-Stimulants:
1. Atomoxetine (Strattera)
-Builds up in the system so they need to start a few weeks prior to
needing the effects (school).
-Take every day.
Alpha 2 Agonists:
1. Clonidine
2. Guanfacine
-Used for aggression
Autism: Characteristic's Ans✔✔ -Deficit's in social relatedness
Repetitive speech
Obsessive focus on specific object's
Over adherence to routines or rituals
Hyper/Hypo activity to sensory input
Extreme resistance to change
Decreased display of affection
Autism: Nursing Diagnosis Ans✔✔ -Impaired Verbal Communication
Impaired Social Interaction
Social Isolation
Risk for Self-Directed Violence
