NUR 371 (exam 1).docx

NUR 371 (EXAM 1) 2023/2024 WITH 100% CORRECT
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mental status exam - correct answer assessment of the patient's current state of mind, including both
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subjective and objective data b b b




interview - correct answer verbal/non-verbal dialogue between 2 participants, whose behaviors affect each
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other's style of communication, resulting in specific patterns of interaction.
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Interviewer attempts to achieve specific goals while the other "answers questions"
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objective of mental status exam interview - correct answer 1. establish report
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2. obtain information
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3. assess for pathology
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mood - correct answer patient's self report of prevailing
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emotional state b

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affect - correct answer outward expression of patient's current emotional state
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(euthymic/normal, elevated, flat anxious, suspicious, incongruent, labile)
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objective



thought process - correct answer refers to the "how" of patient's self expression
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common disturbances associated with thought process - correct answer circumstantiality
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tangentiality

associated looseness b




thought blockingb




perseveration



circumstantiality (thought process) - correct answer gives unnecessary detail, but eventually answers the
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question



tangentiality (thought process) - correct answer goes on tangents, never gets to the point
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associated looseness b b




(thought process) - correct answer thoughts are not connected
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(associated with schizophrenia) b b




thought blocking (thought process) - correct answer abrupt stoppage of thinking in conversation
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perseveration (thought process) - correct answer persistent thought of stimulus
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(i.e. going home)
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, thought content - correct answer what the patient is thinking
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delusion - correct answer false fixed belief based on incorrect information about external reality - cannot be
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corrected with reasoning b b




types of delusion - correct answer ideas of reference
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grandeur

persecutory/paranoid delusion b




somatic delusion b




ideas of reference delusion - correct answer outside object has significance
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i.e. the tv is sending special messages
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grandeur delusion - correct answer exaggeration of self or belief of special powers
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b i.e. thinks they're a rockstar or sent by God - may be religious
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persecutory/paranoid delusion - correct answer belief that someone is out to get them b b b b b b b b b b b b




somatic delusion - correct answer belief that the body is diseased/abnormal despite negative tests
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Types of perceptual disturbances - correct answer hallucinations
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illusions



hallucinations - correct answer "false-sensory" perceptual disturbances arising from any of the 5 senses
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auditory

visual