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NSG 3450 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE (2025/2026) GUARANTEED PASS
1. Anorexia nervosa: Pt. refused to maintain a minimally normal
weight for height and expresses an intense fear of gaining
weight. It is a chronic illness that waxes and wanes. The
patient will require long term treatment.
2. Subtypes of Anorexia Nervosa: Restricting and binge-
eating/purging type
3. Characteristics of of anorexia nervosa: Extreme weight
loss
Intense fear of loss of control and weight gain
Involves a strong denial of the problem
Typically well educated and economically secure
Distorted body image
Restricted calories with significantly low BMI
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More common in females
Perfectionist, competitive personality
Dysfunctional family dynamics - overbearing mom
4. Clinical Presentation of anorexia nervosa: Low weight
Amenorrhea
Yellow skin
Lanugo
Cold extremities
Peripheral edema
Muscle weakness
Very reluctant to get help
Perfectionistic tendencies
5. Abnormal lab values of anorexia nervosa: Hypokalemia
<3.5 mEq/L
Anemia pancytopenia
Decreased bone density
6. Areas to cover when assessing anorexia patient
(psychological): Perception of the problem Eating habits
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History of dieting
Methods to achieve weight control (restricting, extreme exercise,
purging,)
Value attached to a specific size and weight
Interpersonal and social functioning
Mental status and physiological parameters
7. Refeeding syndrome: metabolic alterations that may occur
during nutritional repletion of starved patients. Results in fluid
balance abnormalities, abnormal glucose metabolism,
hypophosphatemia, hypomagnesemia.
8. Interventions for anorexia nervosa patients: -Make sure
that the patient has a one-to-one staff at all times. -Structured
meal times
-Make the patient feel accepted in the milieu
-Restrict patient from doing any exercise
-Restrict bathroom use after meals
-Approach discussion about physical appearance carefully
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-Weigh the patient after the first void with the same clothes on
daily
-The goal is 2-pound weight gain weekly
-The patient must eat food ordered
-Provide additional calories
-Small frequent meals to avoid refeeding syndrome
-The focus should be on eating behavior and underlying feelings
of anxiety.
9. bulemia nervosa: A disorder in which cycles of overeating
are followed by some form of purging or clearing of the
digestive tract either by vomiting or compensatory methods
such as diuretics or laxatives, fasting, or excessive exercise
10. DSM-5 criteria for bulimia nervosa: -Recurrent episodes of
binge eating
-Recurrent compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, for
example, vomiting -Eating in a discrete period of time an
amount of food that is definitely larger than what most
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NSG
NSG 3450 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE (2025/2026) GUARANTEED PASS
1. Anorexia nervosa: Pt. refused to maintain a minimally normal
weight for height and expresses an intense fear of gaining
weight. It is a chronic illness that waxes and wanes. The
patient will require long term treatment.
2. Subtypes of Anorexia Nervosa: Restricting and binge-
eating/purging type
3. Characteristics of of anorexia nervosa: Extreme weight
loss
Intense fear of loss of control and weight gain
Involves a strong denial of the problem
Typically well educated and economically secure
Distorted body image
Restricted calories with significantly low BMI
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More common in females
Perfectionist, competitive personality
Dysfunctional family dynamics - overbearing mom
4. Clinical Presentation of anorexia nervosa: Low weight
Amenorrhea
Yellow skin
Lanugo
Cold extremities
Peripheral edema
Muscle weakness
Very reluctant to get help
Perfectionistic tendencies
5. Abnormal lab values of anorexia nervosa: Hypokalemia
<3.5 mEq/L
Anemia pancytopenia
Decreased bone density
6. Areas to cover when assessing anorexia patient
(psychological): Perception of the problem Eating habits
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History of dieting
Methods to achieve weight control (restricting, extreme exercise,
purging,)
Value attached to a specific size and weight
Interpersonal and social functioning
Mental status and physiological parameters
7. Refeeding syndrome: metabolic alterations that may occur
during nutritional repletion of starved patients. Results in fluid
balance abnormalities, abnormal glucose metabolism,
hypophosphatemia, hypomagnesemia.
8. Interventions for anorexia nervosa patients: -Make sure
that the patient has a one-to-one staff at all times. -Structured
meal times
-Make the patient feel accepted in the milieu
-Restrict patient from doing any exercise
-Restrict bathroom use after meals
-Approach discussion about physical appearance carefully
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-Weigh the patient after the first void with the same clothes on
daily
-The goal is 2-pound weight gain weekly
-The patient must eat food ordered
-Provide additional calories
-Small frequent meals to avoid refeeding syndrome
-The focus should be on eating behavior and underlying feelings
of anxiety.
9. bulemia nervosa: A disorder in which cycles of overeating
are followed by some form of purging or clearing of the
digestive tract either by vomiting or compensatory methods
such as diuretics or laxatives, fasting, or excessive exercise
10. DSM-5 criteria for bulimia nervosa: -Recurrent episodes of
binge eating
-Recurrent compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, for
example, vomiting -Eating in a discrete period of time an
amount of food that is definitely larger than what most
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