Rasmussen University Mental Health Final Exam
questions with verified answers
- A disturbance in the normally well-integrated continuum of consciousness,
memory, identity, and perception
- Is an unconscious defense mechanism to protect the individual against
overwhelming anxiety related to past trauma, and ranges from minor to severe in
presentation.
- Patients with this disorder have intact reality testing, meaning they are not
delusional or hallucinating Ans✓✓✓ Dissociative Disorder
- A mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships
- Characteristics: Emotional lability, instability in moods, interpersonal
relationships, high rates of self-injury, instability of affect, emotional instability,
poor impulse control, chronic depression.
- Demonstrates a self-defeating cycle of behavior.
- Nursing Interventions:
o Set limits, be consistent and assess your reactions toward patient
o Identify the needs and feelings preceding impulsive acts
o Teach or refer patient to appropriate place to learn needed coping skills
o Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) Ans✓✓✓ Borderline Personality Disorder
,- A type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that
might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless, or embarrassed.
Ans✓✓✓ Agoraphobia
- Aloof and isolative
- Live in their own world
- May be psychotic under stress
- Distorted thinking
- Magical thinking
- Illusion
- Ideas of reference Ans✓✓✓ Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Appears during the first 3 years of life and affects the normal development of
social interaction and social skills.
- Should be referred to early intervention programs so communication and
behavioral symptoms are identified.
- Treatment includes behavior management with positive reinforcement
- Family's strengths and needs must be identified and supported Ans✓✓✓
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Difficulty expressing warm tender emotion, perfectionism, stubbornness, control
issues, devotion to work
, - Overly conscientious, inflexible, detail oriented (won't focus on anything else),
exclude leisure time, miserable, hoarding, rituals
- Difficulty relaxing
- Rule-conscious behavior
- Plan the client's schedule to allow time for rituals Ans✓✓✓ OCD
- Fake something for secondary gain
- Someone deceives appearing sick, by purposely getting sick or by self-injury.
Ans✓✓✓ Factitious Disorder
- Frequently relocates and assumes a new identity while not recalling previous
identity or places previously inhabited
- The distracters are more consistent with paranoid schizophrenia, generalized
anxiety disorder, or bipolar disorder. Head injury, post-traumatic stress disorder,
or a neurological disorder should also be considered. Ans✓✓✓ Fugue State
- Goals:
o Reduced behavioral symptoms, promote learning and development Ans✓✓✓
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Medical disorder (objective) that cannot be explained.
questions with verified answers
- A disturbance in the normally well-integrated continuum of consciousness,
memory, identity, and perception
- Is an unconscious defense mechanism to protect the individual against
overwhelming anxiety related to past trauma, and ranges from minor to severe in
presentation.
- Patients with this disorder have intact reality testing, meaning they are not
delusional or hallucinating Ans✓✓✓ Dissociative Disorder
- A mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships
- Characteristics: Emotional lability, instability in moods, interpersonal
relationships, high rates of self-injury, instability of affect, emotional instability,
poor impulse control, chronic depression.
- Demonstrates a self-defeating cycle of behavior.
- Nursing Interventions:
o Set limits, be consistent and assess your reactions toward patient
o Identify the needs and feelings preceding impulsive acts
o Teach or refer patient to appropriate place to learn needed coping skills
o Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) Ans✓✓✓ Borderline Personality Disorder
,- A type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that
might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless, or embarrassed.
Ans✓✓✓ Agoraphobia
- Aloof and isolative
- Live in their own world
- May be psychotic under stress
- Distorted thinking
- Magical thinking
- Illusion
- Ideas of reference Ans✓✓✓ Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Appears during the first 3 years of life and affects the normal development of
social interaction and social skills.
- Should be referred to early intervention programs so communication and
behavioral symptoms are identified.
- Treatment includes behavior management with positive reinforcement
- Family's strengths and needs must be identified and supported Ans✓✓✓
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Difficulty expressing warm tender emotion, perfectionism, stubbornness, control
issues, devotion to work
, - Overly conscientious, inflexible, detail oriented (won't focus on anything else),
exclude leisure time, miserable, hoarding, rituals
- Difficulty relaxing
- Rule-conscious behavior
- Plan the client's schedule to allow time for rituals Ans✓✓✓ OCD
- Fake something for secondary gain
- Someone deceives appearing sick, by purposely getting sick or by self-injury.
Ans✓✓✓ Factitious Disorder
- Frequently relocates and assumes a new identity while not recalling previous
identity or places previously inhabited
- The distracters are more consistent with paranoid schizophrenia, generalized
anxiety disorder, or bipolar disorder. Head injury, post-traumatic stress disorder,
or a neurological disorder should also be considered. Ans✓✓✓ Fugue State
- Goals:
o Reduced behavioral symptoms, promote learning and development Ans✓✓✓
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Medical disorder (objective) that cannot be explained.
