NURS661 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY EXAM 1
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION GUIDE (A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED)
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Involuntary muscle contractions that cause repetitive
twisting movements.
The condition can affect one part of the body- focal
dystonia; two or more adjacent parts- segmental; or
all parts- general dystonia.
Define and identify Cervical dystonia- cause head to twist and turn to one
symptoms of dystonia side.
Eyelids- rapid blinking or involuntary spasms
Jaw/tongue- slurred speech, drooling, difficulty
chewing
hand/forearm- repetitive activity (writers or musicians
dystonia)
" Neurological condition characterized by the inability
Define and identify
of a person to properly convey or interpret emotional
symptoms of aprosodia
prasody (ranges of rhythm, pitch, stress, intonation).
" Short term- 30 seconds to several days
Differentiate between
" Long term- weeks, months, years
short term and long-term
" Vascular dementia and alzheimer's affect short term
memory
memory first.
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are distortions of real images or sensations. Illusions
can occur in schizophrenia patients during active
WHAT IS AN ILLUSION
phases but can also occur during the prodromal
phases and during periods of remissions.
any of the five senses may be affected. The most
common are auditory with voices that are often
threatening, obscene, accusatory, or insulting. Two or
more voices may converse among themselves or a
WHAT IS A
voice may comment on the patient's life or behavior.
HALLUCINATION
Visual hallucinations are common but tactile olfactory
and gustatory hallucinations are unusual (their
presence should prompt clinician to consider
underlying medical or neurological disorder).
may assume persecutory, grandiose, religious, or
WHAT IS A DELUSION?
somatic forms. Fixed beliefs that do not change.
Decisional Capacity; ability to communicate a
choice/ability to understand information necessary for
the specific decision at hand/ ability to appreciate the
Identify standards for
implications and significance of the provided
determining competency
information or the choice of being made/ ability to
reason by weighting the comparing options as well as
consequences of the potential decision.
differentiate between dementia of Alzheimer's Type
Know basic principles of and vascular dementia more straightforward. Area of
why an MRI would be an research is the single photon emission computed
appropriate study for a tomography (SPECT) to detect patterns of brain
dementia diagnosis metabolism in dementia types. The use of these
(kaplan 715) images may soon help in clinical differential diagnosis
of dementing illness.
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" One or more of the following must be present"
" Marked affective lability (mood swings, suddenly sad
or tearful, increased sensitivity to rejection)
" Marked irritability or anger or increased
interpersonal conflicts
" Marked depressed mood, feelings of hopelessness,
or self deprecating thoughts,
" Marked anxiety, tension, and or feelings of being
keyed up or on edge
What are the core
" ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING MUST
symptoms needed to
ADDITIONALLY BE PRESENT TO REACH A TOTAL OF
meet the criteria for DSM
5 SYMPTOMS when combined with above criteria.
5 premenstrual dysphoric
" Decreased interest in usual activities
disorder
" Subjective difficulty in concentration
" Lethargy, easily fatigability, marked lack of energy
" Marked change in appetite, overeating or specific
food cravings
" Hypersomnia or insomnia
" Sense of being overwhelmed or out of control
" Physical symptoms such as breast tenderness or
swelling, joint or muscle pain, a sense of bloating or
weight gain.
WHAT ARE THE AGES OF (Approximately 12-14 years of age)
Early Adolescence
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