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NFDN 2007 EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE EXAM
COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED
What is a priority at Risk Nursing DX for a patient
with Delirium in a confused state?
A. Risk for suicide
B. Risk for injury
C. Risk for malnutrition
D. Risk for electrolyte imbalance
Risk for injury
Taylor is in the school cafeteria line when she feels as if she is
suffocating, her heart rate increases, and she has chest pain,
sweating, nausea, and dizziness. She runs out of the cafeteria,
leaving her books and backpack behind. When you find her
outside a few minutes later, she is calming down but is scared
something is wrong with her heart.
What other disorder do these symptoms indicate?
A. PTSD
B. Panic
C. Agoraphobia
D. Generalized anxiety
Panic
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True or False
Norepinephrine is implicated in Anxiety
Disorders?
true
activates the amygdala behaviour
brain,ar-related
↑ "implicated inning
↳ too much anxiety
to little's depression
Which of the four classes of medications used for panic
disorder is not considered the safest because of high
incidence of side effects and increased risk of
physiologic dependence?
A. Tricyclics
B. Antipsychotics
C. SSRI’s
D. Benzodiazepines -> highly addictive
Benzodiazepines -> highly addictive
A client is experiencing delusions and
hallucinations.
What is the best response from the nurse?
A. Check on the client every 30 minutes and remind them to use their call
bell.
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B. Lay them flat in bed, provide extra covers and lift all four bed rails
C. Provide the patient with padded bedrails and give a PRN.
D. Stay with the client or check frequently
Stay with the client or check frequently
True or False
GABA is the amino acid neurotransmitter believed
to be dysfunctional in anxiety disorders?
true
gaba-inhibitory
Which of the following is a physiologic outcome
to stress?
A. Emotions
B. Intense emotions—disturbance in intellectual functioning
C. Feeling challenged or threatened
D. Sympathetic response
Sympathetic response
Sharon "sterilizes" her towels with bleach and hot water in the
washing machine. She then wipes every surface she is going to
touch with rubbing alcohol and these sterile towels. Today she
has been admitted for a ruptured diverticulum and is
ambulatory but hooked up to IV medications. What is the
appropriate intervention for the first day or two of care in
terms of Sharon's need to perform these rituals?
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A. permit this behavior to continue=
in OCD if interval are stopped their anxiety goes up intervals are repeated over and over
A Panic Disorder is sometimes confused as which
DX?
A. Heart Attack
B. Stomachache
C. Headache
D. Delusion
A. Heart Attack
What are the differences between
anxiety and fear?
A. Fear gives way to anxiety or unease
B. Anxiety is the unpleasant emotion caused by a belief.
C. Fear is an idiosyncratic belief or impression.
D. Characteristic of the trigger or stimulus.
A. Fear gives way to anxiety or unease
anxiety= characterized by the- apprehension or dread of a
potentially threatening outcome
fear= is emotional response toa specific a proximal threat
Transient psychotic symptoms that occur with
borderline personality disorder are most likely
treated with which of the following?
A. Anticonvulsant mood stabilizers
B. Antipsychotics
NFDN 2007 EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE EXAM
COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED
What is a priority at Risk Nursing DX for a patient
with Delirium in a confused state?
A. Risk for suicide
B. Risk for injury
C. Risk for malnutrition
D. Risk for electrolyte imbalance
Risk for injury
Taylor is in the school cafeteria line when she feels as if she is
suffocating, her heart rate increases, and she has chest pain,
sweating, nausea, and dizziness. She runs out of the cafeteria,
leaving her books and backpack behind. When you find her
outside a few minutes later, she is calming down but is scared
something is wrong with her heart.
What other disorder do these symptoms indicate?
A. PTSD
B. Panic
C. Agoraphobia
D. Generalized anxiety
Panic
, Page 2 of 171
True or False
Norepinephrine is implicated in Anxiety
Disorders?
true
activates the amygdala behaviour
brain,ar-related
↑ "implicated inning
↳ too much anxiety
to little's depression
Which of the four classes of medications used for panic
disorder is not considered the safest because of high
incidence of side effects and increased risk of
physiologic dependence?
A. Tricyclics
B. Antipsychotics
C. SSRI’s
D. Benzodiazepines -> highly addictive
Benzodiazepines -> highly addictive
A client is experiencing delusions and
hallucinations.
What is the best response from the nurse?
A. Check on the client every 30 minutes and remind them to use their call
bell.
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B. Lay them flat in bed, provide extra covers and lift all four bed rails
C. Provide the patient with padded bedrails and give a PRN.
D. Stay with the client or check frequently
Stay with the client or check frequently
True or False
GABA is the amino acid neurotransmitter believed
to be dysfunctional in anxiety disorders?
true
gaba-inhibitory
Which of the following is a physiologic outcome
to stress?
A. Emotions
B. Intense emotions—disturbance in intellectual functioning
C. Feeling challenged or threatened
D. Sympathetic response
Sympathetic response
Sharon "sterilizes" her towels with bleach and hot water in the
washing machine. She then wipes every surface she is going to
touch with rubbing alcohol and these sterile towels. Today she
has been admitted for a ruptured diverticulum and is
ambulatory but hooked up to IV medications. What is the
appropriate intervention for the first day or two of care in
terms of Sharon's need to perform these rituals?
, Page 4 of 171
A. permit this behavior to continue=
in OCD if interval are stopped their anxiety goes up intervals are repeated over and over
A Panic Disorder is sometimes confused as which
DX?
A. Heart Attack
B. Stomachache
C. Headache
D. Delusion
A. Heart Attack
What are the differences between
anxiety and fear?
A. Fear gives way to anxiety or unease
B. Anxiety is the unpleasant emotion caused by a belief.
C. Fear is an idiosyncratic belief or impression.
D. Characteristic of the trigger or stimulus.
A. Fear gives way to anxiety or unease
anxiety= characterized by the- apprehension or dread of a
potentially threatening outcome
fear= is emotional response toa specific a proximal threat
Transient psychotic symptoms that occur with
borderline personality disorder are most likely
treated with which of the following?
A. Anticonvulsant mood stabilizers
B. Antipsychotics
