NFDN 2007| COMPREHENSIVE EXAM WITH OVER
300+ ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH THEIR CORRECT
ANSWERS. GRADED A+
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
Transient psychotic symptoms that occur with borderline personality disorder are most likely
treated with which of the following?
A. Anticonvulsant mood stabilizers
,B. Antipsychotics
C. Benzodiazepines
D. Lithium
B. Antipsychotics
True or False
Clients with borderline personality disorder may engage in self-mutilation behavior as a means of
dealing with intense emotions
True
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 isMsuffocating, 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
True or False
Norepinephrine is implicated in Anxiety Disorders?
true
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.
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 believedto be dysfunctional in anxiety disorders?
true
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
A person comes into the ER complaining of an
elephant crushing on their chest, as a nurse what
are you going to assess?
A. Back
B. Medication History
C. Anxiety History
D. Chest what is causing the "elephant crushing" symptom
D. Chest what is causing the "elephant crushing" symptom
Your patient is diagnosed with GAD.
Which of the following symptoms best explain
what a client DX. With GAD would experience?
300+ ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH THEIR CORRECT
ANSWERS. GRADED A+
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
Transient psychotic symptoms that occur with borderline personality disorder are most likely
treated with which of the following?
A. Anticonvulsant mood stabilizers
,B. Antipsychotics
C. Benzodiazepines
D. Lithium
B. Antipsychotics
True or False
Clients with borderline personality disorder may engage in self-mutilation behavior as a means of
dealing with intense emotions
True
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 isMsuffocating, 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
True or False
Norepinephrine is implicated in Anxiety Disorders?
true
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.
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 believedto be dysfunctional in anxiety disorders?
true
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
A person comes into the ER complaining of an
elephant crushing on their chest, as a nurse what
are you going to assess?
A. Back
B. Medication History
C. Anxiety History
D. Chest what is causing the "elephant crushing" symptom
D. Chest what is causing the "elephant crushing" symptom
Your patient is diagnosed with GAD.
Which of the following symptoms best explain
what a client DX. With GAD would experience?
