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Wilkes University NSG 526 Exam 1 – Advanced Pathophysiology Study
Guide, Notes, and Practice Questions 2025
Get ready for the Wilkes NSG 526 Exam 1 with the updated Advanced Pathophysiology 2025
study guide, featuring practice questions, key concepts, and detailed explanations to help
nursing students succeed in the Wilkes University graduate nursing program.
• Wilkes NSG 526 Exam 1
• NSG 526 Advanced Pathophysiology
• Wilkes University nursing program
• NSG 526 study guide 2025
SAD PERSONs Scale? - ANSWER-Clinical tool to determine suicide risk
-Sex
-Age
-Depression
-Previous Attempts
-Ethanol Abuse
-Relational Loss
-Social Supports Lacking
-Organized Plan
-No Souse
-Sickness
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What is Thought Process? - ANSWER-The way in which a client thinks
What is Loose Association? - ANSWER--Shifting of idea
-Illogical
-Difficulty to follow
What is Tangential Thinking? - ANSWER-Wanders to a related topic but never makes it back to
the original topic
What is Word Salad? - ANSWER-Completely nonsensical combination of words
What is Neologisms? - ANSWER-Made up words
What is
Circumstantial Thought? - ANSWER-Gets lost in details but eventually makes it make to the
original topic
What is Thought Blocking? - ANSWER-Thinking process stops and mind goes "blank"
Goal of Milieu Therapy? - ANSWER-Return to larger society when goals have been met
What is Behavioral Therapy? - ANSWER--Broad term referring to psychotherapy, behavior
analytics, or a combination of the two
-Focus on behaviors or in combination with thoughts and feelings that might be causing them
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What is Psychoanalysis? - ANSWER--Treatment method in which the client expresses all
thoughts freely and without censoring self
-Freud concluded that talking about emotional issues had the potential to heal the wounds
causing mental illness
Components of Mental Status Exam (MSE)? - ANSWER--General appearance, attitude, behavior
-Speech
-Mood and Affect
-Thought content
-Thought process
-Impulse Control
-Cognition and Sensorium
How to describe thought content? - ANSWER--General description of what the patient talked
about
-I.E. information and description related to symptoms or circumstances of depression, anxiety,
compulsions, phobias, delusions, SI/SH/HI/AVH
What is Flight of Ideas? - ANSWER--Often seen in mania
-Pressured speech
-Rapid topic changes
-Topics may relate but in strange ways
What is Confabulation? - ANSWER--Often indicates dementia
-Fabrication of information to fill in missing gaps
What is Concrete Thought Process? - ANSWER--Only understands things literally
Wilkes University NSG 526 Exam 1 – Advanced Pathophysiology Study
Guide, Notes, and Practice Questions 2025
Get ready for the Wilkes NSG 526 Exam 1 with the updated Advanced Pathophysiology 2025
study guide, featuring practice questions, key concepts, and detailed explanations to help
nursing students succeed in the Wilkes University graduate nursing program.
• Wilkes NSG 526 Exam 1
• NSG 526 Advanced Pathophysiology
• Wilkes University nursing program
• NSG 526 study guide 2025
SAD PERSONs Scale? - ANSWER-Clinical tool to determine suicide risk
-Sex
-Age
-Depression
-Previous Attempts
-Ethanol Abuse
-Relational Loss
-Social Supports Lacking
-Organized Plan
-No Souse
-Sickness
,2|Page
What is Thought Process? - ANSWER-The way in which a client thinks
What is Loose Association? - ANSWER--Shifting of idea
-Illogical
-Difficulty to follow
What is Tangential Thinking? - ANSWER-Wanders to a related topic but never makes it back to
the original topic
What is Word Salad? - ANSWER-Completely nonsensical combination of words
What is Neologisms? - ANSWER-Made up words
What is
Circumstantial Thought? - ANSWER-Gets lost in details but eventually makes it make to the
original topic
What is Thought Blocking? - ANSWER-Thinking process stops and mind goes "blank"
Goal of Milieu Therapy? - ANSWER-Return to larger society when goals have been met
What is Behavioral Therapy? - ANSWER--Broad term referring to psychotherapy, behavior
analytics, or a combination of the two
-Focus on behaviors or in combination with thoughts and feelings that might be causing them
, 3|Page
What is Psychoanalysis? - ANSWER--Treatment method in which the client expresses all
thoughts freely and without censoring self
-Freud concluded that talking about emotional issues had the potential to heal the wounds
causing mental illness
Components of Mental Status Exam (MSE)? - ANSWER--General appearance, attitude, behavior
-Speech
-Mood and Affect
-Thought content
-Thought process
-Impulse Control
-Cognition and Sensorium
How to describe thought content? - ANSWER--General description of what the patient talked
about
-I.E. information and description related to symptoms or circumstances of depression, anxiety,
compulsions, phobias, delusions, SI/SH/HI/AVH
What is Flight of Ideas? - ANSWER--Often seen in mania
-Pressured speech
-Rapid topic changes
-Topics may relate but in strange ways
What is Confabulation? - ANSWER--Often indicates dementia
-Fabrication of information to fill in missing gaps
What is Concrete Thought Process? - ANSWER--Only understands things literally
