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Quiz 3: NURS 222 - Mental Health (Latest Update ) Review
Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A.
What is the contributing factor that mania requires hospitalization? - ANS abnormally
elevated mood that can be described as expansive or irritable, less sleep, disregard
eating
How to remember Mania? - ANS DIG FAST:
D: Distractibility
I: Indiscretion (ex. hypersexual, flirty
G: Grandeousity
F: Flight of ideas (ex. Very impulsiveness)
A: Activity increase
S: Sleep deficit
T: Talkative (would not shut up)
What is Hypomania? - ANS A mild form of mania, marked by elation and hyperactivity.
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Lasts > 4 days accompanied by 3-4 findings of mania (DIG FAST) but hospitalization is not
required
What is mixed episode in Bipolar disorder? - ANS Episode of mania and major depression
experience simultaneously.
What is flight of ideas? - ANS Continuous flow of accelerated speech with abrupt
changes from one topic to topic.
What could be the pt doing when there in the flight of ideas? - ANS -Speech is rapid,
verbose (talks a lot), disorganized, incoherent, loud & screaming
- Content= grossly inappropriate vulgar (pt does not think it is inappropriate)
What is clang associations? - ANS Meaningless rhyming of words.
A nurse is taking care of a pt who experience mania episode and the pt told the nurse "
You care cute. A cute mute, who sing in a suit while eating his fruit" What kind of
disorganized speech is this? - ANS Clang association (Disorganized speech)
What are the characteristics you can find in pt with psychosis? - ANS -Hallucination
(Auditory, Visual, Tactile, Gustatory
- Delusions (false belief)
-Paranoid
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-Bizarre behavior
-aka "Schizophrenia"
-Need anti-psychotic medications
True/False: Does Bipolar I & Bipolar II will have experience depressive state? - ANS True
True/False: Is flat, blunted, labile affect a characteristic of depression? - ANS True
True/False: Is fearfulness & crying a characteristic of depression? - ANS True True/False:
Is anergia a characteristic of depression? - ANS True
Anergia = lack of energy
True/False: Is Anhedonia a characteristic of depression? - ANS True
Anhedonia= lack of pleasure of joy
True/False: Is psychomotor retardation a characteristic of depression? - ANS True
A pt is in depressive state of Bipolar disorder, and tells the nurse he has stomach pain.
How should the nurse intervene? - ANS - First: assess the pt & rule out any physical
issues.
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True/False: Pt in depressive state, are they able to concentrate, focus & problem solve? -
ANS False
True/False: A pt in depressive state of Bipolar disorder, are they able to perform good
ADL's? - ANS False
Perform poor ADLs
True/False: A pt in depressive state, do they have good sleep & eating pattern? - ANS
False
- Disturbed sleep & eating pattern
- Intervention: reduced stimuli & offer finger food with high calorie & high carb
What do DEPRESSIVE symptoms look like & how to remember?
(DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT) - ANS -Remember "SIG E CAPS"
S: Sleep disturbances
I: Interest decreased in pleasure & SEX
G: Guilty feelings
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