NRNP 6635 MIDTERM EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 –
2026/WALDEN UNIVERSITY NURSING
The most important mediator of the stress response - DETAILED ANSWER-Corticotropin-
releasing hormone (CRH)
The symptom most likely to improve early in the drug treatment of major depression - DETAILED
ANSWERSleep Problems
The criteria in DSM-5 to diagnose a child with major depressive disorder - DETAILED ANSWER-At
least 5 symptoms including irritable mood for 2 weeks
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders
in psychosomatic patients - DETAILED ANSWER-Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle - DETAILED
ANSWERErickson
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia - DETAILED ANSWER-Sexual abuse and Partner
Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs
- DETAILED ANSWER-AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly - DETAILED ANSWER-
Autism and Intellectual disability
, Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients - DETAILED ANSWER-20% recover, 10%
mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative
amnesia - DETAILED ANSWER-Sequential events
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - DETAILED ANSWER-
Eating with friends but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness
diagnosis. - DETAILED ANSWER-Psychiatrist History and mental status examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - DETAILED ANSWER-Patient
Resistance
Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - DETAILED ANSWER-Central
Apnea
Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a
Primary Care Provider - DETAILED ANSWER-Hoarding
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - DETAILED ANSWER-CAPS
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - DETAILED ANSWER-4
Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in
television, movies, and video games - DETAILED ANSWER-Dysthymia
WELL DEFINED DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 –
2026/WALDEN UNIVERSITY NURSING
The most important mediator of the stress response - DETAILED ANSWER-Corticotropin-
releasing hormone (CRH)
The symptom most likely to improve early in the drug treatment of major depression - DETAILED
ANSWERSleep Problems
The criteria in DSM-5 to diagnose a child with major depressive disorder - DETAILED ANSWER-At
least 5 symptoms including irritable mood for 2 weeks
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders
in psychosomatic patients - DETAILED ANSWER-Potassium
Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle - DETAILED
ANSWERErickson
Select two causes of dissociative amnesia - DETAILED ANSWER-Sexual abuse and Partner
Betrayal
Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs
- DETAILED ANSWER-AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly - DETAILED ANSWER-
Autism and Intellectual disability
, Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients - DETAILED ANSWER-20% recover, 10%
mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse
Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative
amnesia - DETAILED ANSWER-Sequential events
The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - DETAILED ANSWER-
Eating with friends but not Family
Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness
diagnosis. - DETAILED ANSWER-Psychiatrist History and mental status examination
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - DETAILED ANSWER-Patient
Resistance
Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - DETAILED ANSWER-Central
Apnea
Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a
Primary Care Provider - DETAILED ANSWER-Hoarding
Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - DETAILED ANSWER-CAPS
Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - DETAILED ANSWER-4
Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in
television, movies, and video games - DETAILED ANSWER-Dysthymia
