NURS 6202 MIDTERM 2026
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TEST
Perseveration - ANSWER ✔✔repetition of a response or behavior
despite changing stimuli.
Common in neuro d/o **pt may stay on a topic
ex) I never have trouble sleeping. I never have trouble pooping.
Clanging speech - ANSWER ✔✔speech based on sound versus
meaning
**mania & schizophrenia
**create rhymes
,Alogia - ANSWER ✔✔A decrease in speech or speech content; a
symptom of schizophrenia. Also known as poverty of speech.
paradoxical sleep (REM) - ANSWER ✔✔The body is internally
aroused, with waking-like brain activity, yet asleep and externally calm.
phantom limb pain - ANSWER ✔✔Pain in a limb that no longer exists.
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) - ANSWER ✔✔a disorder
characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal,
jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four
weeks or more after a traumatic experience (women)
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) - ANSWER ✔✔Disorder
consisting of unwanted, repetitive thoughts and actions (childhood or
early adulthood)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - ANSWER ✔✔a disorder
characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more
of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration
problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance x 6 months
(GAD-7) (women)
Depression - ANSWER ✔✔A prolonged feeling of helplessness,
hopelessness, and sadness x2 weeks (PHQ9) (women)
, Hematoma - ANSWER ✔✔a solid swelling of clotted blood within the
tissues. (anticoagulant use, older adults)
agoraphobia - ANSWER ✔✔fear or avoidance of situations, such as
crowds or wide open places, where one has felt loss of control and panic
x6 months (co-dx with panic d/o)
Schizophrenia - ANSWER ✔✔a psychological disorder characterized
by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished,
inappropriate emotional expression (prenatal exposure to infx, late
adolescence)
Dementia - ANSWER ✔✔a slowly progressive decline in mental
abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often
accompanied by personality changes (over 65)
bipolar disorder - ANSWER ✔✔A mood disorder in which the person
alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the
overexcited state of mania. (substance abuse, onset early teens/late
adulthood)
Lead toxicity - ANSWER ✔✔Disrupted neurotransmitter function.
Oxidative stress & apoptosis (cell death) in neuronal cells. Low-level
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Perseveration - ANSWER ✔✔repetition of a response or behavior
despite changing stimuli.
Common in neuro d/o **pt may stay on a topic
ex) I never have trouble sleeping. I never have trouble pooping.
Clanging speech - ANSWER ✔✔speech based on sound versus
meaning
**mania & schizophrenia
**create rhymes
,Alogia - ANSWER ✔✔A decrease in speech or speech content; a
symptom of schizophrenia. Also known as poverty of speech.
paradoxical sleep (REM) - ANSWER ✔✔The body is internally
aroused, with waking-like brain activity, yet asleep and externally calm.
phantom limb pain - ANSWER ✔✔Pain in a limb that no longer exists.
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) - ANSWER ✔✔a disorder
characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal,
jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four
weeks or more after a traumatic experience (women)
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) - ANSWER ✔✔Disorder
consisting of unwanted, repetitive thoughts and actions (childhood or
early adulthood)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - ANSWER ✔✔a disorder
characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more
of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration
problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance x 6 months
(GAD-7) (women)
Depression - ANSWER ✔✔A prolonged feeling of helplessness,
hopelessness, and sadness x2 weeks (PHQ9) (women)
, Hematoma - ANSWER ✔✔a solid swelling of clotted blood within the
tissues. (anticoagulant use, older adults)
agoraphobia - ANSWER ✔✔fear or avoidance of situations, such as
crowds or wide open places, where one has felt loss of control and panic
x6 months (co-dx with panic d/o)
Schizophrenia - ANSWER ✔✔a psychological disorder characterized
by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished,
inappropriate emotional expression (prenatal exposure to infx, late
adolescence)
Dementia - ANSWER ✔✔a slowly progressive decline in mental
abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often
accompanied by personality changes (over 65)
bipolar disorder - ANSWER ✔✔A mood disorder in which the person
alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the
overexcited state of mania. (substance abuse, onset early teens/late
adulthood)
Lead toxicity - ANSWER ✔✔Disrupted neurotransmitter function.
Oxidative stress & apoptosis (cell death) in neuronal cells. Low-level
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