Nurs 190: Exam 3 - Questions with Correct Answers
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52 questions with answers
Topic: Nurs 190: Exam 3
1. What is schizophrenia?
Answer: distorted and bizarre thoughts, perceptions, emotions, movements, and behavior,
self-care deficient, social isolation, risk for violence
2. What is positive/hard symptoms?
Answer: -Hallucinations (usually auditory) -Delusions (false, fixed beliefs) -Disorganized
speech/thoughts -Bizarre behavior
3. What is negative/soft symptoms?
Answer: -Flat affect: absence of facial expression -Blunted affect: restricted range of
emotional feeling -Anhedonia: feeling no joy or pleasure from life -Asociality: social
withdrawal -Apathy: feelings of indifference toward people -Avolition: absence of will or drive
-Inattention: inability to concentrate or focus -Alogia: tendency to speak or convey little
substance of meaning
4. What is ideas of reference?
Answer: misinterpretation of events or circumstances as having a special and personal
meaning for the individual, often involving a belief that random occurrences are somehow
directly related to them
5. What does atypical psychotics treat vs. typical?
Answer: Atypicalpositive and negative symptoms Typicalpositive symptoms
6. What may cause schizophrenia?
Answer: -Genetics -Neurochemical imbalances (excessive dopamine, glutamate) -Brain
structure abnormalities -Stress, substance use, or trauma as triggers
7. What is Assertive community treatment?
Answer: a comprehensive, community-based mental health service delivery model designed
for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness who frequently require intensive
support and are at risk of psychiatric crises or hospitalization
8. What is word salad?
Answer: a combination of jumbled words and phrases that are disconnected or incoherent
and that make no sense to the listener
9. What is echolalia?
Answer: is the client's imitation or repetition of what the nurse says
10. What is neologism?
Answer: are words invented by the client
11. What are the types of Extrapyramidal Symptoms?
Answer: NMS, acute dystonia, akathisia, parkinsonism, and tardive dyskinesia
12. What medication treats extrapyramidal side effects?
Answer: Cogentin
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(Verified Update)
52 questions with answers
Topic: Nurs 190: Exam 3
1. What is schizophrenia?
Answer: distorted and bizarre thoughts, perceptions, emotions, movements, and behavior,
self-care deficient, social isolation, risk for violence
2. What is positive/hard symptoms?
Answer: -Hallucinations (usually auditory) -Delusions (false, fixed beliefs) -Disorganized
speech/thoughts -Bizarre behavior
3. What is negative/soft symptoms?
Answer: -Flat affect: absence of facial expression -Blunted affect: restricted range of
emotional feeling -Anhedonia: feeling no joy or pleasure from life -Asociality: social
withdrawal -Apathy: feelings of indifference toward people -Avolition: absence of will or drive
-Inattention: inability to concentrate or focus -Alogia: tendency to speak or convey little
substance of meaning
4. What is ideas of reference?
Answer: misinterpretation of events or circumstances as having a special and personal
meaning for the individual, often involving a belief that random occurrences are somehow
directly related to them
5. What does atypical psychotics treat vs. typical?
Answer: Atypicalpositive and negative symptoms Typicalpositive symptoms
6. What may cause schizophrenia?
Answer: -Genetics -Neurochemical imbalances (excessive dopamine, glutamate) -Brain
structure abnormalities -Stress, substance use, or trauma as triggers
7. What is Assertive community treatment?
Answer: a comprehensive, community-based mental health service delivery model designed
for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness who frequently require intensive
support and are at risk of psychiatric crises or hospitalization
8. What is word salad?
Answer: a combination of jumbled words and phrases that are disconnected or incoherent
and that make no sense to the listener
9. What is echolalia?
Answer: is the client's imitation or repetition of what the nurse says
10. What is neologism?
Answer: are words invented by the client
11. What are the types of Extrapyramidal Symptoms?
Answer: NMS, acute dystonia, akathisia, parkinsonism, and tardive dyskinesia
12. What medication treats extrapyramidal side effects?
Answer: Cogentin
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