Psychiatric NP
exam(94
question and
answers)
Under HIPPA, what is the insurance policy that
allows you to hold the company's insurance for 18
months after leaving job? - answer COBRA
T/F a patient has a right to make changes to their
chart as well as see it - answer True
Summarize general goals for healthy people 2020 -
answer Increase the quality and years of life while
eliminating health disparities
What are the 5 conditions NPs are required to
report? - answer STDs like Gonorhea, Chlamydia,
and Syphillis, as well as TB and HIV (as well as
animal bites)
,Nurse practitioners are legally required to report
what kind of abuse, and what kind is allowed to be
left alone? - answer Child and elder abuse, but
domestic violence is not required to be legally
reported
What percentage of mental illnesses appear by the
age of 18? - answer 75%
Genetic inheritance that will be present in more
than one generation? - answer Autosomal
dominant (rare) like huntington's disease
What is the difference between a normal grief
response and a protracted grief response? -
answer protractive grief response is a risk for
pathology characterized by a loss of self esteem
which does not happen with normal grief
What is the rate of schizophrenia admissions to the
hospital when both parents are infected by the
illness? one parent? both bipolar? one bipolar? -
answer almost 40%, 7%, almost 25% and almost
5% respectively.
, How would you treat someone who is psychotropic
naive? - answer use lower doses due to no
tolerance and no down regulation.
When asking a patient about medical history
during a psychiatric interview, what diseases
should we pay particular attention to? Why? -
answer Autoimmune conditions (possible use of
steroids), metabolic syndrome like heart disease,
hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. These can be made
worse in the presence of psychiatric illness or vice
versa.
Describe normal patterns of sleep - answer Begin
in Non-Rem (Stage 1), move into deeper non-rem
or slow wave sleep (Stages 2-4), 1st stage of Rem
sleep 80-100 minutes later and repeats with each
REM stage lasting longer.
What kind of sleep declines markedly with organic
brain dysfunction and is sensitive to temperature
extremes? - answer REM
Describe REM Sleep - answer Great EEG activation,
muscle atonia, rapid eye movements, muscle
twitches, and breathing irregularities.
exam(94
question and
answers)
Under HIPPA, what is the insurance policy that
allows you to hold the company's insurance for 18
months after leaving job? - answer COBRA
T/F a patient has a right to make changes to their
chart as well as see it - answer True
Summarize general goals for healthy people 2020 -
answer Increase the quality and years of life while
eliminating health disparities
What are the 5 conditions NPs are required to
report? - answer STDs like Gonorhea, Chlamydia,
and Syphillis, as well as TB and HIV (as well as
animal bites)
,Nurse practitioners are legally required to report
what kind of abuse, and what kind is allowed to be
left alone? - answer Child and elder abuse, but
domestic violence is not required to be legally
reported
What percentage of mental illnesses appear by the
age of 18? - answer 75%
Genetic inheritance that will be present in more
than one generation? - answer Autosomal
dominant (rare) like huntington's disease
What is the difference between a normal grief
response and a protracted grief response? -
answer protractive grief response is a risk for
pathology characterized by a loss of self esteem
which does not happen with normal grief
What is the rate of schizophrenia admissions to the
hospital when both parents are infected by the
illness? one parent? both bipolar? one bipolar? -
answer almost 40%, 7%, almost 25% and almost
5% respectively.
, How would you treat someone who is psychotropic
naive? - answer use lower doses due to no
tolerance and no down regulation.
When asking a patient about medical history
during a psychiatric interview, what diseases
should we pay particular attention to? Why? -
answer Autoimmune conditions (possible use of
steroids), metabolic syndrome like heart disease,
hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. These can be made
worse in the presence of psychiatric illness or vice
versa.
Describe normal patterns of sleep - answer Begin
in Non-Rem (Stage 1), move into deeper non-rem
or slow wave sleep (Stages 2-4), 1st stage of Rem
sleep 80-100 minutes later and repeats with each
REM stage lasting longer.
What kind of sleep declines markedly with organic
brain dysfunction and is sensitive to temperature
extremes? - answer REM
Describe REM Sleep - answer Great EEG activation,
muscle atonia, rapid eye movements, muscle
twitches, and breathing irregularities.
