NR 607 Wk 8 Comprehensive Exam study Guide | 2025 New Update with complete solutions.
Week Topics
1 Developing a therapeutic relationship with patient
Boland, R., & Verduin, Psychiatric Emergency management
M. L. (2022). Kaplan and • Suicide
Sadock's synopsis of • Use of restraints
psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Inpatient treatment
• Ch. 25: Consultation-Liaison
• Primary goal
Psychiatry
• Admission criteria (select who should be admitted)
• Ch. 26: Level of Care • Voluntary vs. involuntary
• Psychiatric hold criteria (select who should be
• Ch. 27: Ethics and admitted for hold )
Professionalism • Use of seclusion
• Ch. 28: High-Risk Clinical
Situations-hospitalization Ethical considerations
• Safety for others in specific settings
• Informed consent (acceptance, exemptions, refusal
of treatment guidelines)
• Decision making capacity guidelines
• Civil Commitment
• Use of restraints- selection criteria
2 risk assessment – physical, environmental
psychiatric emergency identification
Boland, R., & Verduin, aggressive behavior
M. L. (2022). Kaplan and • Early signs
Sadock's synopsis of • Interventions
psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. AEIO risk assessment categories- be able to select
appropriately in a case scenario
De-escalation techniques – see week 2 at end of document
• Ch. 28: High-Risk Clinical
Situations-hospitalization Psychiatric Emergency management
• Select appropriate next steps
• Suicidal ideation management
• Self harm management
• Lithium toxicity
Clozapine Initiation and what to monitor
Serotonin Syndrome and neuroleptic malignant syndrome:
differentiation
• Physical signs
• Medication management
• See week 2 attached at the back of document
3 Chapter 5 Schizophrenia Schizophrenia
, • Support social programs
• Medication adverse effect identification
(presentations)
• Medication AE management (muscular AE related to
antipsychotic use)
o Parkinsonism, tardive dyskinesia
o Metabolic concerns related to medications-
includes management.
• Treatment failure
• LAI- risks and benefits, initiation techniques
• Switching antipsychotics
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD)
• Star *D criteria and recommendations
• Identification, treatment, supplements
• Nonpharmacological treatments (TMS,ECT, deep
brain stimulation )
Dementia- identification, comorbidities and treatment
(includes symptom management)
4 No content-
5 Social Determinates of Health
6
Disorders- identification and treatment & what are the
Boland, R., & Verduin, differences
M. L. (2022). Kaplan and • Somatic
Sadock's synopsis of • Illness anxiety
psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. • Conversion
• Factitious
• Chapter 11: Dissociative
Disorders Dissociative Disorders Chapter 11
• Chapter 12: Somatic Symptom • What is dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue,
and Related Disorders types of amnesia Table 11-1 , Treatment for
Wheeler, (2022) dissociative amnesia
Somatic & Illness Anxiety Disorder Chapter 12
• Chapter 17: Stabilization for • What is somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety
Trauma and Dissociation disorder, and conversion disorder, factitious
disorder
Chapter 17 (Wheeler) Stabilization for Trauma and
Dissociation
• What is the resilience zone
• What are the goals of treatment for trauma
• What are outcome scales for dissociation?
7 Polyvagal theory
Stahl (2021) Chapter 8 Anxiety, • involved neural pathways.
trauma and treatment Violence
• protective factors
• risk factors
Week Topics
1 Developing a therapeutic relationship with patient
Boland, R., & Verduin, Psychiatric Emergency management
M. L. (2022). Kaplan and • Suicide
Sadock's synopsis of • Use of restraints
psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Inpatient treatment
• Ch. 25: Consultation-Liaison
• Primary goal
Psychiatry
• Admission criteria (select who should be admitted)
• Ch. 26: Level of Care • Voluntary vs. involuntary
• Psychiatric hold criteria (select who should be
• Ch. 27: Ethics and admitted for hold )
Professionalism • Use of seclusion
• Ch. 28: High-Risk Clinical
Situations-hospitalization Ethical considerations
• Safety for others in specific settings
• Informed consent (acceptance, exemptions, refusal
of treatment guidelines)
• Decision making capacity guidelines
• Civil Commitment
• Use of restraints- selection criteria
2 risk assessment – physical, environmental
psychiatric emergency identification
Boland, R., & Verduin, aggressive behavior
M. L. (2022). Kaplan and • Early signs
Sadock's synopsis of • Interventions
psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. AEIO risk assessment categories- be able to select
appropriately in a case scenario
De-escalation techniques – see week 2 at end of document
• Ch. 28: High-Risk Clinical
Situations-hospitalization Psychiatric Emergency management
• Select appropriate next steps
• Suicidal ideation management
• Self harm management
• Lithium toxicity
Clozapine Initiation and what to monitor
Serotonin Syndrome and neuroleptic malignant syndrome:
differentiation
• Physical signs
• Medication management
• See week 2 attached at the back of document
3 Chapter 5 Schizophrenia Schizophrenia
, • Support social programs
• Medication adverse effect identification
(presentations)
• Medication AE management (muscular AE related to
antipsychotic use)
o Parkinsonism, tardive dyskinesia
o Metabolic concerns related to medications-
includes management.
• Treatment failure
• LAI- risks and benefits, initiation techniques
• Switching antipsychotics
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD)
• Star *D criteria and recommendations
• Identification, treatment, supplements
• Nonpharmacological treatments (TMS,ECT, deep
brain stimulation )
Dementia- identification, comorbidities and treatment
(includes symptom management)
4 No content-
5 Social Determinates of Health
6
Disorders- identification and treatment & what are the
Boland, R., & Verduin, differences
M. L. (2022). Kaplan and • Somatic
Sadock's synopsis of • Illness anxiety
psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. • Conversion
• Factitious
• Chapter 11: Dissociative
Disorders Dissociative Disorders Chapter 11
• Chapter 12: Somatic Symptom • What is dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue,
and Related Disorders types of amnesia Table 11-1 , Treatment for
Wheeler, (2022) dissociative amnesia
Somatic & Illness Anxiety Disorder Chapter 12
• Chapter 17: Stabilization for • What is somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety
Trauma and Dissociation disorder, and conversion disorder, factitious
disorder
Chapter 17 (Wheeler) Stabilization for Trauma and
Dissociation
• What is the resilience zone
• What are the goals of treatment for trauma
• What are outcome scales for dissociation?
7 Polyvagal theory
Stahl (2021) Chapter 8 Anxiety, • involved neural pathways.
trauma and treatment Violence
• protective factors
• risk factors
