NRNP 6665 Final Exam Test
Questions and Complete Detailed
Answers
Confusion Assessment Method instrument (CAMI) is a standardized assessment tool for which of the
following disorders? - Answer: Delirium
which of the following is a common sensory deficit of conversion disorder? check all that apply. -
Answer: Blindness and Deafness
Delirium is an example of which type of clinical problem in psychosomatic medicine. - Answer:
Psychiatric symptoms secondary to a medical condition
All of the following medications are used in the treatment of parkinsons disease dementia/psychosis
except for: - Answer: memantine
Indicators of imitative dissociative identity disorder include which of the following symptoms? -
Answer: Confusion and Same related to symptoms
Which of the following can lower a person's resistance to control impulses? - Answer: All the above:
Fatigue, incessant stimulation, psychic trauma
Schizophrenia in a patient with end stage renal disease is an example of which type of clinical
problem in psychosomatic medicine. - Answer: Delirium
A patient expresses feelings of unreality or of being detached from their environment, describing the
perception of the outside world as unreal, dreamlike and visually distorted. The ARNP recognizes this
as which of the following? - Answer: Derealization
A patient presents with persistent feelings of detachment from oneself, like watching ones life in a
movie. the ARNP recognizes this as which of the following? - Answer: Depersonalization
An acute onset, short term confusion with changes in cognition and level of awareness due to a
physiological cause is knows as which of the following: - Answer: Delirium
, Which is the following is recommended in the treatment of pyromania? - Answer: Cognitive therapy
Which of the following biological factors have been associated with kleptomania? check all the apply
- Answer: Brain disease, Cortical atrophy and D-Enlarged lateral ventricles
A neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairment confined to a specific area of academic
achievement (IE: reading, writing, spelling) without deficits in intellectual and adaptive behaviors. -
Answer: Specific learning disability
Which of the following approaches/treatments are recommended in working with patients with a
conversion disorder? - Answer: Recommend psychotherapy to focus on issues of stress and coping.
Experiences of depersonalization and derealization are common in which of the following patients? -
Answer: Patient that uses marijuana
Under hypnosis or during psychotherapy, a patient may recover a memory of a painful experience
that is etiologically significant. This is known as which of the following? - Answer: Dissociative trance
disorder
Which of the following is recommended for the first line therapy for a patient with dementia and
behavioral disturbance? - Answer: None of the above
According to the DSM 5, delirium is specified as acute or persistent. Which of the following time
frames is consistent with acute delirium speciation? - Answer: A few hours or days
Which of the following is true about impulses? Check all that apply - Answer: b-Impulses are usually
ego-dystonic, c- impulsive behaviors are characterized by their repetitive nature, and d- the
repeated acting out of impulses leads to psychological impairment
MRI findings in patients with intermittent explosive disorder may reveal changes to which area of
the brain that is associated with loss of impulse control? - Answer: Prefrontal cortex
Patients with kleptomania have a high lifetime comorbidity of which of the following disorders? -
Answer: Mood disorders
Questions and Complete Detailed
Answers
Confusion Assessment Method instrument (CAMI) is a standardized assessment tool for which of the
following disorders? - Answer: Delirium
which of the following is a common sensory deficit of conversion disorder? check all that apply. -
Answer: Blindness and Deafness
Delirium is an example of which type of clinical problem in psychosomatic medicine. - Answer:
Psychiatric symptoms secondary to a medical condition
All of the following medications are used in the treatment of parkinsons disease dementia/psychosis
except for: - Answer: memantine
Indicators of imitative dissociative identity disorder include which of the following symptoms? -
Answer: Confusion and Same related to symptoms
Which of the following can lower a person's resistance to control impulses? - Answer: All the above:
Fatigue, incessant stimulation, psychic trauma
Schizophrenia in a patient with end stage renal disease is an example of which type of clinical
problem in psychosomatic medicine. - Answer: Delirium
A patient expresses feelings of unreality or of being detached from their environment, describing the
perception of the outside world as unreal, dreamlike and visually distorted. The ARNP recognizes this
as which of the following? - Answer: Derealization
A patient presents with persistent feelings of detachment from oneself, like watching ones life in a
movie. the ARNP recognizes this as which of the following? - Answer: Depersonalization
An acute onset, short term confusion with changes in cognition and level of awareness due to a
physiological cause is knows as which of the following: - Answer: Delirium
, Which is the following is recommended in the treatment of pyromania? - Answer: Cognitive therapy
Which of the following biological factors have been associated with kleptomania? check all the apply
- Answer: Brain disease, Cortical atrophy and D-Enlarged lateral ventricles
A neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairment confined to a specific area of academic
achievement (IE: reading, writing, spelling) without deficits in intellectual and adaptive behaviors. -
Answer: Specific learning disability
Which of the following approaches/treatments are recommended in working with patients with a
conversion disorder? - Answer: Recommend psychotherapy to focus on issues of stress and coping.
Experiences of depersonalization and derealization are common in which of the following patients? -
Answer: Patient that uses marijuana
Under hypnosis or during psychotherapy, a patient may recover a memory of a painful experience
that is etiologically significant. This is known as which of the following? - Answer: Dissociative trance
disorder
Which of the following is recommended for the first line therapy for a patient with dementia and
behavioral disturbance? - Answer: None of the above
According to the DSM 5, delirium is specified as acute or persistent. Which of the following time
frames is consistent with acute delirium speciation? - Answer: A few hours or days
Which of the following is true about impulses? Check all that apply - Answer: b-Impulses are usually
ego-dystonic, c- impulsive behaviors are characterized by their repetitive nature, and d- the
repeated acting out of impulses leads to psychological impairment
MRI findings in patients with intermittent explosive disorder may reveal changes to which area of
the brain that is associated with loss of impulse control? - Answer: Prefrontal cortex
Patients with kleptomania have a high lifetime comorbidity of which of the following disorders? -
Answer: Mood disorders
