NUR 3015 PSYCH SCHIZOPHRENIA
SPECTRUM DISORDERS EXAM 2
CORRECT ANSWERS
How do medications affect positive symptoms? - ANSWER-More florid symptoms &
respond to meds
What are hallucinations? What are the different types of hallucinations? - ANSWER-an
experience involving the apparent perception of something not present, resulting from
an internal stimulus not a external stimulus.
Auditory
Visual
Tactile
Olfactory
Gustatory
What are auditory hallucinations? - ANSWER-Hearing voices that do not exist. Voices
are projections of own inner thoughts.
What are visual hallucinations? - ANSWER-Seeing a person or object that does not
exist in the environment
What are tactile hallucinations? - ANSWER-Feeling strange sensations when no
external stimulus exists
What are olfactory hallucinations? - ANSWER-Smelling odors not actually present in
the environment
What are gustatory hallucinations? - ANSWER-Tasting sensations that have no
stimulus
What are delusions? - ANSWER-Firm, fixed beliefs not commonly held by the public or
the persons culture. Crazy ideas.
The 3rd eye girl I went on a date with.
What are the types of delusions? - ANSWER-Ideas of reference, persecution, grandeur,
somatic, jealousy
What are ideas of reference? - ANSWER-Misconstruing trivial events/remarks and
giving them personal significance.
Thinking people are talking about you.
What is the persecution delusion? - ANSWER-Believing one is being singled out for
harm by others
, Someone out to get you
What are ideas of grandeur? - ANSWER-ving one is a powerful, important personage
Light Yagami
What are somatic delusions? - ANSWER-False belief that the body is changing
What are jealously delusions? - ANSWER-False belief that one's significant other is
unfaithful
What are negative symptoms? - ANSWER-Qualities that occur in the average person
that does not occur in patient.
What are some negative symptoms of schizophrenia? - ANSWER-Affective blunting
(flat, inappropriate or bizarre)
Anergia - lack of energy
Anhedonia - lack of pleasure
Avolition - lack of initiative
Alogia - lack of speech
How do drugs affect negative symptoms of schizophrenia? - ANSWER-Can be more
debilitating & hard to treat with meds
What is Anergia? - ANSWER-Lack of energy
What is Anhedonia? - ANSWER-Lack of pleasure
What is Avolition? - ANSWER-Apathy
What is Alogia? - ANSWER-(poverty of ideas/content of speech, thought blocking)
What is though blocking? - ANSWER-Long periods of silence. Taking a long time to
reply to questions
What is one of the major disabilities in patients with schizophrenia? - ANSWER-
Cognitive symptoms, affects 40-60% of people with disorder.
What are some cognitive symptoms associated with schizophrenia? - ANSWER-
Inattention, impaired memory, poor problem-solving, poor decision-making, illogical
thinking, impaired judgement.
What are some nursing diagoses associated with schizophrenia? - ANSWER-Altered
Thought Processes
Disturbed Sensory Perception
Risk for Harm to Self & Others
Impaired Verbal Communication
Social Isolation
Impaired Social Interaction
SPECTRUM DISORDERS EXAM 2
CORRECT ANSWERS
How do medications affect positive symptoms? - ANSWER-More florid symptoms &
respond to meds
What are hallucinations? What are the different types of hallucinations? - ANSWER-an
experience involving the apparent perception of something not present, resulting from
an internal stimulus not a external stimulus.
Auditory
Visual
Tactile
Olfactory
Gustatory
What are auditory hallucinations? - ANSWER-Hearing voices that do not exist. Voices
are projections of own inner thoughts.
What are visual hallucinations? - ANSWER-Seeing a person or object that does not
exist in the environment
What are tactile hallucinations? - ANSWER-Feeling strange sensations when no
external stimulus exists
What are olfactory hallucinations? - ANSWER-Smelling odors not actually present in
the environment
What are gustatory hallucinations? - ANSWER-Tasting sensations that have no
stimulus
What are delusions? - ANSWER-Firm, fixed beliefs not commonly held by the public or
the persons culture. Crazy ideas.
The 3rd eye girl I went on a date with.
What are the types of delusions? - ANSWER-Ideas of reference, persecution, grandeur,
somatic, jealousy
What are ideas of reference? - ANSWER-Misconstruing trivial events/remarks and
giving them personal significance.
Thinking people are talking about you.
What is the persecution delusion? - ANSWER-Believing one is being singled out for
harm by others
, Someone out to get you
What are ideas of grandeur? - ANSWER-ving one is a powerful, important personage
Light Yagami
What are somatic delusions? - ANSWER-False belief that the body is changing
What are jealously delusions? - ANSWER-False belief that one's significant other is
unfaithful
What are negative symptoms? - ANSWER-Qualities that occur in the average person
that does not occur in patient.
What are some negative symptoms of schizophrenia? - ANSWER-Affective blunting
(flat, inappropriate or bizarre)
Anergia - lack of energy
Anhedonia - lack of pleasure
Avolition - lack of initiative
Alogia - lack of speech
How do drugs affect negative symptoms of schizophrenia? - ANSWER-Can be more
debilitating & hard to treat with meds
What is Anergia? - ANSWER-Lack of energy
What is Anhedonia? - ANSWER-Lack of pleasure
What is Avolition? - ANSWER-Apathy
What is Alogia? - ANSWER-(poverty of ideas/content of speech, thought blocking)
What is though blocking? - ANSWER-Long periods of silence. Taking a long time to
reply to questions
What is one of the major disabilities in patients with schizophrenia? - ANSWER-
Cognitive symptoms, affects 40-60% of people with disorder.
What are some cognitive symptoms associated with schizophrenia? - ANSWER-
Inattention, impaired memory, poor problem-solving, poor decision-making, illogical
thinking, impaired judgement.
What are some nursing diagoses associated with schizophrenia? - ANSWER-Altered
Thought Processes
Disturbed Sensory Perception
Risk for Harm to Self & Others
Impaired Verbal Communication
Social Isolation
Impaired Social Interaction
