NURS 451 TERMS TO KNOW STUDY
GUIDE 100% VERIFIED.
Flight of ideas - ANS moving rapidly from one thought to the next
Avolition - ANS lack of motivation
disheveled - ANS untidy; disordered
Hallucinations - ANS occur when a person perceives a sensory experience with out an
external stimulus
meticulous - ANS showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
dysthymic - ANS persistent mild depression
Euthymic - ANS normal, tranquil mental state or mood
Automatic obedience - ANS when an individual obeys all orders, commands, and instructions
from another person without question or concern.
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, blunted - ANS reduced or minimal emotional response
Echolalia - ANS pathological repeating of another's words
Rituals - ANS doing activities in the same way each time
Delusions - ANS are false beliefs held despite lack of evidence to support them
unkempt - ANS not tidy or neat
flat - ANS immobile or blank facial expression
elated - ANS ecstatic or happy
Encoparesis - ANS incontinence of stool
enuresis - ANS urinary incontinence, loss of bladder control
Elopment - ANS leaving before being discharged
Anergia - ANS abnormal lack of energy
affect - ANS the external expression or an internal emotional state
paranoia - ANS an irrational fear ranging from mild to profound (someone trying to kill you)
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
GUIDE 100% VERIFIED.
Flight of ideas - ANS moving rapidly from one thought to the next
Avolition - ANS lack of motivation
disheveled - ANS untidy; disordered
Hallucinations - ANS occur when a person perceives a sensory experience with out an
external stimulus
meticulous - ANS showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
dysthymic - ANS persistent mild depression
Euthymic - ANS normal, tranquil mental state or mood
Automatic obedience - ANS when an individual obeys all orders, commands, and instructions
from another person without question or concern.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
, blunted - ANS reduced or minimal emotional response
Echolalia - ANS pathological repeating of another's words
Rituals - ANS doing activities in the same way each time
Delusions - ANS are false beliefs held despite lack of evidence to support them
unkempt - ANS not tidy or neat
flat - ANS immobile or blank facial expression
elated - ANS ecstatic or happy
Encoparesis - ANS incontinence of stool
enuresis - ANS urinary incontinence, loss of bladder control
Elopment - ANS leaving before being discharged
Anergia - ANS abnormal lack of energy
affect - ANS the external expression or an internal emotional state
paranoia - ANS an irrational fear ranging from mild to profound (someone trying to kill you)
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
