NUR 233 Quiz 2 – Hondros Study Guide, Notes & Practice Questions
(2026 Updated)
Aphasia - correct answer ✔✔Loss of language
Apraxia - correct answer ✔✔loss of purposeful movement
Agnosia - correct answer ✔✔loss of sensory ability to recognize objects
Risk factors for Alzheimer's - correct answer ✔✔advanced age, female gender, prior head
trauma, cardiovascular disease, genetics.
Agraphia - correct answer ✔✔Diminishing ability to read or write
Preseveration - correct answer ✔✔Repetition of phrases or gestures long after stimuli is gone.
Hyperorality - correct answer ✔✔the need to taste, chew, and put everything in one's mouth
Confabulation - correct answer ✔✔the act of filling in memory gaps
Sundowning - correct answer ✔✔becoming restless and agitated in the late afternoon, evening,
or night
Mental Status exam - correct answer ✔✔appearance and behavior, thought processes, mood
and affect. (OBJECTIVE)
Psychosocial exam - correct answer ✔✔Subjective
, psychosis - correct answer ✔✔Altered cognition, altered perception, impaired ability to
determine what is or is not real.
Delusional disorder - correct answer ✔✔False thoughts or beliefs that have
lasted 1 month or longer
Schizoaffective Disorder - correct answer ✔✔Major depressive, manic, or mixed
episode, concurrent with symptoms
that meet the criteria for
schizophrenia. (ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION)
Phases of Schizophrenia - correct answer ✔✔Prodromal; acute; stabilization; and maintenance
or residual
Prodromal - correct answer ✔✔Not taking medications, not eating, not sleeping, not taking care
of themselves.
Acute - correct answer ✔✔Exacerbation of symptoms, psychotic delusional
Stabilization - correct answer ✔✔symptoms diminishing, movement toward previous level of
functioning
Maintenance or residual - correct answer ✔✔new baseline is established
Positive Symptoms - correct answer ✔✔Schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral
excesses or peculiarities, such as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild flights of
ideas. (ADDED BEHAVIORS)
(2026 Updated)
Aphasia - correct answer ✔✔Loss of language
Apraxia - correct answer ✔✔loss of purposeful movement
Agnosia - correct answer ✔✔loss of sensory ability to recognize objects
Risk factors for Alzheimer's - correct answer ✔✔advanced age, female gender, prior head
trauma, cardiovascular disease, genetics.
Agraphia - correct answer ✔✔Diminishing ability to read or write
Preseveration - correct answer ✔✔Repetition of phrases or gestures long after stimuli is gone.
Hyperorality - correct answer ✔✔the need to taste, chew, and put everything in one's mouth
Confabulation - correct answer ✔✔the act of filling in memory gaps
Sundowning - correct answer ✔✔becoming restless and agitated in the late afternoon, evening,
or night
Mental Status exam - correct answer ✔✔appearance and behavior, thought processes, mood
and affect. (OBJECTIVE)
Psychosocial exam - correct answer ✔✔Subjective
, psychosis - correct answer ✔✔Altered cognition, altered perception, impaired ability to
determine what is or is not real.
Delusional disorder - correct answer ✔✔False thoughts or beliefs that have
lasted 1 month or longer
Schizoaffective Disorder - correct answer ✔✔Major depressive, manic, or mixed
episode, concurrent with symptoms
that meet the criteria for
schizophrenia. (ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION)
Phases of Schizophrenia - correct answer ✔✔Prodromal; acute; stabilization; and maintenance
or residual
Prodromal - correct answer ✔✔Not taking medications, not eating, not sleeping, not taking care
of themselves.
Acute - correct answer ✔✔Exacerbation of symptoms, psychotic delusional
Stabilization - correct answer ✔✔symptoms diminishing, movement toward previous level of
functioning
Maintenance or residual - correct answer ✔✔new baseline is established
Positive Symptoms - correct answer ✔✔Schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral
excesses or peculiarities, such as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild flights of
ideas. (ADDED BEHAVIORS)
