ATI Course Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

MENTAL HEALTH ATI Correct Answer - MUST KNOWS! DEFENSE MECH OF DISPLACEMENT USED BY BULIMIA PT HOW? Correct Answer - Pt criticizes the RN at each med administration time (Because its a shift of her feelings related towards meds) DEFENSE MECH USED BY PPL WHO ARE DELUSIONAL Correct Answer - Projection AGORAPHOBIA USES WHICH DEF MECH? Correct Answer - Displacement OCD USING WHICH DEF MECH? Correct Answer - Undoing PT WHO SAW VIOLENCE CRIME IS ASKED TO ID MUG SHOTS BUT SAYS SHE HAS H...

a nurse working on an acute mental health unit is caring for a client who has PTSD. which of the following findings should the nurse expect? SATA a. difficulty concentrating on tasks b. obsessive need to talk about traumatic events c. negative self-image d. recurring nightmares e. diminished reflexes Correct Answer - a. difficulty concentrating on tasks c. negative self-image d. recurring nightmares a nurse is involved in a serious and prolonged mass causality incident in the emergen...

the client is responsive and able to fully respond by opening her eyes and attending to a normal tone of voice and speech. she answers questions spontaneously and appropriately Correct Answer - alert the client is able to open her eyes and respond but is drowsy and falls asleep readily Correct Answer - lethargy the client requires vigorous or painful stimuli, such as pinching a tendon or rubbing the sternum, to elicit a brief response. she may not be able to respond verbally Correct Answer...

What are cognitive symptoms of psychotic disorders Correct Answer - -disordered thinking -inability to make decisions -poor problem solving ability -difficult concentrating to perform tasks -Memory deficits Misconstrues trivial events and attaches personal significance to them, such as believing that others, who are discussing the next meal, are talking about them Correct Answer - ideas of reference Feels singled out for harm by others (being hunted down by FBI) Correct Answer - Persec...

What are positive symptoms? Correct Answer - related to behavior, thought, perception, and speech: agitation, bizarre behaviors, delusions, hallucinations, flight of ideas, loose association What are negative symptoms? Correct Answer - social withdrawal, lack of emotion, lack of energy, flattened affect, decreased motivation, decreased pleasure in activities What are first-generation antipsychotics generally used for? Correct Answer - to control positive symptoms What are the classifica...

Alogia Correct Answer - a a lack of any real meaning or substance in what the client says Anhedonia Correct Answer - having no pleasure or joy in life; losing any sense of pleasure from activities formerly enjoyed blunted affect Correct Answer - showing little or a slow-to-respond facial expression; few observable facial expressions Catatonia Correct Answer - psychomotor disturbance, either motionless or excessive motor Command hallucinations Correct Answer - disturbed auditory senso...

alert Correct Answer - patient is responsive, opens eyes spontaneously, and answers questions appropriately lethargic Correct Answer - patient can open eyes and respond to questions but falls asleep easily obtunded Correct Answer - patient responds to light shaking, but is confused and slow to respond stuporous Correct Answer - patient barely responds to painful stimuli rubbing sternum comatose Correct Answer - patient unresponsive abnormal posturing may be present decorticate...

therapeutic communication (don'ts, easier to remember) Correct Answer - Ask why Ask an excessive amount of question Give advice Give false reassurance Change the conversation topic Give approval or disapproval Use close-ended questions/statements Talk about yourself or your own experiences nonverbal Correct Answer - body language facial expressions eye contact posture vocal cues (yawning, tone of voice, pitch of voice) therapeutic Correct Answer - validation of feelings use of...

normal anxiety Correct Answer - response to stress that is essential for survival Seperation anxiety Correct Answer - The client experiences excessive fear or anxiety when separated from an individual who the client is emotionally attached -like kids going to school monophobia Correct Answer - fear of being alone zoophobia Correct Answer - fear of animals acrophobia Correct Answer - fear of heights phobia Correct Answer - excessive fear or anxiety agoraphobia Correct Answer - ...