NR326 Final & CMS Review (Finished) questions
with verified answers
Adventitious Crisis Ans✓✓✓ Natural disasters or crimes
Ex. Hurricane, rape
Antisocial Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster B
Violates social norms, history of physical altercations and animal cruelty, reckless,
aggressive, lies and manipulates others
Autonomy Ans✓✓✓ Self-government and ability to make decisions for one's self
Aversion Therapy Ans✓✓✓ Used to alcohol use disorder
- Unpleasant stimuli with maladaptive behaviors
Ex. Disulfiram (Antabuse)
Avoidant Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster C
Low self-esteem, avoids social relationships, fear of rejection
Benficence Ans✓✓✓ To promote good
Bipolar 1 Disorder Ans✓✓✓ At least 1 episode of mania, altered with major
depression
Bipolar 2 Disorder Ans✓✓✓ 1 or more hypomania episodes, altered with major
depression
,Borderline Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster B
Intense mood swings, views things in extremes, splitting (all good or all bad), high
risk of suicide or self-harm, unstable relationships, impulsive, disturbed self-image
Bulimia Nervosa Signs Ans✓✓✓ - TOOTH EROSION
- Russell's Sign (coloring on knuckles)
- Normal body weight
- Metabolic acidosis
- Hypokalemia
- Enlarged parotid gland
Confidentiality Ans✓✓✓ Respecting privacy of the patient
Conversion Disorder Ans✓✓✓ A rare somatoform disorder in which a person
experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological
basis can be found
Countertransference Ans✓✓✓ When the nurse displaces feelings related to
people in one's past onto the patient (mostly unconscious)
Cyclothymic Disorder Ans✓✓✓ 2 years of repeated hypomanic episodes, altered
with minor depression
Dependent Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster C
,Relies on others for decision making, physical needs, and self-worth, wants to
please others
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Ans✓✓✓ Uses guided imagery and meditation for
pain, tension, and anxiety
Extrapyramidal Effects (EPS) Ans✓✓✓ 1. Pseudoparkinsonism
2. Acute Dystonia - facial
3. Akasthia - body movement
4. Tardive Dyskinesia - facial/body movement
Factitious Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Condition in which a person acts as if he or she has
a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick
Fidelity Ans✓✓✓ Faithfulness and loyalty
Histrionic Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster B
CENTER OF ATTENTION, seductive, provocative, exaggerated emotions
How long and how many symptoms should a patient have for it to be Major
Depressive Disorder? Ans✓✓✓ 5 symptoms for at LEAST 2 weeks
How long for acute MDD? Ans✓✓✓ 6-12 weeks
How long for continuous MDD? Ans✓✓✓ 4-9 months
, How long for maintenance MDD? Ans✓✓✓ Over a year
How long should the patient be NPO prior to ECT treatment? Ans✓✓✓ 6-8 hours
How often is inpatient for mental health settings and which severity? Ans✓✓✓
For severe
- 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day
How often is intensive outpatient for mental health settings and which severity?
Ans✓✓✓ For moderate
- 2-4 days a week, 3 hrs a day
How often is partial hospitalization for mental health settings and which severity?
Ans✓✓✓ For moderate
- 5-7 days a week, 5 hrs a day
How often is routine outpatient for mental health settings and which severity?
Ans✓✓✓ For mild
- 2x a month
How often should restraint/seclusion orders be renewed for a patient 18 or older?
Ans✓✓✓ Every 4 hours
How often should restraint/seclusion orders be renewed for a patient age 9-17?
Ans✓✓✓ Every 2 hours
with verified answers
Adventitious Crisis Ans✓✓✓ Natural disasters or crimes
Ex. Hurricane, rape
Antisocial Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster B
Violates social norms, history of physical altercations and animal cruelty, reckless,
aggressive, lies and manipulates others
Autonomy Ans✓✓✓ Self-government and ability to make decisions for one's self
Aversion Therapy Ans✓✓✓ Used to alcohol use disorder
- Unpleasant stimuli with maladaptive behaviors
Ex. Disulfiram (Antabuse)
Avoidant Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster C
Low self-esteem, avoids social relationships, fear of rejection
Benficence Ans✓✓✓ To promote good
Bipolar 1 Disorder Ans✓✓✓ At least 1 episode of mania, altered with major
depression
Bipolar 2 Disorder Ans✓✓✓ 1 or more hypomania episodes, altered with major
depression
,Borderline Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster B
Intense mood swings, views things in extremes, splitting (all good or all bad), high
risk of suicide or self-harm, unstable relationships, impulsive, disturbed self-image
Bulimia Nervosa Signs Ans✓✓✓ - TOOTH EROSION
- Russell's Sign (coloring on knuckles)
- Normal body weight
- Metabolic acidosis
- Hypokalemia
- Enlarged parotid gland
Confidentiality Ans✓✓✓ Respecting privacy of the patient
Conversion Disorder Ans✓✓✓ A rare somatoform disorder in which a person
experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological
basis can be found
Countertransference Ans✓✓✓ When the nurse displaces feelings related to
people in one's past onto the patient (mostly unconscious)
Cyclothymic Disorder Ans✓✓✓ 2 years of repeated hypomanic episodes, altered
with minor depression
Dependent Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster C
,Relies on others for decision making, physical needs, and self-worth, wants to
please others
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Ans✓✓✓ Uses guided imagery and meditation for
pain, tension, and anxiety
Extrapyramidal Effects (EPS) Ans✓✓✓ 1. Pseudoparkinsonism
2. Acute Dystonia - facial
3. Akasthia - body movement
4. Tardive Dyskinesia - facial/body movement
Factitious Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Condition in which a person acts as if he or she has
a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick
Fidelity Ans✓✓✓ Faithfulness and loyalty
Histrionic Personality Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Cluster B
CENTER OF ATTENTION, seductive, provocative, exaggerated emotions
How long and how many symptoms should a patient have for it to be Major
Depressive Disorder? Ans✓✓✓ 5 symptoms for at LEAST 2 weeks
How long for acute MDD? Ans✓✓✓ 6-12 weeks
How long for continuous MDD? Ans✓✓✓ 4-9 months
, How long for maintenance MDD? Ans✓✓✓ Over a year
How long should the patient be NPO prior to ECT treatment? Ans✓✓✓ 6-8 hours
How often is inpatient for mental health settings and which severity? Ans✓✓✓
For severe
- 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day
How often is intensive outpatient for mental health settings and which severity?
Ans✓✓✓ For moderate
- 2-4 days a week, 3 hrs a day
How often is partial hospitalization for mental health settings and which severity?
Ans✓✓✓ For moderate
- 5-7 days a week, 5 hrs a day
How often is routine outpatient for mental health settings and which severity?
Ans✓✓✓ For mild
- 2x a month
How often should restraint/seclusion orders be renewed for a patient 18 or older?
Ans✓✓✓ Every 4 hours
How often should restraint/seclusion orders be renewed for a patient age 9-17?
Ans✓✓✓ Every 2 hours
