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EXAM 3: NUR256/ NUR 256 CONCEPTS OF
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EXAM REVIEW|
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS| 100%
CORRECT| GRADE A - GALEN
QUESTION: What characterizes autism?
Answer: Autism lack of social interest with others
QUESTION: What is a side effect of ADHD medication?
Answer: ADHD side effect no appetite
QUESTION: What are side effects of ADD medication?
Answer: ADD medication irritability/tachycardia
QUESTION: What is difficulty with algebra indicative of?
Answer: Difficulty with algebra Dyscalculia
QUESTION: What are protective factors in mental health?
Answer: Protective factors strong connect to individuals
QUESTION: What characterizes conduct disorder?
Answer: Conduct disorder violates rights of others
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QUESTION: What characterizes oppositional defiant disorder?
Answer: Oppositional defiant disorder angry irritable mood
QUESTION: What characterizes antisocial personality disorder?
Answer: Antisocial personality lack of remorse/impulsive
QUESTION: What should the nurse ask a patient who has a
lump in their breast, is divorcing, and whose family has moved away, and has been thinking about death recently?
Answer: Patient has lump in breast, divorces, and family has
moved away, you have been thinking about death recently Have you tried this before
QUESTION: How should a nurse approach a patient with
schizotypal personality disorder?
Answer: Schizotypal you should allow them alone time
QUESTION: What characterizes schizoid personalities?
Answer: Schizoid personalities Eccentric
QUESTION: What are key features of borderline personality
disorder?
Answer: Borderline personality box splitting, feeling emptiness
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QUESTION: What precaution should a nurse take with a patient
with borderline personality disorder?
Answer: Borderline remove pen in the room
QUESTION: What characterizes avoidant personality disorder?
Answer: Avoidant personality disorder socially isolate
QUESTION: What disorder is characterized by being suspicious
of others and hypervigilant?
Answer: Suspicious of others, hypervigilant paranoid disorder
QUESTION: What characterizes obsessive-compulsive
personality disorder (OCPD)?
Answer: OCPD Don't understand their rituals are ridiculous,
focuses on perfection and on work rather than relationships
QUESTION: What is a key feature of borderline disorder?
Answer: Borderline disorder emotional liability
QUESTION: What should the nurse ask a patient who was
raped and won’t talk to a friend about it?
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Answer: Patient got raped and wont talk to friend about it Nurse
should ask, "Would you like to talk about it?"
QUESTION: What should the nurse do for a patient who is
vomiting and has abdominal pain?
Answer: Patient vomiting and has abdominal pain Assess VS
and abdomen
QUESTION: What might a guy who witnessed gang-related
activity experience?
Answer: Guy witnessed gang-related activity involuntary
memory, may come back
QUESTION: Which options should be selected first in a “select
all that apply” QUESTION?
Answer: First select all 3, 4, 5
QUESTION: Which options should be selected in an OCD-
related “select all that apply” QUESTION?
Answer: OCD box 1, 3, 5
QUESTION: What condition is indicated when a patient was
raped in the park and can’t remember anything?