Nurs 172 Exam 2 Questions With
Complete Solutions
"Get by for anyone just to answer fortune cookies" Correct
Answers word salad
"I can read your mind you know" Correct Answers magical
thinking
"if the FBI finds me here, I'll never get out alive" Correct
Answers persecutory delusion
"Im going to the circus. Jesus is God. The police are playing for
keeps" Correct Answers associative looseness
"test, test, this is a test. I do not jest; we get no rest" Correct
Answers clang association
"they are laughing at me. I know they are" Correct Answers
delusion of reference
"we cant close the drapes, for if we do, the sun won't shine"
Correct Answers magical thinking
"when I get out of the hospital, I'm going to buy me a sprongle"
Correct Answers neologism
"when I speck, presidents and kings listen" Correct Answers
delusions of grandeur
,a pt with cholelithiasis is being prepared for surgery. Which pt
assessment represents a contraindication for a cholecystectomy?
Correct Answers activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
of 54 seconds
accepts a job he does not want to do, then does a poor job and
delays past the deadline. is negative and hostile toward others
Correct Answers personality disorder trait specified
AD stages Correct Answers 1. no apparent symptoms
2. forgetfulness
3. mild cognitive decline
4. mild-to-moderate cognitive decline
5. moderate cognitive decline
6. moderate-to-severe cognitive decline
7. severe cognitive decline
ADHD Correct Answers developmentally inappropriate
degrees of inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity
assessment: highly distractable, limited attention span,
impulsive, difficulty forming satisfactory interpersonal
relationships, disruptive in group settings, excessive levels of
activity, restlessness, and fidgeting, accident prone, low
frustration tolerance
ADHD therapy Correct Answers -atomoxatine (Strattera): non
addictive, may cause suicidal thought, weight loss, tachycardia,
-CNS stimulant: BMR increases, "resets computer"
- centrally acting alpha-agonist: clonidine, guanfacine
, alcohol intoxication Correct Answers blood alcohol levels
between 100 and 200 mg/dl
alcohol use disorder phases Correct Answers phase 1:
prealcoholic phase: characterized by use of alcohol to relieve
everyday stress and tensions of life
phase 2: Early alcoholic phase: begins with blackouts-brief
periods of amnesia that occur during or immediately following a
period of drinking; alcohol is now required by the person
phase 3: the crucial phase: person has lost control; physiological
dependence is clearly evident
phase 4: the chronic phase: characterized by emotional &
physical disintegration. The person is usually intoxicated more
often than sober
alcohol withdrawal Correct Answers occurs 4-12 hrs. of
cessation of or reduction in heavy and prolonged alcohol use
alcoholic cardiomyopathy Correct Answers effect of alcohol on
the heart is an accumulation of lipids in the myocardial cells,
resulting in enlargement and weakened condition
alcoholic hepatitis Correct Answers casued by long term heavy
alcohol use
symptoms: enlarged, tender, nausea, vomiting, lethargy,
anorexia, elevated WBC count, fever, and jaundice. also ascites
and weight loss in severe cases
alcoholic myopathy Correct Answers thought to result from
same B vitamin deficiency that contributes to peripheral
neuropathy
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