NUR 208 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ GRADE 2025
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Mental health
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Mental Health
NUR 208 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ GRADE 2025 QUESTION
In Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa what electrolyte imbalances are we looking
for?
Answer:
Low K+ and low albumin
QUESTION
healthy teaching in bulimia focuses on what?
Answer:
meal planning, use of relaxat...
NUR 208 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ GRADE 2025
QUESTION
In Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa what electrolyte imbalances are we looking
for?
Answer:
Low K+ and low albumin
QUESTION
healthy teaching in bulimia focuses on what?
Answer:
meal planning, use of relaxation techniques, maintenance of a healthy diet and
exercise, coping skills, and teaching about the physical and emotional effects of
binging and purging, and the impact of cognitive distortions.
QUESTION
Describe the milieu of an eating-disorder unit is purposefully organized to what?
Answer:
help a client establish more adaptive behavioral patterns, including normalizing
eating. precise meal times, adherence to the selected menu, observation during
and after meals, ad regularly scheduled weighing.
QUESTION
What is the most important outcome in an anorexic patient?
,Answer:
A safe weight
QUESTION
What are underweight or malnourished clients at risk for?
Answer:
electrolyte imbalances and death
QUESTION
Fine downy hair on face and back of anorexic patient is called what?
Answer:
Lanugo
QUESTION
Findings consistent with anorexia?
Answer:
cool mottled skin, low blood pressure, pulse, and temperature are findings
consistent with a malnourished, dehydrated state noted in clients with anorexia
nervosa.
QUESTION
if diagnosed with anorexia nervosa clients need what?
Answer:
a highly structured environment that includes precise meal times, adherence to
the selected menu, observation during and after meals, and regularly scheduled
weighing.
, QUESTION
What is a way that a the nurse can give the client some freedom?
Answer:
make limited food choices as weight gain progresses.
QUESTION
Thoughts and behaviors associated with anorexia nervosa
Answer:
terror of gaining weight, preoccupation with thoughts of food, view of the self as
fat even when emaciated, peculiar handling of food. (cutting food into small bits,
pushing pieces of food around the plate, possible development of rigorous
exercise regimen, possible self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives or diuretics,
and cognition so disturbed that the individual judges their self-worth by their
weight.
QUESTION
Rumination Disorder:
Answer:
undigested food being returned to the mouth - rechewed and reswallowed -
neglect, intellectual disability, infants/ children
QUESTION
Rumination Disorder
Answer:
the regurgitation of recently eaten food into the mouth followed by either
rechewing, reswallowing, or spitting it out
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