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NUR 351 Test 1 Psych questions withverified answers/passed
What does a Mental Status Evaluation (MSE) screen for? - correct answer ✔✔a patient's CURRENT
cognitive processes
what are the components of a MSE? - correct answer ✔✔general observation
sensorium
affect/mood
thought processes
insight and judgment
what is included in the general observation of a MSE? - correct answer ✔✔overall appearance
grooming
dress
motor behavior
physical condition
rapport/reaction
what is included in the sensorium part of a MSE? - correct answer ✔✔memory- immediate, recent, and
remote
orientation- person, place, time (month, day of month, year, day of week, time of day, season of year)
intellectual function
concentration
abstraction
calculation
affect - correct answer ✔✔Appearance of observable emotions
, mood - correct answer ✔✔how the patient states they are feeling
this is subjective
thought process component of MSE - correct answer ✔✔hallucinations
illusions
delusions
suicidality
homicidality
thought form
insight and judgment component of MSE - correct answer ✔✔ability to make logical and rational
decisions
Benzodiazepines - correct answer ✔✔anti-anxiety medication
potential for dependence (used in short periods)
Side effects of benzodiazepines - correct answer ✔✔-ataxia
-decreased cognitive function/drowsiness
-paradoxical reactions including anxiety, insomnia
-CNS depression when used with other depressants
-tachycardia
-hypotension
-respiratory depression
pregnancy risk of benzodiazapines - correct answer ✔✔category D
risk for fetal malformations
can pass into breast milk
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