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NURS 388 Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions
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- NURS 388
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- University Of Calgary (UCalgary )
NURS 388 Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions
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NURS 388 Final Exam Questions with CompleteSolutions
What are the 5 sections of the Mental Status Exam? Correct Answer-
General Appearance/observations, emotional state, thought processes,
thought content, sensorium and cognition
What is observed in General Appearance? Correct Answer--facial
expression, cleanliness, hygiene, clothing
-overt behavior/psychomotor activity (stupor, excitement, pacing)
-physiological signs (flush, pallor, tears)
-attitude towards interviewer
-impulse control
-reliability as an interviewee
What does "emotional state" comprise of? Correct Answer-Affect:
observable expression of subjectively experienced feeling state
(blunted/flat, sad, angry, labile, constricted)
Mood: Pervasive, sustained emotion that colors the person's perception
of the world (depressed, irritable, anxious, angry, expansive, euphoric)
What does "thought processes" comprise? Correct Answer--Quantity,
quality and rate of flow of speech
-Loose associations
-Tangential
-Clanging
, -Abstract reasoning
-Perceptual Disorders (hallucinations, illusions, depersonalizations,
derealization, heightened, dulled or distorted perceptions)
What does "thought content" comprise? Correct Answer--Delusions
-Recurrent themes, preoccupations, obsessions, compulsions
What is a delusion? 4 types Correct Answer-a fixed false belief in
something that is not there/real.
i.e persecutory, grandiose, somatic, nialistic
What does "sensorium and cognition" comprise? Correct Answer--
orientation
-concentration
-memory, registration, retention, recall
-intelligence
-reading and writing
-abstract thinking
- judgment
-insight
what are the 5 types of child abuse? Correct Answer-physical,
emotional, psychological, sexual, neglect
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