Mental Health-FINAL EXAM Rasmussen Questions and Answers(SCORED A+)
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What type of environment is a memory care unit? - ANSWER-Locked unit, 24-7 supervision.
What type of activities do you implement to interact with memory care patients? - ANSWER-Activities that help them to recall their past-show old photos, ask questions like what was your first job? where did y...
Mental Health-FINAL EXAM Rasmussen Questions and
Answers(SCORED A+)
What type of patients go to memory care? - ANSWER-Dementia or Alzheimers
What type of environment is a memory care unit? - ANSWER-Locked unit, 24-7
supervision.
What type of activities do you implement to interact with memory care patients? -
ANSWER-Activities that help them to recall their past-show old photos, ask
questions like what was your first job? where did you grow up? what was your
parents names?
If a patient is not engaged in a group of people sharing photos what might they be
feeling? - ANSWER-Depressed, Isolated, Angry
Can a social worker make a decision about placement for an elderly person if that
person has living family members, a POA? - ANSWER-No, they cannot make the
decision. Nurses must educate family about decisions.
What does agnosia mean? - ANSWER-Inability to interpret sensations and hence to
recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage.
Example of something that could cause agnosia? - ANSWER-TBI, vascular
dementia.
Characteristics of delirium. - ANSWER-Rapid in onset, 24-72 hours, related to
infection, NOT common with aging.
What is an important intervention for patients with delirium? - ANSWER-Reorient
them.
What are the primary characteristics of borderline personality disorder? - ANSWER-
splitting people (Pitting a group against each other). Self-defeating cycle of behavior.
What do you give a patient who has overdosed on PCP? - ANSWER-
Benzodiazepine
Example of a benzodiazpine antidote? - ANSWER-Flumazenil
What type of personality disorder might a patient who still lives at home at 30 and
depends on their mother for everything, have? - ANSWER-dependent personality
disorder
Give an example of a positive statement made by a recovering alcohol that made
signal that they are getting better? - ANSWER-I will identify things that trigger my
cravings
, Symptoms of patient with suspected opioid abuse/overdose? - ANSWER-Contracted
pupils, increased HR, shallow Resp., increased temp (but not always).
What do you give a opioid overdose patient? - ANSWER-Narcan (Naloxone)
S/S of acute alcohol withdrawal? - ANSWER-Everything is increased! RR, BP,
Temp, HR, delerium
Characteristics of histrionic personality disorder? - ANSWER-Mania, melodramatic,
manipulative, emotional attention seeking behavior, often seductive and flirtatious.
Interventions for histrionic personality disorder patient - ANSWER-They are very
manipulative. Set fine lines, do not offer relationship advice, avoid situations where
they are the center of attention.
Possible fatal complications of patient withdrawing from CNS stimulant - ANSWER-
Respiratory failure, suicide, and depression.
What is a hypochondriac? - ANSWER-Someone who thinks that everything is wrong
with them. Ex. their acute headache is caused by a brain tumor.
How does cocaine stimulate the body? What do cocaine users use to combat these
effects? - ANSWER-It is an upper. Alcohol-allows them to sleep.
Characteristics of borderline personality disorder - ANSWER-Split people apart and
are very manipulative.
Interventions for nurses dealing with borderline personality disorder patients -
ANSWER-Keep all the staff on the same page. Set limits and rules.
What is a personality disorder in general? What type of issues do these patients
have? - ANSWER-When people rely on others to make decisions. They have
difficulties in their social life, work, relationships, family problems. Place the blame on
others. Many go undiagnosed.
What is conversion disorder?` - ANSWER-Something psychological happens and it
then manifests somatically. Ex. Someone has fake blindness
What is the difference between objective and subjective data? - ANSWER-
Subjective is what the patient tells you, objective is what you see and obtain from the
physical assessment of the patient.
What is somatoform disorder? - ANSWER-A mental illness that causes bodily
symptoms that cannot be tracked back to any specific cause.
Are the symptoms real for a patient with somatoform disorder? - ANSWER-Yes, the
symptoms are real. It is frustrating because many doctors will perform tests but find
nothing. Many go undiagnosed.
What are younger patients with body image problems at risk for? - ANSWER-Suicide
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