NURS 663 TEST #2 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Restriction, intense fear of gaining weight, disturbance - Answer-Anorexia Nervosa
criteria
Anorexia, bulimia, BED - Answer-Fear of gaining too much weight occurs in
____________ but doesn't occur in _________ or __________).
15%, weight - Answer-Anorexia is diagnosed when a person weighs at least ______
less than their normal/ideal body _________.
high burden - Answer-In anorexia, Low quality of life yet a __________ ___________
placed on the individual and family
anorexia, restricting, dieting, exercising, 3 - Answer-In ____________Specify whether:
-______________ type: ____________, fasting, _____________ during last ____
months
binge-eating/purging, 3 - Answer-In anorexia, specify whether:
______________________ type during last ____ months
full, sustained period - Answer-In anorexia specify whether ______ remission: no
criteria met anymore for _____________ __________ of time
Extreme - Answer-Severity levels for anorexia: Mild, Moderate, Severe, __________
Behavioral, cognitive, dynamic psychotherapy, family, and interpersonal therapies -
Answer-Treatments for anorexia nervosa:
dynamic psychotherapy - Answer-Most important treatments for anorexia nervosa:
irregular, EKG - Answer-In anorexia,Assessments are both psychological and physical
evaluations: Check for ___________ heart rhythms: order _______.
none - Answer-FDA approved meds for anorexia:
psychological, a few hours after eating - Answer-________________ (therapy) and
behavioral interventions (making sure someone is with them ___ _____ __________
________ _________ ) are core in anorexia
4 - Answer-Number of PICA diagnostic criteria
1. Persistent, nonnutritive, 1 month, 2
, 2. The nonfood substances, developmental level
3. social
4. intellectual, autism, schizo, pregnancy, warrant - Answer-PICA diagnostic criteria:
1. _____________ eating of _______________, nonfood substances over a period of at
least ______________ (needs to be at least ____ yrs old)
2. _________________________ is inappropriate for _________________level
3. It's not a part of their cultural or ____________ practice
4. If eating behavior occurs with another mental disorder ( ____________,
____________, ______________, ____________ ) it is sufficiently severe to
___________ clinical attention.
PICA - Answer-___________ usually occurs in children, rarely starts in adulthood
Intellectual disability, neglect, lack of supervision, developmental delay - Answer-These
increase risk of PICA:
Ca, Fe, Zinc, Anemia - Answer-In PICA, patients may be deficient in _____, _____, and
________. __________ is reported in some cases.
Clay, starch - Answer-Eating _________ or _________ can worsen Fe deficiency
GI, lead or mercury, parasites/intestinal, deficiency - Answer-In PICA, assess for
______ complications, ___________________ poisoning, ___________________
infection from soil, and nutritional _____________.
Order a full physical, screen for missing nutrients
(anemia), and screen for medical issues (lead poisoning). - Answer-Medical treatment
of PICA:
Control behavior and environmental factors, CBT therapy, daily logs, assess for triggers
- Answer-Psych treatment of PICA:
CBT - Answer-therapy for PICA
anxiety, going to school - Answer-Examine if there is a trigger for eating non food items
such as ________ or ___________________.
discrete, 2 hours, loss of control - Answer-BED requires the first two diagnostic criteria
including eating, in a _________ period of time (w/in ___ _____), AND _____________
6 - Answer-How many diagnostic criteria for BED?
Discrete eating, loss of control, 1 week/3 months, marked distress, no compensatory or
anorexia, at least 3 - Answer-In 2-4 words, list each diagnostic criteria for BED