Exam (elaborations)

Exam 2: NUR2488/ NUR 2488 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Rasmussen

Rating

Sold

Pages

Grade

A+

Uploaded on

14-08-2024

Written in

2024/2025

Exam 2: NUR2488/ NUR 2488 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Rasmussen Q: How to monitor a client with depression? Answer: Monitor behavior and mood with discrete observation. Q: What is allowing to a client to discuss their feelings/concerns? Answer: Decreases overwhelming anxiety, helps focus, and explore alternatives. Q: What are safety concerns when dealing with schizophrenic? Answer: Staying arms length away having an exit no touching. Q: What is urinary retention? Answer: This is a side effect of TCAs, this would be a concern. Q: What are overt statements/verbal clues of suicide? Answer: "I can't take it anymore." "Life isn't worth living." Q: What are extremely lethal methods of suicide? Answer: Guns, hanging, carbon monoxide Q: What are covert statements/verbal clues to suicide? Answer: "It's okay now everything will be fine." "Things will never work out." Q: What are interventions for a suicidal client? Answer: Remove potential weapons, one-on-one observation, no-suicide contract. Q: What are risk factors for suicide the elderly? Answer: Social isolation, solitary living arrangements, widowhood, lack of finical resources, poor health Q: What are early signs of lithium toxicity? Answer: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, polyuria, lethargy, slurred speech, muscle weakness, and fine hand tremor Q: What are interventions for acute mania? Answer: Maintain low level of stimuli in patient environment, provide frequent high-calorie foods, and provide frequent rest periods. Q: What are expected outcomes for bipolar patient? Answer: Appropriate mood, speech and dress Q: What advanced signs of lithium toxicity? Answer: Coarse hand tremors, persistent GI upset, mental confusion, muscle irritability Q: What is distractibility/use of distraction? Answer: The most effective tool for a patient during a manic phase. Q: Tom said "I hear my mother's voice saying terrible things about me." What is the nursing response? Answer: "That must be very upsetting Tom. Are you feeling upset?" Q: What is Disturbed Sensory Perception: auditory/visual? Answer: Use this nursing diagnosis for a person experiencing hallucinations. Q: What is clanging? Answer: Silly Sally looks longingly at the wall. Head turned, eyes away avoiding the call. Christmas time is no where near, but in a sing song voice Sally says, "Do you hear what I hear?" (word choice based on sound, not meaning, includes nonsense rhymes and puns) Q: What are examples of neologisms? Answer: Jumoing, netula, confustion (psychology : a new word that is coined especially by a person affected with schizophrenia and is meaningless except to the coiner, and is typically a combination of two existing words or a shortening or distortion of an existing word.)

Show more Read less

Institution

Course

Content preview

ExamI2:INUR2488/INURI2488I(LatestI2024
/I2025IUpdate)IMentalIHealthIReview|I
QuestionsIandIVerifiedIAnswers|I100%I
Correct|IGradeIA-IRasmussen

Q:IHowItoImonitorIaIclientIwithIdepression?

Answer:
MonitorIbehaviorIandImoodIwithIdiscreteIobservation.

Q:IWhatIisIallowingItoIaIclientItoIdiscussItheirIfeelings/concerns?

Answer:
DecreasesIoverwhelmingIanxiety,IhelpsIfocus,IandIexploreIalternatives.

Q:IWhatIareIsafetyIconcernsIwhenIdealingIwithIschizophrenic?

Answer:
StayingIarmsIlengthIawayIhavingIanIexitInoItouching.

Q:IWhatIisIurinaryIretention?

Answer:
ThisIisIaIsideIeffectIofITCAs,IthisIwouldIbeIaIconcern.

,Q:IWhatIareIovertIstatements/verbalIcluesIofIsuicide?

Answer:
"IIcan'tItakeIitIanymore."
"LifeIisn'tIworthIliving."

Q:IWhatIareIextremelyIlethalImethodsIofIsuicide?

Answer:
Guns,Ihanging,IcarbonImonoxide

Q:IWhatIareIcovertIstatements/verbalIcluesItoIsuicide?

Answer:
"It'sIokayInowIeverythingIwillIbeIfine."
"ThingsIwillIneverIworkIout."

Q:IWhatIareIinterventionsIforIaIsuicidalIclient?

Answer:
RemoveIpotentialIweapons,Ione-on-oneIobservation,Ino-suicideIcontract.

Q:IWhatIareIriskIfactorsIforIsuicideItheIelderly?

Answer:
SocialIisolation,IsolitaryIlivingIarrangements,Iwidowhood,IlackIofIfinicalIresources,IpoorIhealt
h

,Q:IWhatIareIearlyIsignsIofIlithiumItoxicity?

Answer:
Nausea,Ivomiting,Idiarrhea,Ithirst,Ipolyuria,Ilethargy,IslurredIspeech,ImuscleIweakness,IandIfin
eIhandItremor

Q:IWhatIareIinterventionsIforIacuteImania?

Answer:
MaintainIlowIlevelIofIstimuliIinIpatientIenvironment,IprovideIfrequentIhigh-
calorieIfoods,IandIprovideIfrequentIrestIperiods.

Q:IWhatIareIexpectedIoutcomesIforIbipolarIpatient?

Answer:
AppropriateImood,IspeechIandIdress

Q:IWhatIadvancedIsignsIofIlithiumItoxicity?

Answer:
CoarseIhandItremors,IpersistentIGIIupset,ImentalIconfusion,ImuscleIirritability

Q:IWhatIisIdistractibility/useIofIdistraction?

Answer:

, TheImostIeffectiveItoolIforIaIpatientIduringIaImanicIphase.

Q:ITomIsaidI"IIhearImyImother'sIvoiceIsayingIterribleIthingsIaboutIme."IWhatIisItheInursing
Iresponse?

Answer:
"ThatImustIbeIveryIupsettingITom.IAreIyouIfeelingIupset?"

Q:IWhatIisIDisturbedISensoryIPerception:Iauditory/visual?

Answer:
UseIthisInursingIdiagnosisIforIaIpersonIexperiencingIhallucinations.

Q:IWhatIisIclanging?

Answer:
SillyISallyIlooksIlonginglyIatItheIwall.IHeadIturned,IeyesIawayIavoidingItheIcall.IChristmasIti
meIisInoIwhereInear,IbutIinIaIsingIsongIvoiceISallyIsays,I"DoIyouIhearIwhatIIIhear?"I(wordIc
hoiceIbasedIonIsound,InotImeaning,IincludesInonsenseIrhymesIandIpuns)

Q:IWhatIareIexamplesIofIneologisms?

Answer:
Jumoing,Inetula,IconfustionI(psychologyI:IaInewIwordIthatIisIcoinedIespeciallyIbyIaIpersonIaf
fectedIwithIschizophreniaIandIisImeaninglessIexceptItoItheIcoiner,IandIisItypicallyIaIcombinati
onIofItwoIexistingIwordsIorIaIshorteningIorIdistortionIofIanIexistingIword.)

Report Copyright Violation

Written for

Institution: Rasmussen College
Course: NUR 2488/ NUR2488 (NUR2488)

All documents for this subject (45)

Document information

Uploaded on: August 14, 2024
Number of pages: 34
Written in: 2024/2025
Type: Exam (elaborations)
Contains: Questions & answers

Subjects

exa
nur 2488nur2488nur 2488 nur2488 exam
nur 2488nur2488nur 2488 nur2488 exam 1
nur 2488nur2488nur 2488 nur2488 exam 2
nur 2488nur2488nur 2488 nur2488 exam 3
nur 2488nur2488nur 2488 nur2488 final exam

R200,27

Get access to the full document:

Written by students who passed

Immediately available after payment

Read online or as PDF

Get to know the seller

nurse_steph

3,9

(1730)

Document also available in package deal

Get to know the seller

nurse_steph Rasmussen College

View profile

Sold

9738

Member since

5 year

Number of followers

5152

Documents

7973

Last sold

14 hours ago

Exams, Study guides, Reviews, Notes

All study solutions.

3,9

1730 reviews

881

305

262

201

Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Quality you can trust: written by students who passed their exams and reviewed by others who've used these notes.

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

No worries! You can immediately select a different document that better matches what you need.

Pay how you prefer, start learning right away

No subscription, no commitments. Pay the way you're used to via credit card or EFT and download your PDF document instantly.

“Bought, downloaded, and aced it. It really can be that simple.”

Alisha Student

Frequently asked questions

What do I get when I buy this document?

You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.

Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?

Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.

Who am I buying this summary from?

Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller nurse_steph. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.

Will I be stuck with a subscription?

No, you only buy this summary for R200,27. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.

Can Stuvia be trusted?

4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews) 52723 documents were sold in the last 30 days Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy summaries for 16 years now

Exam 2: NUR2488/ NUR 2488 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Rasmussen

Content preview

Written for

Document information

Subjects

Document also available in package deal

Get to know the seller

Recently viewed by you

Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

Pay how you prefer, start learning right away

Working on your references?

Frequently asked questions

What do I get when I buy this document?

Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?

Who am I buying this summary from?

Will I be stuck with a subscription?

Can Stuvia be trusted?

Exam 2: NUR2488/ NUR 2488 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Rasmussen

Content preview

Written for

Document information

Subjects

More courses for Rasmussen College >

Document also available in package deal

Get to know the seller

Recently viewed by you

Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

Pay how you prefer, start learning right away

Working on your references?

Frequently asked questions

What do I get when I buy this document?

Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?

Who am I buying this summary from?

Will I be stuck with a subscription?

Can Stuvia be trusted?