NRSG 1340 EXAM 1 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.What are three factors contributing to mental illness? - ANSWERS✔-Individual
- biological makeup
- intolerable or unrealistic worries or fearas
Interpersonal
- ineffective communication
- inadequate social support
Social/cultural
- unwarranted negative view of the world
- discrimination
\.What is the DSM-5? - ANSWERS✔-Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Manual published by the APA to establish
- defining characteristics or symptoms
- identification of the underlying causes of disorders
\.What are the five axis of the DSM-5? - ANSWERS✔-Axis I: Is a clinical syndrome, such as a
mood, anxiety, or learning disorder present?
,Axis II: Is a personality disorder or mental retardation present?
Axis III: Is a general medical condition such as heart disease, diabetes, or cancer present?
Axis IV: Are social or environmental problems such as homelessness, divorce, school problems,
or other stressors present?
Axis V: What is the global assessment of this person's functioning (ranging from "persistent
danger of hurting oneself or others" to "superior functioning in a wide range of activities")?
\.What is the leading cause of disability in the United States? - ANSWERS✔-Mental illness
\.What is the "revolving door" concept? - ANSWERS✔-Shorter hospital stays leads to
decompensation which leads to rehospitalization and a diagnosis of both mental illness and
substance abuse
\.Mental illness affects what percentage of the homeless population? - ANSWERS✔-33%
\.What are basic-level psychiatric nursing practices? - ANSWERS✔-- counseling
- milieu therapy
- self-care
- psychobiologic interventions
- health teaching
- case management
- health promotion and maintenance
,\.What are advanced-level psychiatric nursing practices? - ANSWERS✔-- psychotherapy
- prescriptive authority for drugs
- consultation and liaison
- evaluation
- program development and management
- clinical supervision
\.True or false: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a published
document that outlines specific diagnostic criteria for mental disorders that are based on clinical
research and experience. - ANSWERS✔-True
\._______ drugs are those that are used to change brain function and result in alterations in
perception, mood, or consciousness. - ANSWERS✔-Psychotropic
Psychotropic is affecting the mind of mental processes. Antipsychotic is preventing or
counteracting psychosis.
\._______ management involves the use of an individual who coordinates and manages all of
the care required by a client. - ANSWERS✔-Case management
\.Give four examples of excitatory neurotransmitters. - ANSWERS✔-- dopamine: complex
movements, motivation, cognition, regulation of emotional response
- norepinephrine: attention, learning, memory, sleep, wakefulness, mood regulation
- epinephrine: fight or flight response
- glutamate: neurotoxic effects at high levels
, \.Gove two examples of inhibitory neurotransmitters. - ANSWERS✔-- serotonin: food intake,
sleep, wakefulness, temperature regulation, pain control, sexual behaviors, regulation of
emotions
- GABA: major inhibitory neurotransmitter, modulation of other neurotransmitters
\.Give an example of an excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmitter. - ANSWERS✔-- acetylcholine:
sleep and wakefulness cycle, signals muscles to become alert
\.Give five examples of first generation (conventional) antipsychotics. - ANSWERS✔--
chlorpromazine
- fluphenazine
- thioridazine
- haloperidol
- loxapine
\.Give three examples of second generation (atypical) antipsychotics. - ANSWERS✔-- clozapine
- risperidone
- olanzapine
\.Give an example of a third generation antipsychotic. - ANSWERS✔-Aripiprazole
\.What is the use and MOA of antipsychotics? - ANSWERS✔-Use: treatment of psychosis
MOA: blocks dopamine receptors
\.What are side effects of antipsychotics? - ANSWERS✔-- acute dystonia
- pseudoparkinsonism
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.What are three factors contributing to mental illness? - ANSWERS✔-Individual
- biological makeup
- intolerable or unrealistic worries or fearas
Interpersonal
- ineffective communication
- inadequate social support
Social/cultural
- unwarranted negative view of the world
- discrimination
\.What is the DSM-5? - ANSWERS✔-Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Manual published by the APA to establish
- defining characteristics or symptoms
- identification of the underlying causes of disorders
\.What are the five axis of the DSM-5? - ANSWERS✔-Axis I: Is a clinical syndrome, such as a
mood, anxiety, or learning disorder present?
,Axis II: Is a personality disorder or mental retardation present?
Axis III: Is a general medical condition such as heart disease, diabetes, or cancer present?
Axis IV: Are social or environmental problems such as homelessness, divorce, school problems,
or other stressors present?
Axis V: What is the global assessment of this person's functioning (ranging from "persistent
danger of hurting oneself or others" to "superior functioning in a wide range of activities")?
\.What is the leading cause of disability in the United States? - ANSWERS✔-Mental illness
\.What is the "revolving door" concept? - ANSWERS✔-Shorter hospital stays leads to
decompensation which leads to rehospitalization and a diagnosis of both mental illness and
substance abuse
\.Mental illness affects what percentage of the homeless population? - ANSWERS✔-33%
\.What are basic-level psychiatric nursing practices? - ANSWERS✔-- counseling
- milieu therapy
- self-care
- psychobiologic interventions
- health teaching
- case management
- health promotion and maintenance
,\.What are advanced-level psychiatric nursing practices? - ANSWERS✔-- psychotherapy
- prescriptive authority for drugs
- consultation and liaison
- evaluation
- program development and management
- clinical supervision
\.True or false: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a published
document that outlines specific diagnostic criteria for mental disorders that are based on clinical
research and experience. - ANSWERS✔-True
\._______ drugs are those that are used to change brain function and result in alterations in
perception, mood, or consciousness. - ANSWERS✔-Psychotropic
Psychotropic is affecting the mind of mental processes. Antipsychotic is preventing or
counteracting psychosis.
\._______ management involves the use of an individual who coordinates and manages all of
the care required by a client. - ANSWERS✔-Case management
\.Give four examples of excitatory neurotransmitters. - ANSWERS✔-- dopamine: complex
movements, motivation, cognition, regulation of emotional response
- norepinephrine: attention, learning, memory, sleep, wakefulness, mood regulation
- epinephrine: fight or flight response
- glutamate: neurotoxic effects at high levels
, \.Gove two examples of inhibitory neurotransmitters. - ANSWERS✔-- serotonin: food intake,
sleep, wakefulness, temperature regulation, pain control, sexual behaviors, regulation of
emotions
- GABA: major inhibitory neurotransmitter, modulation of other neurotransmitters
\.Give an example of an excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmitter. - ANSWERS✔-- acetylcholine:
sleep and wakefulness cycle, signals muscles to become alert
\.Give five examples of first generation (conventional) antipsychotics. - ANSWERS✔--
chlorpromazine
- fluphenazine
- thioridazine
- haloperidol
- loxapine
\.Give three examples of second generation (atypical) antipsychotics. - ANSWERS✔-- clozapine
- risperidone
- olanzapine
\.Give an example of a third generation antipsychotic. - ANSWERS✔-Aripiprazole
\.What is the use and MOA of antipsychotics? - ANSWERS✔-Use: treatment of psychosis
MOA: blocks dopamine receptors
\.What are side effects of antipsychotics? - ANSWERS✔-- acute dystonia
- pseudoparkinsonism
