MENTAL HEALTH - FINAL EXAM
RASMUSSEN 2026 UPDATED
VERSION
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.
RASMUSSEN 2026 UPDATED
VERSION
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.
