NUR 326 Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
The way a person feels -
correct answer ✅Mood
The observable response a person has to his or her own feelings -
correct answer ✅Affect
Lack of feelings, emotions, interests, or concern. -
correct answer ✅Apathy
Any observable, recordable, and measurable act, movement, or
response. -
correct answer ✅Behavior
Great happiness and exhiliration -
correct answer ✅Elation
Four signs of affective instability (mood disturbance) -
correct answer ✅1. Agitation
2. Sadness
3. Elation (Great happiness)
,NUR 326 Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
4. Blunting (Showing little to no emotion, monotone voice,
unusually brief responses)
Showing little to no emotion, monotone voice, unusually brief
responses -
correct answer ✅Blunting
The complex process during the period of grief and mourning.
During this time, people often experience fluctuating thoughts that
occur in intense waves. We know from our own experience that
significant losses are never forgotten. As time goes on, the painful
feelings become less intense and more manageable. -
correct answer ✅Bereavement
Who is the greatest expert on a patient's mood? -
correct answer ✅The patient
In this stage, grieving people are unable or unwilling to accept that
the loss has taken (or will shortly take) place. It can feel as though
they are experiencing a bad dream, that the loss is unreal, and they
are waiting to "wake up" as though from a dream, expecting that
things will be normal. -
correct answer ✅Denial
,NUR 326 Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
In this stage, people beg their "higher power" to undo the loss,
saying things along the lines of, "I'll change if you bring her (or him)
back to me". This phase usually involves promises of better
behavior or significant life changes which will be made in exchange
for the reversal of the loss. -
correct answer ✅Bargaining
Subjective feeling and affect that follows a loss -
correct answer ✅Grief
The process by which grief is resolved -
correct answer ✅Mourning
Survivors repeatedly want to reunite with the person who died in
some way, and may even want to die themselves in order to be
with their loved one. Normal expression of grief. -
correct answer ✅Yearnings
Examples of disturbed vegetative functioning. (3) -
correct answer ✅1. eating
2. sleeping
, NUR 326 Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
3. menstruation
Which neurotransmitters of the brain are disturbed with a mood
disorder? (3) -
correct answer ✅1. Dopamine
2. Norepinephrine
3. Serotonin
Which two populations are at greatest risk for a mood disorder? -
correct answer ✅1. Females
2. Individuals in the second and sixth decades of life
List 6 risk factors for developing a mood disorder. -
correct answer ✅1. Stress
2. Early trauma
3. Neglect
4. Abuse
5. Family history
6. Substance dependence
(Grade A+)
The way a person feels -
correct answer ✅Mood
The observable response a person has to his or her own feelings -
correct answer ✅Affect
Lack of feelings, emotions, interests, or concern. -
correct answer ✅Apathy
Any observable, recordable, and measurable act, movement, or
response. -
correct answer ✅Behavior
Great happiness and exhiliration -
correct answer ✅Elation
Four signs of affective instability (mood disturbance) -
correct answer ✅1. Agitation
2. Sadness
3. Elation (Great happiness)
,NUR 326 Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
4. Blunting (Showing little to no emotion, monotone voice,
unusually brief responses)
Showing little to no emotion, monotone voice, unusually brief
responses -
correct answer ✅Blunting
The complex process during the period of grief and mourning.
During this time, people often experience fluctuating thoughts that
occur in intense waves. We know from our own experience that
significant losses are never forgotten. As time goes on, the painful
feelings become less intense and more manageable. -
correct answer ✅Bereavement
Who is the greatest expert on a patient's mood? -
correct answer ✅The patient
In this stage, grieving people are unable or unwilling to accept that
the loss has taken (or will shortly take) place. It can feel as though
they are experiencing a bad dream, that the loss is unreal, and they
are waiting to "wake up" as though from a dream, expecting that
things will be normal. -
correct answer ✅Denial
,NUR 326 Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
In this stage, people beg their "higher power" to undo the loss,
saying things along the lines of, "I'll change if you bring her (or him)
back to me". This phase usually involves promises of better
behavior or significant life changes which will be made in exchange
for the reversal of the loss. -
correct answer ✅Bargaining
Subjective feeling and affect that follows a loss -
correct answer ✅Grief
The process by which grief is resolved -
correct answer ✅Mourning
Survivors repeatedly want to reunite with the person who died in
some way, and may even want to die themselves in order to be
with their loved one. Normal expression of grief. -
correct answer ✅Yearnings
Examples of disturbed vegetative functioning. (3) -
correct answer ✅1. eating
2. sleeping
, NUR 326 Exam 1 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
3. menstruation
Which neurotransmitters of the brain are disturbed with a mood
disorder? (3) -
correct answer ✅1. Dopamine
2. Norepinephrine
3. Serotonin
Which two populations are at greatest risk for a mood disorder? -
correct answer ✅1. Females
2. Individuals in the second and sixth decades of life
List 6 risk factors for developing a mood disorder. -
correct answer ✅1. Stress
2. Early trauma
3. Neglect
4. Abuse
5. Family history
6. Substance dependence
