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WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2026/2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||VERIFIED
EXAM!!(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!
What is Thought Blocking? - ANSWER-Thinking process
stops and mind goes "blank"
What is Flight of Ideas? - ANSWER--Often seen in mania
-Pressured speech
-Rapid topic changes
-Topics may relate but in strange ways
What is Confabulation? - ANSWER--Often indicates
dementia
-Fabrication of information to fill in missing gaps
What is Concrete Thought Process? - ANSWER--Only
understands things literally
-Common in schizophrenic patients
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What is Abstract Thought Processes? - ANSWER--Able to
think abstractly
-Can be determined by asking patient how a chair and
table are similar or "why should people in glass houses not
throw stones?"
What are Perceptual Disturbances? - ANSWER-Describes
whether the patient is in good contact of their environment
or is there is a distortion of reality (Typically presents as
hallucinations)
What are Illusions? - ANSWER--Misinterpretation of true
stimuli
-I.E. a curtain in a dark room is mistaken for a person
What are Hallucinations? - ANSWER--Sensations
experienced by the client without real external stimuli
-Patient may not have intact reality testing, which is the
ability to accept evidence that these perceptions re not
real
These hallucinations may indicate a medical illness ,
substance intoxication or withdrawal? - ANSWER--Visual
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-Gustatory (taste)
-Olfactory (smell)
-Tactile
What are Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Hallucinations? -
ANSWER-False sensory perceptions that occur while
falling asleep and while awakening from sleep
Ways to test Cognition and Abstraction? - ANSWER--
Sensorium can be obtained while observing patient during
the evaluation
-Memory can be tested by having the patient remember
and repeat 3 objects
-Concentration can be tested by counting backwards from
100 by 7s
DSM-5 Axis 1? - ANSWER-Clinical disorders
-does not include personality disorders or mental
retardation
DSM-5 Axis 2? - ANSWER-Personality Disorders and
Mental Retardation
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DSM-5 Axis 3? - ANSWER-General Medical Conditions
(medical issues that causes the mental disorder)
DSM-5 Axis 4 - ANSWER-Psychosocial and environmental
problems
DSM-5 Axis 5 - ANSWER-Global Assessment of
Functioning (GAF)
What is GAF? - ANSWER--Scoring system that is used to
assess how well an individual is functioning in their daily
lives
-Scores range from 0 to 100
GAF Scoring System? - ANSWER-100 - no symptoms
90 - minimal symptoms with good functioning
80 - transient symptoms that are expected reactions to
psychosocial stressors
70 - mild symptoms or mild difficulty in social, occupation,
school
WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2026/2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||VERIFIED
EXAM!!(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!
What is Thought Blocking? - ANSWER-Thinking process
stops and mind goes "blank"
What is Flight of Ideas? - ANSWER--Often seen in mania
-Pressured speech
-Rapid topic changes
-Topics may relate but in strange ways
What is Confabulation? - ANSWER--Often indicates
dementia
-Fabrication of information to fill in missing gaps
What is Concrete Thought Process? - ANSWER--Only
understands things literally
-Common in schizophrenic patients
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What is Abstract Thought Processes? - ANSWER--Able to
think abstractly
-Can be determined by asking patient how a chair and
table are similar or "why should people in glass houses not
throw stones?"
What are Perceptual Disturbances? - ANSWER-Describes
whether the patient is in good contact of their environment
or is there is a distortion of reality (Typically presents as
hallucinations)
What are Illusions? - ANSWER--Misinterpretation of true
stimuli
-I.E. a curtain in a dark room is mistaken for a person
What are Hallucinations? - ANSWER--Sensations
experienced by the client without real external stimuli
-Patient may not have intact reality testing, which is the
ability to accept evidence that these perceptions re not
real
These hallucinations may indicate a medical illness ,
substance intoxication or withdrawal? - ANSWER--Visual
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-Gustatory (taste)
-Olfactory (smell)
-Tactile
What are Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Hallucinations? -
ANSWER-False sensory perceptions that occur while
falling asleep and while awakening from sleep
Ways to test Cognition and Abstraction? - ANSWER--
Sensorium can be obtained while observing patient during
the evaluation
-Memory can be tested by having the patient remember
and repeat 3 objects
-Concentration can be tested by counting backwards from
100 by 7s
DSM-5 Axis 1? - ANSWER-Clinical disorders
-does not include personality disorders or mental
retardation
DSM-5 Axis 2? - ANSWER-Personality Disorders and
Mental Retardation
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DSM-5 Axis 3? - ANSWER-General Medical Conditions
(medical issues that causes the mental disorder)
DSM-5 Axis 4 - ANSWER-Psychosocial and environmental
problems
DSM-5 Axis 5 - ANSWER-Global Assessment of
Functioning (GAF)
What is GAF? - ANSWER--Scoring system that is used to
assess how well an individual is functioning in their daily
lives
-Scores range from 0 to 100
GAF Scoring System? - ANSWER-100 - no symptoms
90 - minimal symptoms with good functioning
80 - transient symptoms that are expected reactions to
psychosocial stressors
70 - mild symptoms or mild difficulty in social, occupation,
school
