Exam 1 NUR 3678 Questions With Correct
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mental illness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-marked distress, moderate to disabling or
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chronic impairment |
plagued by myths and misconceptions.
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Interferes with functioning- difficult to relate to others
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Behavior outside social norms | | |
Ex: stripping in public
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is an illness that affects that way people think, feel, behave, or interact with
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others.
Disabilities related to happiness, control over behavior, appraisal of reality,
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effectiveness in work, healthy self-concept, satisfying relationships, effective
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coping strategies |
mental illness is treatable
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mental health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-our mental well-being: our emotions, our
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thoughts and feelings, our ability to solve problems and overcome difficulties, our
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social connections, and our understanding of the world around us.
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multifaceted: involves our emotional, psychological, and social well-being
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can be affected by genetics, brain chemistry, and experiences
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,· No consistent line exists between mental illness and - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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mental health |
DSM-5 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
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Disorders (DSM-5)is the current official guidebook used by the psychiatric
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community for categorizing and diagnosing psychiatric mental health disorders in
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the United States
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DSM-5 lists specific criteria for each psychiatric diagnosis
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Mental health disorders are clinically significant behavioral and psychological
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syndromes or patterns that are associated with distress (painful symptoms) and
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disability (impairment in one or more important areas of functioning)
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Must exceed expected and culturally defined responses to particular events,
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such as grief after the loss of a loved one.
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Diagnostic criteria usually includes a time frame
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North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International (NANDA-I) provides a
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common language for nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Describes a nursing
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diagnosis as a clinical judgment about responses to health problems.
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-Psychiatric-mental health nursing includes the diagnosis and treatment | | | | | | | |
responses to mental health problems. | | | |
eustress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is considered normal and beneficial.
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,distress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-causes problems emotionally and physically
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long term chronic stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-can cause physiologic harm and
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emotional difficulties |
Fight or flight - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-SNS
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rest and digest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-PNS
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freezing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an automatic, involuntary response to a threat.
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In a split second, the brain decides that freezing (rather than fighting or running
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away) is the best way to survive what's happening
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deer in headlights
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relief behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-defense mechanisms
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individual coping responses | | |
spiritual/cultural supports | |
social support network
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Alertness heightened: stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--circulating adrenaline
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increases: increased HR, bloodflow, BP, Respirations,
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-brain stimulates hypothalamus, which stimulates ANS, SNS signals adrenal
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system, epinephrine (adrenaline) is released, pituitary releases ACTH
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, Stress signaling system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--SNS: pituitary gland releases
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ACTH and adrenal cortex secretes cortisol
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THEN |
-Hormones secreted: adrenal medulla secretes stress hormones (epinephrine)
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and they travel through bloodstream to organs
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THEN |
-stress response: smooth muscle or glands activate, pupils dilate, fight or flight
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Stress-reduction techniques - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Eliciting the relaxation
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response
-Physical activity |
-Social supports (e.g., close family ties, acquaintances, spouses, friends)
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-exercise |
-lower caffeine | |
-reframing |
-sleep
Structures involved in the HPA stress response - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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epinephrine: subsides as the threat passes
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-hypothalamus stimulates the HPA axis | | | | |
-CRH: travels to the pituitary gland
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-ACH: travels to the adrenal glands
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-cortisol is released
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Answers
mental illness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-marked distress, moderate to disabling or
| | | | | | | | | |
chronic impairment |
plagued by myths and misconceptions.
| | | |
Interferes with functioning- difficult to relate to others
| | | | | | | |
Behavior outside social norms | | |
Ex: stripping in public
| | |
is an illness that affects that way people think, feel, behave, or interact with
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
others.
Disabilities related to happiness, control over behavior, appraisal of reality,
| | | | | | | | | |
effectiveness in work, healthy self-concept, satisfying relationships, effective
| | | | | | | |
coping strategies |
mental illness is treatable
| | |
mental health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-our mental well-being: our emotions, our
| | | | | | | | | |
thoughts and feelings, our ability to solve problems and overcome difficulties, our
| | | | | | | | | | |
social connections, and our understanding of the world around us.
| | | | | | | | | |
multifaceted: involves our emotional, psychological, and social well-being
| | | | | | | |
can be affected by genetics, brain chemistry, and experiences
| | | | | | | |
,· No consistent line exists between mental illness and - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | |
mental health |
DSM-5 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
| | | | | | | | | |
Disorders (DSM-5)is the current official guidebook used by the psychiatric
| | | | | | | | | |
community for categorizing and diagnosing psychiatric mental health disorders in
| | | | | | | | | |
the United States
| |
DSM-5 lists specific criteria for each psychiatric diagnosis
| | | | | | |
Mental health disorders are clinically significant behavioral and psychological
| | | | | | | |
syndromes or patterns that are associated with distress (painful symptoms) and
| | | | | | | | | |
disability (impairment in one or more important areas of functioning)
| | | | | | | | |
Must exceed expected and culturally defined responses to particular events,
| | | | | | | | |
such as grief after the loss of a loved one.
| | | | | | | | |
Diagnostic criteria usually includes a time frame
| | | | | |
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International (NANDA-I) provides a
| | | | | | | |
common language for nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Describes a nursing
| | | | | | | | | |
diagnosis as a clinical judgment about responses to health problems.
| | | | | | | | | |
-Psychiatric-mental health nursing includes the diagnosis and treatment | | | | | | | |
responses to mental health problems. | | | |
eustress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is considered normal and beneficial.
| | | | | | |
,distress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-causes problems emotionally and physically
| | | | | | |
long term chronic stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-can cause physiologic harm and
| | | | | | | | | | |
emotional difficulties |
Fight or flight - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-SNS
| | | | |
rest and digest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-PNS
| | | | |
freezing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an automatic, involuntary response to a threat.
| | | | | | | | | |
In a split second, the brain decides that freezing (rather than fighting or running
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
away) is the best way to survive what's happening
| | | | | | | |
deer in headlights
| |
relief behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-defense mechanisms
| | | | |
individual coping responses | | |
spiritual/cultural supports | |
social support network
| |
Alertness heightened: stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--circulating adrenaline
| | | | | | |
increases: increased HR, bloodflow, BP, Respirations,
| | | | | |
-brain stimulates hypothalamus, which stimulates ANS, SNS signals adrenal
| | | | | | | | |
system, epinephrine (adrenaline) is released, pituitary releases ACTH
| | | | | | |
, Stress signaling system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--SNS: pituitary gland releases
| | | | | | | | |
ACTH and adrenal cortex secretes cortisol
| | | | |
THEN |
-Hormones secreted: adrenal medulla secretes stress hormones (epinephrine)
| | | | | | | |
and they travel through bloodstream to organs
| | | | | | |
THEN |
-stress response: smooth muscle or glands activate, pupils dilate, fight or flight
| | | | | | | | | | |
Stress-reduction techniques - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Eliciting the relaxation
| | | | | | |
response
-Physical activity |
-Social supports (e.g., close family ties, acquaintances, spouses, friends)
| | | | | | | |
-exercise |
-lower caffeine | |
-reframing |
-sleep
Structures involved in the HPA stress response - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
| | | | | | | | |
epinephrine: subsides as the threat passes
| | | | | |
-hypothalamus stimulates the HPA axis | | | | |
-CRH: travels to the pituitary gland
| | | | | |
-ACH: travels to the adrenal glands
| | | | | |
-cortisol is released
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