ATI PN Mental Health Proctored Exam
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• Heroin Intoxication Expected Finding -✓✓Respiratory Depression
• Reaction of Terminal Cancer Diagnosis -✓✓Denial
• Valproic Acid Teaching -✓✓Teach the need to regularly monitor liver function levels
due to the risk of hepatotoxicity
• When should Donapezil be taken? -✓✓Bedtime to reduce the risks for injury due to
bradycardia and syncope
• Methadone is indicated for TX of.... -✓✓Opiate use disorder
• Phenelzine---Finding to report -✓✓Elevated BP: increases risk for hypertensive crisis
This is an MAOI!
• Acute Main---Priority Goal -✓✓Maintain adequate hydration
• Binge-eating expected finding -✓✓Abdominal pain
• Stage 4 Alzheimers expected finding -✓✓Client is able to identify the names of family
members
• Restricting type anorexia expected finding -✓✓Decreased caloric intake due to
excessive fear of weight gain
• ECT Potential Complications -✓✓Cardiac arryhthmia
• Cocaine intoxication expected finding -✓✓Dilated pupils
• Benzo---finding that would indicate questioning the provider -✓✓Hypotension
• Alcohol Withdrawal Medication -✓✓Disulfram
• Can give____________with lithium -✓✓Valproic Acid
Both treat bipolar
• Common adverse effect of Buspirone -✓✓Dizziness
,• Confusion develops...... -✓✓SLOWLY with alzheimers
• What food type to avoid with Disulfram -✓✓Pure vanilla extract
• Conduct Disorder expected finding -✓✓Aggressive behavior toward others
• Heroin withdrawal expected findings -✓✓Muscle aches
• Alcohol withdrawal expected findings -✓✓Insomnia and restlessness
• Mematine is used to treat -✓✓Severe alzheimers
• ADHD teaching -✓✓Ignore child's attention seeking behaviors that are not dangerous
• Rape-Trauma Syndrome finding -✓✓Report of intense guilt
• Medication that is given during alcohol detox -✓✓Diazepam
• ECT expected findings -✓✓Memory loss
Nausea
Tachycardia
• ECT is given for -✓✓Bipolar with rapid cycling
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation adverse effects -✓✓Voice changes
Dysphagia
Neck pain
• Modeling -✓✓Allows client to see a demonstration of appropriate behaviors in a
stressful situation. The goal is that the client will imitate the behaviors
• Systemic Desentization -✓✓Begins with mastering of relaxation techniques. Then a
client is exposed to increasing levels of anxiety-producing stimulus.
• Flooding -✓✓Exposing the client to a great deal of undesirable stimulus in an attempt
to turn off anxiety response.
Most useful for phobias
• Thought Stopping -✓✓Teaches a client to say "stop" when a negative thought or
compulsive behavior arises and substitute positive thought. The goal is that the client
with time will use command silently
,• Eye Movement Desentization and Reprocessing (EMDR) -✓✓Therapy for clients who
have PTSD. Encourages eye focus on a separate stimuli while thinking of or talking
about the traumatic event
• PTSD expected findings -✓✓Hallucinations
Recurring nightmares
• How is seasonal depression treated? -✓✓Light therapy
• Dysthymic Disorder -✓✓Mild form of depression that usually has an early onset, such
as in childhood and lasts at least 2 years in length
• St. John's Wort adverse effects -✓✓Photosensitivity
Skin rash
Rapid heart rate
GI distress
Abdominal pain
• Depressive disorders are most prevalent in... -✓✓Adults between ages of 15-40
• Transpersonal Communication -✓✓Addresses an individual's spiritual needs and
providers interventions to meet those needs
• Empathy -✓✓UNDERSTANDING of feelings
• Rapid Cycling -✓✓4 or more episodes of acute mania within 1 year
• Bipolar I -✓✓Client has at least one episode of mania alternating with major
depression
More severe
• Bipolar II -✓✓Client has one or more hypomanic episodes alternating with MDD
• Bipolar Meds -✓✓Lithium=mood stabilizer
Anticonvulsants such as Valproic Acid (Depakote), Clonazapam, Lamitcal, Gabapentin,
and Topiramate
Benzos such as Lorazepam used on a short term basis
SSRIs such as Prozac
• A client in a true manic state will... -✓✓Not stop moving, and does not eat or drink, or
sleep. This can become a medical emergency
• Alogia -✓✓Poverty of thought or speech; the client may sit with a visitor but may only
mumble or respond vaguely to questions
, • Avolition -✓✓Lack of motivation in activities and hygiene
• Grandeur -✓✓Believes that she is all powerful and important, like a god
• Somatic Delusionals -✓✓Believes that his body is changing in an unusual way, such
as growing a third arm
• Depersonalization -✓✓Nonspecific feeling that a person has lose their identity, self is
different or unreal
• Derealization -✓✓Perception that environment has changed
• Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF Scale) -✓✓Helps to determine a client's
ability to perform ADLs and to function independently
• Mileu -✓✓Safe, structured environment that decreases anxiety and distracts the client
from constant thinking and hallucinations
• Atypical Antipsychotics -✓✓Treat BOTH positive and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia
Abilify
Geodon
Zyprexa
Seroquel
Risperdal
Clozaril (Clozapine)
• Conventional Antipsychotics -✓✓Treat positive symptoms of schizo
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Loxapine
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Fluphenazine
• Benzos -✓✓Lorazepam (ativan)
Clonazepam (Klonopin)
• Positive Symptoms of Schizo (obvious) -✓✓Hallucinations
Delusions
Use of clang association
Constantly waving arms (bizarre movements)
• Spitting -✓✓Client tends to characterize people or things as all good or all bad at any
particular moment
Questions and Answers () (Real
Exam Verified Answers)
• Heroin Intoxication Expected Finding -✓✓Respiratory Depression
• Reaction of Terminal Cancer Diagnosis -✓✓Denial
• Valproic Acid Teaching -✓✓Teach the need to regularly monitor liver function levels
due to the risk of hepatotoxicity
• When should Donapezil be taken? -✓✓Bedtime to reduce the risks for injury due to
bradycardia and syncope
• Methadone is indicated for TX of.... -✓✓Opiate use disorder
• Phenelzine---Finding to report -✓✓Elevated BP: increases risk for hypertensive crisis
This is an MAOI!
• Acute Main---Priority Goal -✓✓Maintain adequate hydration
• Binge-eating expected finding -✓✓Abdominal pain
• Stage 4 Alzheimers expected finding -✓✓Client is able to identify the names of family
members
• Restricting type anorexia expected finding -✓✓Decreased caloric intake due to
excessive fear of weight gain
• ECT Potential Complications -✓✓Cardiac arryhthmia
• Cocaine intoxication expected finding -✓✓Dilated pupils
• Benzo---finding that would indicate questioning the provider -✓✓Hypotension
• Alcohol Withdrawal Medication -✓✓Disulfram
• Can give____________with lithium -✓✓Valproic Acid
Both treat bipolar
• Common adverse effect of Buspirone -✓✓Dizziness
,• Confusion develops...... -✓✓SLOWLY with alzheimers
• What food type to avoid with Disulfram -✓✓Pure vanilla extract
• Conduct Disorder expected finding -✓✓Aggressive behavior toward others
• Heroin withdrawal expected findings -✓✓Muscle aches
• Alcohol withdrawal expected findings -✓✓Insomnia and restlessness
• Mematine is used to treat -✓✓Severe alzheimers
• ADHD teaching -✓✓Ignore child's attention seeking behaviors that are not dangerous
• Rape-Trauma Syndrome finding -✓✓Report of intense guilt
• Medication that is given during alcohol detox -✓✓Diazepam
• ECT expected findings -✓✓Memory loss
Nausea
Tachycardia
• ECT is given for -✓✓Bipolar with rapid cycling
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation adverse effects -✓✓Voice changes
Dysphagia
Neck pain
• Modeling -✓✓Allows client to see a demonstration of appropriate behaviors in a
stressful situation. The goal is that the client will imitate the behaviors
• Systemic Desentization -✓✓Begins with mastering of relaxation techniques. Then a
client is exposed to increasing levels of anxiety-producing stimulus.
• Flooding -✓✓Exposing the client to a great deal of undesirable stimulus in an attempt
to turn off anxiety response.
Most useful for phobias
• Thought Stopping -✓✓Teaches a client to say "stop" when a negative thought or
compulsive behavior arises and substitute positive thought. The goal is that the client
with time will use command silently
,• Eye Movement Desentization and Reprocessing (EMDR) -✓✓Therapy for clients who
have PTSD. Encourages eye focus on a separate stimuli while thinking of or talking
about the traumatic event
• PTSD expected findings -✓✓Hallucinations
Recurring nightmares
• How is seasonal depression treated? -✓✓Light therapy
• Dysthymic Disorder -✓✓Mild form of depression that usually has an early onset, such
as in childhood and lasts at least 2 years in length
• St. John's Wort adverse effects -✓✓Photosensitivity
Skin rash
Rapid heart rate
GI distress
Abdominal pain
• Depressive disorders are most prevalent in... -✓✓Adults between ages of 15-40
• Transpersonal Communication -✓✓Addresses an individual's spiritual needs and
providers interventions to meet those needs
• Empathy -✓✓UNDERSTANDING of feelings
• Rapid Cycling -✓✓4 or more episodes of acute mania within 1 year
• Bipolar I -✓✓Client has at least one episode of mania alternating with major
depression
More severe
• Bipolar II -✓✓Client has one or more hypomanic episodes alternating with MDD
• Bipolar Meds -✓✓Lithium=mood stabilizer
Anticonvulsants such as Valproic Acid (Depakote), Clonazapam, Lamitcal, Gabapentin,
and Topiramate
Benzos such as Lorazepam used on a short term basis
SSRIs such as Prozac
• A client in a true manic state will... -✓✓Not stop moving, and does not eat or drink, or
sleep. This can become a medical emergency
• Alogia -✓✓Poverty of thought or speech; the client may sit with a visitor but may only
mumble or respond vaguely to questions
, • Avolition -✓✓Lack of motivation in activities and hygiene
• Grandeur -✓✓Believes that she is all powerful and important, like a god
• Somatic Delusionals -✓✓Believes that his body is changing in an unusual way, such
as growing a third arm
• Depersonalization -✓✓Nonspecific feeling that a person has lose their identity, self is
different or unreal
• Derealization -✓✓Perception that environment has changed
• Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF Scale) -✓✓Helps to determine a client's
ability to perform ADLs and to function independently
• Mileu -✓✓Safe, structured environment that decreases anxiety and distracts the client
from constant thinking and hallucinations
• Atypical Antipsychotics -✓✓Treat BOTH positive and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia
Abilify
Geodon
Zyprexa
Seroquel
Risperdal
Clozaril (Clozapine)
• Conventional Antipsychotics -✓✓Treat positive symptoms of schizo
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Loxapine
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Fluphenazine
• Benzos -✓✓Lorazepam (ativan)
Clonazepam (Klonopin)
• Positive Symptoms of Schizo (obvious) -✓✓Hallucinations
Delusions
Use of clang association
Constantly waving arms (bizarre movements)
• Spitting -✓✓Client tends to characterize people or things as all good or all bad at any
particular moment
