NURS 6635 Final Exam Questions and Answers
1. 1. Select the development time of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syn-
drome.
A. 12-24 hours
B. 24-72 hours
C. 4-7 days
D.10-14 days: B. 24-72 hours
If untreated syndrome lasts 10 to 14 days
Treat with dantrolene or bromocriptine
2. Select the brain region that shows the greatest anatomical abnormalities in
schizophrenic patients.
A. Hippocampus
B. Amygdala
C. Prefrontal cortex
D. Basal ganglia: C. Prefrontal cortex has anatomical abnormalities
hippocampus and amygdala have size decrease
basal ganglia theoretical due to odd movements
D. per some answers
3. Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impair-
ment.
A. General cognition
B. Activities of daily living
C. Geographic orientation
D. Recent memory: D. Recent memory
4. Select the time frame for symptoms of schizophreniform disorder.
A. 2 to 6 weeks
B. 1 to 5 months
C. 6 to 8 months
D. 1 year: Symptoms are short term lasting at least 1 month but less than 6 months.
p. 342
5. Select two comorbid factors common in schizophrenic patients: obesity, DM,
substance use disorders, complex partial epilepsy, cardiovascular disease, HIV,
COPD
6. Select the medical condition that occurs less frequently in schizophrenic
patients than in the general population: rheumatoid arthritis
7. Select the percentage of remission that results from correct antipsychotic
drug therapy of schizophrenic patients
A. 15
, NURS 6635 Final Exam Questions and Answers
B. 30
C. 45
D. 70: p. 354 Approximately 60% will improve to the extent that they will achieve
remission or only mild symptoms
8. Select the most distinguishing feature in the course and prognosis of
schizophrenia: worsening after each relapse
9. Select the two behaviors of schizophrenic patients that occur more fre-
quently than in the general population.: p.339 little impulse control, decreased
social sensitivity, impulsive behavior, suicide, violent behavior
10. Select the characteristic that is greater in childhood than adult onset
schizophrenia: Social withdrawal p. 349 typically quiet introverted, no close friends,
may have sudden onset of ocd
11. Select the most reliable method to make a diagnosis of schizophrenia: a
patient's history is essential for the diagnosis of schizophrenia; clinicians cannot
diagnose schizophrenia simply by results of a mental status examination, which may
vary.
12. Select the dysfunction that is common to 50% to 85% of schizophrenic
patients.: Various studies have reported abnormal eye movements in 50 to 85
percent of patients with schizophrenia compared with about 25 percent in psychiatric
patients without schizophrenia and fewer than 10 percent in nonpsychiatrically ill
control participant. p. 359
13. Select two of the "Four A's" symptoms of schizophrenia described by
Bleuler
A.
autism
B.
ambivalence
C.
anhedonia
D.
abstract: the four As: associations, affect, autism, and ambivalence
14. Select the age range for 90% of patients treated for schizophrenia: p. 358
90% of patients in treatment for schizophrenia are between 15 and 55 years old.
(peak age of onset women - 25 to 35, men 10-25). Late onset refers to over 45.
cannabis raises risk by 40%
15. The most common type of hallucination in schizophrenia: Auditory
16. Cognition of patient's with schizophrenia: Usually oriented to person, time,
and place. they do have cognitive deficiencies in attention, executive function,
working memory, and episodic memory
1. 1. Select the development time of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syn-
drome.
A. 12-24 hours
B. 24-72 hours
C. 4-7 days
D.10-14 days: B. 24-72 hours
If untreated syndrome lasts 10 to 14 days
Treat with dantrolene or bromocriptine
2. Select the brain region that shows the greatest anatomical abnormalities in
schizophrenic patients.
A. Hippocampus
B. Amygdala
C. Prefrontal cortex
D. Basal ganglia: C. Prefrontal cortex has anatomical abnormalities
hippocampus and amygdala have size decrease
basal ganglia theoretical due to odd movements
D. per some answers
3. Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impair-
ment.
A. General cognition
B. Activities of daily living
C. Geographic orientation
D. Recent memory: D. Recent memory
4. Select the time frame for symptoms of schizophreniform disorder.
A. 2 to 6 weeks
B. 1 to 5 months
C. 6 to 8 months
D. 1 year: Symptoms are short term lasting at least 1 month but less than 6 months.
p. 342
5. Select two comorbid factors common in schizophrenic patients: obesity, DM,
substance use disorders, complex partial epilepsy, cardiovascular disease, HIV,
COPD
6. Select the medical condition that occurs less frequently in schizophrenic
patients than in the general population: rheumatoid arthritis
7. Select the percentage of remission that results from correct antipsychotic
drug therapy of schizophrenic patients
A. 15
, NURS 6635 Final Exam Questions and Answers
B. 30
C. 45
D. 70: p. 354 Approximately 60% will improve to the extent that they will achieve
remission or only mild symptoms
8. Select the most distinguishing feature in the course and prognosis of
schizophrenia: worsening after each relapse
9. Select the two behaviors of schizophrenic patients that occur more fre-
quently than in the general population.: p.339 little impulse control, decreased
social sensitivity, impulsive behavior, suicide, violent behavior
10. Select the characteristic that is greater in childhood than adult onset
schizophrenia: Social withdrawal p. 349 typically quiet introverted, no close friends,
may have sudden onset of ocd
11. Select the most reliable method to make a diagnosis of schizophrenia: a
patient's history is essential for the diagnosis of schizophrenia; clinicians cannot
diagnose schizophrenia simply by results of a mental status examination, which may
vary.
12. Select the dysfunction that is common to 50% to 85% of schizophrenic
patients.: Various studies have reported abnormal eye movements in 50 to 85
percent of patients with schizophrenia compared with about 25 percent in psychiatric
patients without schizophrenia and fewer than 10 percent in nonpsychiatrically ill
control participant. p. 359
13. Select two of the "Four A's" symptoms of schizophrenia described by
Bleuler
A.
autism
B.
ambivalence
C.
anhedonia
D.
abstract: the four As: associations, affect, autism, and ambivalence
14. Select the age range for 90% of patients treated for schizophrenia: p. 358
90% of patients in treatment for schizophrenia are between 15 and 55 years old.
(peak age of onset women - 25 to 35, men 10-25). Late onset refers to over 45.
cannabis raises risk by 40%
15. The most common type of hallucination in schizophrenia: Auditory
16. Cognition of patient's with schizophrenia: Usually oriented to person, time,
and place. they do have cognitive deficiencies in attention, executive function,
working memory, and episodic memory
