NR 547 WEEK 1 EXAM CEA PRE-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Psychiatric ROS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mood, anxiety, psychosis, other
Psych ROS: Mood
-Depression - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-MDD (SIGECAPS)
Sleep, interest, guilt, energy, concentration, appetite, psychomotor, agitation, or slowing, suicidality,
sexual fx
Psych ROS: Mood
-mania - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Impulsivity, grandiosity, recklessness, excessive energy, decreased need
for sleep, increased spending beyond means, talkativeness, racing thoughts, hypersexuality
Psych ROS: Mood
Mixed other - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Irritability, viability
Psych ROS: Anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅GAD, panic disorder, OCD, PTSD, social, anxiety, simple
phobias
Psych ROS: anxiety -GAD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Where, wind, who, how long, how frequent
Psych ROS: Anxiety-panic disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How long until peak, somatic symptoms,
including racing heart, sweating, shortness of breath, trouble, swallowing, sense of doom, fear of
recurrence, agoraphobia
Psych ROS: anxiety obsessive, compulsive - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Checking, cleaning, organizing,
rituals, hangups, obsessive, thinking, counting, rational versus irrational beliefs
Psych ROS Anxiety -PTSD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nightmares, flashbacks, startle response, avoidance
, Psych ROS: Anxiety social anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Avoidance
Psych ROS anxiety simple phobias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Heights, planes, spiders
Psych ROS: Psychosis
-Types of delusions to ask about (5) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hallucinations, paranoia, delusions,
patient's perception
Psychosis: Hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sensory perception without an actual stimulus
Auditory: usually in Schizophrenic patients
Visual: can be in Schizophrenia, drug intoxication or delirium
Olfactory: usually an aura associated with epilepsy
Tactile: usually secondary to drug use or alcohol withdrawal
Psychosis and paranoia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅can occur with prolonged use of strong stimulants,
unreasonable fear
Psychosis and delusions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fixed false beliefs.
Bizarre delusions is a false belief that is impossible (FBI has sent Aliens from area 57 after me).
Non-bizarre: can be possible (Neighbours are spying on me)
TV, radio, thought broadcasting, mind control, referential, thinking
Psychosis patient perception - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Spiritual or cultural context of symptoms, reality
testing, conspiracy theories
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Psychiatric ROS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mood, anxiety, psychosis, other
Psych ROS: Mood
-Depression - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-MDD (SIGECAPS)
Sleep, interest, guilt, energy, concentration, appetite, psychomotor, agitation, or slowing, suicidality,
sexual fx
Psych ROS: Mood
-mania - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Impulsivity, grandiosity, recklessness, excessive energy, decreased need
for sleep, increased spending beyond means, talkativeness, racing thoughts, hypersexuality
Psych ROS: Mood
Mixed other - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Irritability, viability
Psych ROS: Anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅GAD, panic disorder, OCD, PTSD, social, anxiety, simple
phobias
Psych ROS: anxiety -GAD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Where, wind, who, how long, how frequent
Psych ROS: Anxiety-panic disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How long until peak, somatic symptoms,
including racing heart, sweating, shortness of breath, trouble, swallowing, sense of doom, fear of
recurrence, agoraphobia
Psych ROS: anxiety obsessive, compulsive - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Checking, cleaning, organizing,
rituals, hangups, obsessive, thinking, counting, rational versus irrational beliefs
Psych ROS Anxiety -PTSD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nightmares, flashbacks, startle response, avoidance
, Psych ROS: Anxiety social anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Avoidance
Psych ROS anxiety simple phobias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Heights, planes, spiders
Psych ROS: Psychosis
-Types of delusions to ask about (5) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hallucinations, paranoia, delusions,
patient's perception
Psychosis: Hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sensory perception without an actual stimulus
Auditory: usually in Schizophrenic patients
Visual: can be in Schizophrenia, drug intoxication or delirium
Olfactory: usually an aura associated with epilepsy
Tactile: usually secondary to drug use or alcohol withdrawal
Psychosis and paranoia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅can occur with prolonged use of strong stimulants,
unreasonable fear
Psychosis and delusions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fixed false beliefs.
Bizarre delusions is a false belief that is impossible (FBI has sent Aliens from area 57 after me).
Non-bizarre: can be possible (Neighbours are spying on me)
TV, radio, thought broadcasting, mind control, referential, thinking
Psychosis patient perception - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Spiritual or cultural context of symptoms, reality
testing, conspiracy theories
