NUR 2488 / NUR 2459 Mental Health Final Exam Review |
Rasmussen College
1. What is somatoform disorder?
- A mental illness that causes bodily symptoms that cannot be tracked back to
any specific cause.
2. Are the symptoms real for a patient with somatoform disorder?
- Yes, the symptoms are real. It is frustrating because many doctors will
perform tests but find nothing. Many go undiagnosed.
3. What are younger patients with body image problems at risk for?
- Suicide
4. A nurse caring for a patient with borderline personality disorder should try to find out
what?
- What the patients secondary gains are. What are they trying to get?
Attention? Money? Pain pills?
5. Characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder patient in a locked setting with other
clients?
, - Manipulative, aggressive, angry, yelling.
6. What is a main cause of death for anorexia nervosa patients?
- Cardiac problems d/t potassium imbalances *hypokalemia
7. What is re-feeding syndrome?
- Occurs when malnourished patient begins to receive nourishment again.
Severe change in intake and electrolyte increases cause heart to work harder
and can cause dysrhythmias.
8. What is the difference between bulimia and anorexia?
- Bulimia is the binging of food and then purging. Anorexia is starving self
from food.
9. If you're throwing up and or taking a laxative? What electrolyte might be out of balance?
- Potassium
10. What are hallucinations?
- Experiences that are real to the patient but are not actually real.,
Rasmussen College
1. What is somatoform disorder?
- A mental illness that causes bodily symptoms that cannot be tracked back to
any specific cause.
2. Are the symptoms real for a patient with somatoform disorder?
- Yes, the symptoms are real. It is frustrating because many doctors will
perform tests but find nothing. Many go undiagnosed.
3. What are younger patients with body image problems at risk for?
- Suicide
4. A nurse caring for a patient with borderline personality disorder should try to find out
what?
- What the patients secondary gains are. What are they trying to get?
Attention? Money? Pain pills?
5. Characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder patient in a locked setting with other
clients?
, - Manipulative, aggressive, angry, yelling.
6. What is a main cause of death for anorexia nervosa patients?
- Cardiac problems d/t potassium imbalances *hypokalemia
7. What is re-feeding syndrome?
- Occurs when malnourished patient begins to receive nourishment again.
Severe change in intake and electrolyte increases cause heart to work harder
and can cause dysrhythmias.
8. What is the difference between bulimia and anorexia?
- Bulimia is the binging of food and then purging. Anorexia is starving self
from food.
9. If you're throwing up and or taking a laxative? What electrolyte might be out of balance?
- Potassium
10. What are hallucinations?
- Experiences that are real to the patient but are not actually real.,
