Mental Health-FINAL EXAM Rasmussen 2023/
157 Questions and Answers/ Verified.
What type of patients go to memory care? - -Dementia or Alzheimers
-What type of environment is a memory care unit? - -Locked unit, 24-7 supervision.
-What type of activities do you implement to interact with memory care patients? - -
Activities that help them to recall their past-show old photos, ask questions like what
was your first job? where did you grow up? what was your parents names?
-If a patient is not engaged in a group of people sharing photos what might they be
feeling? - -Depressed, Isolated, Angry
-Can a social worker make a decision about placement for an elderly person if that
person has living family members, a POA? - -No, they cannot make the decision. Nurses
must educate family about decisions.
-What does agnosia mean? - -Inability to interpret sensations and hence to recognize
things, typically as a result of brain damage.
-Example of something that could cause agnosia? - -TBI, vascular dementia.
-Characteristics of delirium. - -Rapid in onset, 24-72 hours, related to infection, NOT
common with aging.
-What is an important intervention for patients with delirium? - -Reorient them.
-What are the primary characteristics of borderline personality disorder? - -splitting
people (Pitting a group against each other). Self-defeating cycle of behavior.
, -What do you give a patient who has overdosed on PCP? - -Benzodiazepine
-Example of a benzodiazpine antidote? - -Flumazenil
-What type of personality disorder might a patient who still lives at home at 30 and
depends on their mother for everything, have? - -dependent personality disorder
-Give an example of a positive statement made by a recovering alcohol that made signal
that they are getting better? - -I will identify things that trigger my cravings
-Symptoms of patient with suspected opioid abuse/overdose? - -Contracted pupils,
increased HR, shallow Resp., increased temp (but not always).
-What do you give a opioid overdose patient? - -Narcan (Naloxone)
-S/S of acute alcohol withdrawal? - -Everything is increased! RR, BP, Temp, HR,
delerium
-Characteristics of histrionic personality disorder? - -Mania, melodramatic,
manipulative, emotional attention seeking behavior, often seductive and flirtatious.
-Interventions for histrionic personality disorder patient - -They are very manipulative.
Set fine lines, do not offer relationship advice, avoid situations where they are the center
of attention.
-Possible fatal complications of patient withdrawing from CNS stimulant - -Respiratory
failure, suicide, and depression.
-What is a hypochondriac? - -Someone who thinks that everything is wrong with them.
Ex. their acute headache is caused by a brain tumor.
157 Questions and Answers/ Verified.
What type of patients go to memory care? - -Dementia or Alzheimers
-What type of environment is a memory care unit? - -Locked unit, 24-7 supervision.
-What type of activities do you implement to interact with memory care patients? - -
Activities that help them to recall their past-show old photos, ask questions like what
was your first job? where did you grow up? what was your parents names?
-If a patient is not engaged in a group of people sharing photos what might they be
feeling? - -Depressed, Isolated, Angry
-Can a social worker make a decision about placement for an elderly person if that
person has living family members, a POA? - -No, they cannot make the decision. Nurses
must educate family about decisions.
-What does agnosia mean? - -Inability to interpret sensations and hence to recognize
things, typically as a result of brain damage.
-Example of something that could cause agnosia? - -TBI, vascular dementia.
-Characteristics of delirium. - -Rapid in onset, 24-72 hours, related to infection, NOT
common with aging.
-What is an important intervention for patients with delirium? - -Reorient them.
-What are the primary characteristics of borderline personality disorder? - -splitting
people (Pitting a group against each other). Self-defeating cycle of behavior.
, -What do you give a patient who has overdosed on PCP? - -Benzodiazepine
-Example of a benzodiazpine antidote? - -Flumazenil
-What type of personality disorder might a patient who still lives at home at 30 and
depends on their mother for everything, have? - -dependent personality disorder
-Give an example of a positive statement made by a recovering alcohol that made signal
that they are getting better? - -I will identify things that trigger my cravings
-Symptoms of patient with suspected opioid abuse/overdose? - -Contracted pupils,
increased HR, shallow Resp., increased temp (but not always).
-What do you give a opioid overdose patient? - -Narcan (Naloxone)
-S/S of acute alcohol withdrawal? - -Everything is increased! RR, BP, Temp, HR,
delerium
-Characteristics of histrionic personality disorder? - -Mania, melodramatic,
manipulative, emotional attention seeking behavior, often seductive and flirtatious.
-Interventions for histrionic personality disorder patient - -They are very manipulative.
Set fine lines, do not offer relationship advice, avoid situations where they are the center
of attention.
-Possible fatal complications of patient withdrawing from CNS stimulant - -Respiratory
failure, suicide, and depression.
-What is a hypochondriac? - -Someone who thinks that everything is wrong with them.
Ex. their acute headache is caused by a brain tumor.
