NURS 6635 MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAM

NURS 6635 MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
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Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric
disorders in psychosomatic patients - ANSWER: Potassium

Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle -
ANSWER: Erickson

Select two causes of dissociative amnesia - ANSWER: Sexual abuse and Partner
Betrayal

Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing
antipsychotic drugs - ANSWER: AIMS

Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly -
ANSWER: Autism and Intellectual disability

Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients - ANSWER: 20% recover, 10%
mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse

Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in
dissociative amnesia - ANSWER: Sequential events

The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - ANSWER:
Eating with friends but not Family

Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a
mental illness diagnosis. - ANSWER: Psychiatrist History and mental status
examination

Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - ANSWER:
Patient Resistance

Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - ANSWER:
Central Apnea

Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek
help from a Primary Care Provider - ANSWER: Hoarding

Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - ANSWER: CAPS

Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - ANSWER: 4

, Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence
in television, movies, and video games - ANSWER: Dysthymia

Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental
health interview of a child - ANSWER: Medical history

Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant
drug therapy - ANSWER: 6-8 weeks

What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? - ANSWER:
PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams

Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following
EXCEPT: - ANSWER: Short duration of symptoms

Select the medical condition that must be excluded as a cause of somatic symptom
disorder or hypochondriasis - ANSWER: Angina Pectoris

What is the most IMMEDIATE consideration in assessing depression in adolescents? -
ANSWER: Appetite

Select the neurotransmitter that is most involved in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia. - ANSWER: Acetylcholine

Select the most important component of the patient-provider rapport. - ANSWER:
Privacy

Select the most effective treatment for social anxiety disorder in children - ANSWER:
Cognitive-behaviour therapy CBT and SSRI antidepressants

All the following are key psychiatric findings when assessing speech and language in
children EXCEPT: - ANSWER: Echolalia

Select the factor that is required to cause PTSD from a stressor - ANSWER:
Concurrent substance abuse

All the following are classes of coping mechanisms in the Model of Mental Health as
Resilience where humans overcome stressful situations EXCEPT: - ANSWER:
Generativity versus

Anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies have associated a decreased
activation in what part of the brain with obsessive-compulsive behaviors? - ANSWER:
Caudate

Select the two complications in diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa -
ANSWER: Secracy of eating rituals and Insisting weight loss has a medical cause