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NURS/MVU 661 EXAM WITH Q&A
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tages of Learning in Benner's Model - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconscious
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Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious competence
xplain Unconscious Incompetence - CORRECT ANSWER-Novice, we don't know
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what we don't know
xplain Conscious Incompetence - CORRECT ANSWER-Advanced beginner, feeling
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uncomfortable about what we don't know
xplain Conscious Competence - CORRECT ANSWER-Competent/proficient, getting
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skills and feeling more confident
xplain Unconscious Competence - CORRECT ANSWER-Expert, skills become
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blended and become habits
ttunement - CORRECT ANSWER-in tune to someone's feelings and emotions,
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reacting to someone's needs and moods.
gocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER-can't differentiate between yourself and others,
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self-centred, all about me
europlasticity - CORRECT ANSWER-neuronal pathways are malleable and
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adaptable. The brain responds to things in the environment and it can change, this is
one reason why therapy is pushed because it can change the structure of the brain if
applied correctly.
urturing - CORRECT ANSWER-caring, can be a good thing or can be maladaptive or
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enabling.
, verdeterminism - CORRECT ANSWER-problem has multiple causes. Someone has
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depression from a situation that is prolonged for years, could be taht one problem or
could be biological where it's genetic, and may not be able to pinpoint where the
depression is coming from, genetic, or situational. Psych patients are very rare it is just
one cause.
esilience - CORRECT ANSWER-able to adapt very well, can go through a traumatic
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event and maintain good coping skills and mental health.
hat is the biomedical holistic model and what is it used for? - CORRECT
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ANSWER-Biomedical model focuses on the goal of healing, seeing the body as a
whole, seeing both the medical and holistic side. The biomedical model treats
symptoms, holistic model treats them as a whole, this is combination of both.
hat is the Adaptive Information Processing Model - CORRECT ANSWER-Taking
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information through schemas. The way information is processed. Information is taken in
through the senses and connected adaptively to memory networks so that storing and
learning can occur.If brain processing is interrupted due to the massive influx of
hormones and neurotransmitters, these unprocessed experiences are considered to be
the basis of the symptoms and of many mental health problems. Once the information
process is interrupted the memory of the event becomes fragmented and the
experience may become disconnected (women raped 40 years ago triggered by having
sex withe her partner, etc.)._
hat is the Diathesis-Stress model? - CORRECT ANSWER-Genetics and stress
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combined in diagnosis, so nurture vs nature. Threshold of genetic/nature/diathesis and
environment/stress/nurture. Modelled for schizophrenia and bipolar.
hat is the function of acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER-memory and cognition, if
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depleted causes dementia
What is the function of cortisol - CORRECT ANSWER-stress hormone
hat is the function of dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER-Reward, if too much
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hallucinations if too little EPS/Parkinsonian symptoms
hat is the function of GABA - CORRECT ANSWER-Sedation, calm, feel good. Not
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enough causes anxiousness.