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NUR 2459 MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM 2 Questions And
Answers Verified 100% Correct RASMUSSEN COLLEGE
1
A patient with generalized anxiety disorder comes to the clinic with severe anxiety.
Of these medications in the patient’s medical record, which is most appropriate to
give as an as needed (prn) anxiolytic medication?
Selected Lorazep am
Answer:
Answers: Buspiron e
Lorazep am
Phenytoi n
Fluoxeti ne
Response Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety. It may be
Feedback: given as a prn medication. Buspirone is long acting and is not useful as a
prn drug. Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant. Fluoxetine is a selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor used to treat depression.
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1 out of 1 points
When assessing a patient’s plan for suicide, what aspect has priority?
Selected Availability of means and lethality of Answer:
method
Answers: Patient’s financial and educational status
Patient’s insight into suicidal motivation
Availability of means and lethality of method
Quality and availability of patient social
support
Response If a person has definite plans that include choosing a method of
, • Question
out of 1 points
Feedback suicide readily available, and if the method is one that is lethal
:
(i.e., will cause the person to die with little probability for
intervention), the suicide risk is considered high. These areas provide
a better indication of risk than the areas mentioned in the other
options.
1
A veteran of the Iraq War describes that he is having intrusive thoughts of missiles,
screaming, explosions, and the same feelings of terror first experienced in combat.
Which of the following clinical disorders would this patient most likely be describing
symptoms of?
Selected posttraumatic stress disorder.
Answer:
Answers: obsessive-compulsive disorder.
generalized anxiety disorder.
panic disorder with
agoraphobia
posttraumatic stress
disorder.
Response DSM-IV-TR criteria specify re-experiencing the traumatic event
Feedback: as consistent with posttraumatic stress disorder. These symptoms are not
part of the clinical manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder,
generalized anxiety disorder, or agoraphobia.
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0 out of 1 points
A patient with catatonic schizophrenia exhibits little spontaneous movement and
demonstrates waxy flexibility. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which
needs are of priority importance for this patient?
Selected Safety and
Answer:
security
Answers: Physical
Psychosocial
NUR 2459 MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM 2 Questions And
Answers Verified 100% Correct RASMUSSEN COLLEGE
1
A patient with generalized anxiety disorder comes to the clinic with severe anxiety.
Of these medications in the patient’s medical record, which is most appropriate to
give as an as needed (prn) anxiolytic medication?
Selected Lorazep am
Answer:
Answers: Buspiron e
Lorazep am
Phenytoi n
Fluoxeti ne
Response Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety. It may be
Feedback: given as a prn medication. Buspirone is long acting and is not useful as a
prn drug. Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant. Fluoxetine is a selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor used to treat depression.
•
1 out of 1 points
When assessing a patient’s plan for suicide, what aspect has priority?
Selected Availability of means and lethality of Answer:
method
Answers: Patient’s financial and educational status
Patient’s insight into suicidal motivation
Availability of means and lethality of method
Quality and availability of patient social
support
Response If a person has definite plans that include choosing a method of
, • Question
out of 1 points
Feedback suicide readily available, and if the method is one that is lethal
:
(i.e., will cause the person to die with little probability for
intervention), the suicide risk is considered high. These areas provide
a better indication of risk than the areas mentioned in the other
options.
1
A veteran of the Iraq War describes that he is having intrusive thoughts of missiles,
screaming, explosions, and the same feelings of terror first experienced in combat.
Which of the following clinical disorders would this patient most likely be describing
symptoms of?
Selected posttraumatic stress disorder.
Answer:
Answers: obsessive-compulsive disorder.
generalized anxiety disorder.
panic disorder with
agoraphobia
posttraumatic stress
disorder.
Response DSM-IV-TR criteria specify re-experiencing the traumatic event
Feedback: as consistent with posttraumatic stress disorder. These symptoms are not
part of the clinical manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder,
generalized anxiety disorder, or agoraphobia.
•
0 out of 1 points
A patient with catatonic schizophrenia exhibits little spontaneous movement and
demonstrates waxy flexibility. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which
needs are of priority importance for this patient?
Selected Safety and
Answer:
security
Answers: Physical
Psychosocial
