Psych Tech Exam Study Set ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Time Out - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Breaking off current interactions or postponing the
next interaction
Decubitus Ulsers - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Caused by reduced blood supply, c/o burning
in the area, caused where is increased pressure
Oral hygiene - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Perform only when pt. awake, usually done p
meals and @ hs, the practice is influenced by sulture and personal choice
Reporting potentially dangerous behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Always to the charge
nurse immediately
Neurodevelopment disability - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a significant mental and/or
physical impariment starting before adulthood
Hypertension - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅elevated blood pressure, treated with a low-
calorie diet if the patient is obese, medications, exercise and quitting smoking and a LOW
sodium (NA) diet
Therapeutic self - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the ability to use oneself therapeutically w/o
having to plan each move, to trust in one's instincts and have a sensitivity to subtle cues about
when and how to take action and the part of the personality that comes out during group
therapy
I & 0 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Intake and Output
What you do when a suicidal patient states that they have a plan - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅observe the patient 24 hours a day on a 1:1 basis, ask the patient to sign a
no-harm contract and remove potentially harmful items such as belts, socks, strings, etc.
,When a patient states they have a problem, a reply that uses therapeutic listening -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅"You seem uncomfortable when you talk about that."
Patient Care Conference - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the health care team members sharing
information concerning a patient's treatment plan
Symptoms or suspicious or dangerous behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅when a patient
is in a state of being unable to communicate a warning, when a patient's affect, statements
and behavior is intensifying, when the patient is behaving with agititation, threats,
hallucinating or is delusional.
Hypertension - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅high blood pressure
Low-Sodium (Na) or sodium-restricted diet - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Often ordered for
patients with kidney, heart or liver disease
Examples of antidepressants from various categories - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Effexor,
Elavil, Zoloft
BLocking - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅interruption of a train of speech before a thought or
idea is completed
Empathy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the ability to sense the client's private world as if it
were our own
Side Effect of SSRI antidepressants - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅agitation
Objective observations - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅observations that are measured,
validated through your senses
Subjective observations - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅something reported by the patient that
cannot be measured or observed, such as pain or their feelings
, Hypo - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅decreased or less than normal
First action when a client is missing - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅report to the charge nurse
and quietly conduct a room-to-room search
BID - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅twice a day
Care for personal belongings - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅keep valuables in the office or a
safe until a relative can get them
Clean-catch or Mid-stream urine specimen - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅may also be called
"clean-voided", when the patient voids into the toilet, stops mid-stream, then collects the
specimen, the genital area must be cleaned to reduce microbes before the specimen is
collected
When charting, include these major areas of functioning - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Affect, behavior, complaints
S/S of diabetes mellitus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅hunger, increased thirst and increased
urine
Tegretol - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅anticonvulsant used as a mood stabilizer in Psychiatry
to treat manic behavior
Nil - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅none or zero
Ideas of Reference - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a delusional idea that there are personal
messages in totally unrelated events
Clanging - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅delusional speeck in which words are chosen by
sounds, not meaning
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Time Out - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Breaking off current interactions or postponing the
next interaction
Decubitus Ulsers - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Caused by reduced blood supply, c/o burning
in the area, caused where is increased pressure
Oral hygiene - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Perform only when pt. awake, usually done p
meals and @ hs, the practice is influenced by sulture and personal choice
Reporting potentially dangerous behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Always to the charge
nurse immediately
Neurodevelopment disability - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a significant mental and/or
physical impariment starting before adulthood
Hypertension - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅elevated blood pressure, treated with a low-
calorie diet if the patient is obese, medications, exercise and quitting smoking and a LOW
sodium (NA) diet
Therapeutic self - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the ability to use oneself therapeutically w/o
having to plan each move, to trust in one's instincts and have a sensitivity to subtle cues about
when and how to take action and the part of the personality that comes out during group
therapy
I & 0 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Intake and Output
What you do when a suicidal patient states that they have a plan - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅observe the patient 24 hours a day on a 1:1 basis, ask the patient to sign a
no-harm contract and remove potentially harmful items such as belts, socks, strings, etc.
,When a patient states they have a problem, a reply that uses therapeutic listening -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅"You seem uncomfortable when you talk about that."
Patient Care Conference - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the health care team members sharing
information concerning a patient's treatment plan
Symptoms or suspicious or dangerous behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅when a patient
is in a state of being unable to communicate a warning, when a patient's affect, statements
and behavior is intensifying, when the patient is behaving with agititation, threats,
hallucinating or is delusional.
Hypertension - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅high blood pressure
Low-Sodium (Na) or sodium-restricted diet - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Often ordered for
patients with kidney, heart or liver disease
Examples of antidepressants from various categories - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Effexor,
Elavil, Zoloft
BLocking - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅interruption of a train of speech before a thought or
idea is completed
Empathy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the ability to sense the client's private world as if it
were our own
Side Effect of SSRI antidepressants - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅agitation
Objective observations - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅observations that are measured,
validated through your senses
Subjective observations - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅something reported by the patient that
cannot be measured or observed, such as pain or their feelings
, Hypo - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅decreased or less than normal
First action when a client is missing - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅report to the charge nurse
and quietly conduct a room-to-room search
BID - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅twice a day
Care for personal belongings - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅keep valuables in the office or a
safe until a relative can get them
Clean-catch or Mid-stream urine specimen - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅may also be called
"clean-voided", when the patient voids into the toilet, stops mid-stream, then collects the
specimen, the genital area must be cleaned to reduce microbes before the specimen is
collected
When charting, include these major areas of functioning - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Affect, behavior, complaints
S/S of diabetes mellitus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅hunger, increased thirst and increased
urine
Tegretol - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅anticonvulsant used as a mood stabilizer in Psychiatry
to treat manic behavior
Nil - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅none or zero
Ideas of Reference - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a delusional idea that there are personal
messages in totally unrelated events
Clanging - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅delusional speeck in which words are chosen by
sounds, not meaning
