NUR2459 Mental and Behavioral
Health Nursing Exam 2
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Ataxia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Uncoordinated muscle movements
Apraxia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The inability to carry out purposeful motor
activities
,Aphasia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Difficulty expressing or understanding (speech,
reading)
Agraphia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Impairment of the ability to write
Agnosia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The inability to recognize familiar
objects/people/sounds/smells
Confabulation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Creating imaginary events to fill in memory
gaps (stage 4 Alzheimer's)
Pseudodementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A set of symptoms that can mimic those
of dementia but are usually caused by other conditions. No structural
changes in the brain.
Sundowning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A state of confusion that occurs in the late
afternoon and lasts into the night (stage 6 Alzheimer's)
Neurocognitive Disorder (NCD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A clinical deficit in
cognition or memory, causing a change from a previous level of function.
Tolerance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The need to use more of a substance over time
to achieve the same effect. Tolerance increases overdose risk.
,Dependence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A physical or psychological reliance on the
substance, leading to withdrawal symptoms when it is reduced or stopped.
Withdrawal Syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A group of predictable symptoms
that occur when substance use is reduced after prolonged use. These vary
by substance and can range from mild to life-threatening.
Therapeutic Communication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Use open-ended, non-
judgmental questions during assessments, such as 'Tell me about your
current drug and alcohol use.'
Alcohol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A CNS depressant
Intoxication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Blood concentration of 80 or 100mg ethanol
per deciliter or 0.08-0.1g/dL
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Most serious form of
thiamine deficiency in alcoholics
Wernicke's Encephalopathy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Acute, short-term, and life-
threatening phase with a triad of symptoms: confusion, ataxia, and
ophthalmoplegia (abnormal eye movements)
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, Korsakoff's Psychosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Chronic, long-term, and often
permanent phase with severe anterograde/retrograde amnesia,
confabulation, and hallucinations
Withdrawal Symptoms - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Abdominal cramping, vomiting,
tremors, restlessness, insomnia, tachycardia, hallucinations or illusions,
anxiety, HTN, tachypnea, increased temperature, tonic-clonic seizures
Delirium Tremens - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
or Delirium Tremens (DTs) is an emergency situation that results in death
in 20% of untreated individuals.
Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A long-acting benzodiazepine
primarily used for short-term, medically supervised detoxification from
alcohol
Acamprosate (Campral) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Helps maintain abstinence by
reducing alcohol cravings.
Disulfiram (Antabuse) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Creates a severe, unpleasant
sensitivity to alcohol, causing nausea/vomiting, flushing, tachycardia, and
headache if alcohol is consumed.
Health Nursing Exam 2
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Verified Answers/ Complete
Solutions |Get it 100% Accurate
Ataxia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Uncoordinated muscle movements
Apraxia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The inability to carry out purposeful motor
activities
,Aphasia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Difficulty expressing or understanding (speech,
reading)
Agraphia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Impairment of the ability to write
Agnosia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The inability to recognize familiar
objects/people/sounds/smells
Confabulation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Creating imaginary events to fill in memory
gaps (stage 4 Alzheimer's)
Pseudodementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A set of symptoms that can mimic those
of dementia but are usually caused by other conditions. No structural
changes in the brain.
Sundowning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A state of confusion that occurs in the late
afternoon and lasts into the night (stage 6 Alzheimer's)
Neurocognitive Disorder (NCD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A clinical deficit in
cognition or memory, causing a change from a previous level of function.
Tolerance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The need to use more of a substance over time
to achieve the same effect. Tolerance increases overdose risk.
,Dependence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A physical or psychological reliance on the
substance, leading to withdrawal symptoms when it is reduced or stopped.
Withdrawal Syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A group of predictable symptoms
that occur when substance use is reduced after prolonged use. These vary
by substance and can range from mild to life-threatening.
Therapeutic Communication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Use open-ended, non-
judgmental questions during assessments, such as 'Tell me about your
current drug and alcohol use.'
Alcohol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A CNS depressant
Intoxication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Blood concentration of 80 or 100mg ethanol
per deciliter or 0.08-0.1g/dL
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Most serious form of
thiamine deficiency in alcoholics
Wernicke's Encephalopathy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Acute, short-term, and life-
threatening phase with a triad of symptoms: confusion, ataxia, and
ophthalmoplegia (abnormal eye movements)
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Korsakoff's Psychosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Chronic, long-term, and often
permanent phase with severe anterograde/retrograde amnesia,
confabulation, and hallucinations
Withdrawal Symptoms - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Abdominal cramping, vomiting,
tremors, restlessness, insomnia, tachycardia, hallucinations or illusions,
anxiety, HTN, tachypnea, increased temperature, tonic-clonic seizures
Delirium Tremens - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
or Delirium Tremens (DTs) is an emergency situation that results in death
in 20% of untreated individuals.
Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A long-acting benzodiazepine
primarily used for short-term, medically supervised detoxification from
alcohol
Acamprosate (Campral) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Helps maintain abstinence by
reducing alcohol cravings.
Disulfiram (Antabuse) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Creates a severe, unpleasant
sensitivity to alcohol, causing nausea/vomiting, flushing, tachycardia, and
headache if alcohol is consumed.
