Nursing 212 Exam 1

Question 1

What is norepinephrine?

Answer 1

A stress hormone

Question 2

What is the effects of serotonin levels in the body?

Answer 2

Well being
Appetite
Anxiety

Question 3

What does SCOFF stand for?

Answer 3

Sick: Do you make yourself sick
Control: Do you have control over your eating
One stone: Have you lost 14 pounds in 3 months
Fat: Do you think you are fat
Food: Does food dominate your life

Question 4

What does a person that has a “cachectic” appearance look like?

Answer 4

Severely underweight with muscle wasting

Question 5

What does dialectical therapy focus on?

Answer 5

Emotional dysregulation

Question 6

What does specialist supportive clinical management focus on?

Answer 6

Education and support for anorexia patients

Question 7

Functional neurological disorder is also known as

Answer 7

Conversion disorder which is have seizure like symptoms from stress but no abnormal test results

Question 8

What is the difference in somatic symptom disorder and factitious disorder?

Answer 8

Somatic symptom disorder has real symptoms due to stress
Factitious disorder is played out symptoms

Question 9

Examples of sexual orientation

Answer 9

Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Queer
Straight

Question 10

What is conditional release?

Answer 10

The patient will need follow up treatment

Question 11

What do community mental health centers offer?

Answer 11

Assessments and diagnosis
Counseling
Education
Rehabilitation
Employment services

Question 12

What are the 5 characteristics of patient centered medical homes?

Answer 12

Comprehensive care
Patient centered care
Coordinated care
Accessible services
Quality and safety

Question 13

What does the biological model infer?

Answer 13

Mental disorders are caused by physical causes
Ex. Chemical imbalances in the body could cause anxiety

Question 14

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 14

Training the brain to think a certain way

Question 15

What is Watson’s behavioral theory?

Answer 15

Behaviorism

Question 16

What is Pavolov’s behavioral theory?

Answer 16

Classical conditioning

Question 17

What is skinners behavioral theory?

Answer 17

Operant conditioning

Question 18

What is ID?

Answer 18

Impulsive thoughts
“I want that right now”

Question 19

What is ego?

Answer 19

Critical thinking and problem solving

Question 20

What is superego?

Answer 20

Thinking based on what’s right and wrong (morals)

Question 21

What is psychoanalytic therapy?

Answer 21

Understanding the unconscious level to relieve emotional disturbances
Time consuming and expensive

Question 22

What does modeling mean?

Answer 22

Imitating adaptive responses to an anxiety trigger

Question 23

What are the 3 general screening tools for anxiety?

Answer 23

Cuxos- 20
GAD- 7
HAM-A- 14 adolescent

Question 24

What does splitting mean?

Answer 24

Inability to put negative and positive qualities to one person

Question 25

What is idealization?

Answer 25

A person denies flaws of someone until that person shows theirs flaws to them personally

Question 26

What is passive aggression?

Answer 26

I’m mad at max because he is working late but instead of me yelling at him I will accidentally burn his dinner

Question 27

What is somatization?

Answer 27

Avoiding a situation by blaming it on an illness

Question 28

What is reaction formation?

Answer 28

A young boy bullies a girl because on a subconscious level he’s attracted to her I hate kids but I work at a daycare

Question 29

What is repression?

Answer 29

Forgetting

Question 30

What is suppression?

Answer 30

Denial of feelings due to a stressor until stressor is resolved Student studying says “ i can’t worry about my rent until after the exam”

Question 31

What is sublimation?

Answer 31

Substitutions Man has hostile feelings so he becomes a butcher

Question 32

What are some immature defense mechanisms?

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Passive aggression Acting out behaviors Dissociation Devaluation Idealization Splitting Projection Denial

Question 33

What are some healthy defense mechanisms?

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Altruism Sublimation Suppression Humor

Question 34

What is moderate anxiety?

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Can’t think clearly but can problem solve Ex. Voice tremors

Question 35

What are some symptoms of PTSD?

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Traumatic event Re experiencing trauma Avoiding things associated with the trauma Unable to function Month last at least a month Arousal increased

Question 36

What symptoms does TBI and PTSD share?

Answer 36

Irritability Depression Fatigue

Question 37

Wa=hat therapy is used for PTSD

Answer 37

Psychotherapy Cognitive processing therapy Prolonged exposer therapy Eye movement desentization

Question 38

What is cognitive processing therapy?

Answer 38

Changing negative thoughts can change how you feel

Question 39

What is EMDR?

Answer 39

Patient thinks of their traumatic experience and focus’s on another stimuli (finger) at the same time

Question 40

What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome?

Answer 40

Adverse reaction to dopamine medications Last days to weeks Muscle rigidity

Question 41

What is mild serotonin syndrome?

Answer 41

Dialated pupils Shivering or sweating Tachycardia

Question 42

What is moderate serotonin syndrome?

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Altered mental status Hyperthermia Tremors Put on heart monitor

Question 43

What is life threatening serotonin syndrome?

Answer 43

Delirium Hypertension Hyperthermia Rigidly Tachycardia

Question 44

What is systematized amnesia?

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Forgets specific categories of information Ex. Forgetting information about a family member

Question 45

What is generalized amnesia?

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Difficulty remember details about entire life

Question 46

What is selective anemia?

Answer 46

Incomplete memories of traumatic event or period of life

Question 47

What is localized anemia?

Answer 47

Can’t remember traumatic event at all

Question 48

What is continuous amnesia?

Answer 48

No memory after traumatic event

Question 49

What therapy’s do you use for dissociative disorders?

Answer 49

Cognitive behavioral (CBT) Dialectical behavioral (DBT) Eye movement desentization (EMDR)

Question 50

What does dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) focus on?

Answer 50

Mood regulation: Medication Regulated breathing Self sooting strategies