Nursing 212 Exam 1 Flashcards

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What is norepinephrine?

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A stress hormone

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2
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What is the effects of serotonin levels in the body?

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Well being
Appetite
Anxiety

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3
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What does SCOFF stand for?

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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

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

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Severely underweight with muscle wasting

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5
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What does dialectical therapy focus on?

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Emotional dysregulation

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6
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What does specialist supportive clinical management focus on?

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Education and support for anorexia patients

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7
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Functional neurological disorder is also known as

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

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

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

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9
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Examples of sexual orientation

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Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Queer
Straight

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10
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What is conditional release?

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The patient will need follow up treatment

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What do community mental health centers offer?

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Assessments and diagnosis
Counseling
Education
Rehabilitation
Employment services

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12
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What are the 5 characteristics of patient centered medical homes?

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

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13
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What does the biological model infer?

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

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14
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What is classical conditioning?

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Training the brain to think a certain way

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15
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What is Watson’s behavioral theory?

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Behaviorism

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16
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What is Pavolov’s behavioral theory?

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Classical conditioning

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17
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What is skinners behavioral theory?

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Operant conditioning

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18
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What is ID?

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Impulsive thoughts
“I want that right now”

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19
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What is ego?

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Critical thinking and problem solving

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20
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What is superego?

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

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21
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What is psychoanalytic therapy?

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

22
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What does modeling mean?

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Imitating adaptive responses to an anxiety trigger

23
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What are the 3 general screening tools for anxiety?

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

24
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What does splitting mean?

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Inability to put negative and positive qualities to one person

25
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What is idealization?

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

26
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What is passive aggression?

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

27
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What is somatization?

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Avoiding a situation by blaming it on an illness

28
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What is reaction formation?

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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

29
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What is repression?

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Forgetting

30
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What is suppression?

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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”

31
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What is sublimation?

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Substitutions
Man has hostile feelings so he becomes a butcher

32
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What are some immature defense mechanisms?

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Passive aggression
Acting out behaviors
Dissociation
Devaluation
Idealization
Splitting
Projection
Denial

33
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What are some healthy defense mechanisms?

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Altruism
Sublimation
Suppression
Humor

34
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What is moderate anxiety?

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

35
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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

36
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What symptoms does TBI and PTSD share?

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Irritability
Depression
Fatigue

37
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Wa=hat therapy is used for PTSD

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Psychotherapy
Cognitive processing therapy
Prolonged exposer therapy
Eye movement desentization

38
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What is cognitive processing therapy?

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Changing negative thoughts can change how you feel

39
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What is EMDR?

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

40
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What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome?

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Adverse reaction to dopamine medications
Last days to weeks
Muscle rigidity

41
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What is mild serotonin syndrome?

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Dialated pupils
Shivering or sweating
Tachycardia

42
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What is moderate serotonin syndrome?

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Altered mental status
Hyperthermia
Tremors

Put on heart monitor

43
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What is life threatening serotonin syndrome?

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Delirium
Hypertension
Hyperthermia
Rigidly
Tachycardia

44
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What is systematized amnesia?

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

45
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What is generalized amnesia?

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Difficulty remember details about entire life

46
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What is selective anemia?

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Incomplete memories of traumatic event or period of life

47
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What is localized anemia?

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Can’t remember traumatic event at all

48
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What is continuous amnesia?

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No memory after traumatic event

49
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What therapy’s do you use for dissociative disorders?

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

50
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What does dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) focus on?

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Mood regulation:
Medication
Regulated breathing
Self sooting strategies