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5 Written questions

1. In which stage is introspection a major characteristic?

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2. A side effect of continued use of neuroleptic medications to control schizophrenia.

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3. Ineffective coping for anxiety.

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4. What is a common cause of delirium?

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5. Several forms: verbal denial, minimizing severity of the illness, displacing symptoms onto another organ, system, and engaging in behaviors contrary to medical
advice.

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5 Matching questions

1. One way of validating that you understand what the patient is saying, A. Schizophrenia
asking questions may also help patients __________ their thoughts.
B. Clarifying

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2. A dynamic process in which a person's physical, cognitive, affective, C. Mental Health

behavioral, and social dimensions interact with one another and the
environment. D. Stress

E. Older age
3. Time of introspection, when elders look back on their lives, accept what
has been, and attempt to face increasing frailty with grace.

4. __________ is caused by a stressor. Anything that necessitates person's

adaptive response. Any physiologic or psychologic tension that
threatens a person's total equilibrium.

5. Occurs in adolescence or early adulthood. The patient experiences

delusions that are characteristic of ____________________ in a classic stress
situation, which may have been the precipitating event that caused the
thought disorder.

5 Multiple choice questions

1. Withdrawing to an earlier level of development to benefit from the associated comfort levels of the previous level.

Older age

Powerlessness

Clarifying

Regression

2. How does fear differ from anxiety?

Nursing diagnosis

Fear is a response to a specific threat

Independent decision making

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Age & role expectations, cultural expectations, personal values

3. What factors are known to influence coping strategies?

Fear is a response to a specific threat

Age & role expectations, cultural expectations, personal values

Tricyclic antidepressants

Help the patient manage the illness

4. What is an example of a person attempting to maintain homeostasis as a newcomer in a community?

Antiparkinsonian agents

Traumatic event in childhood

Joins a local church

Going out with a group of friends

5. An expected brief period of confusion and temporary memory loss may result. The effect dissipates in a short period.

Joins a local church

PTSD

Electroconvulsive therapy treatments

Traumatic event in childhood

5 True/False questions

1. Stress, response, and adaptation a process of maintaining __________________ or equilibrium.  → Homeostasis

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True

False

2. Which pt dx and behavior should lead a nurse to conclude the patient in using denial?  → A temporary memory loss is common after several ECTs

True

False

3. Side effects are Orthostatic hypotension and urinary retention.  → Tardive dyskinesia

True

False

4. A patient with schizophrenia has undergone eight ECTs in the past 2 weeks. Side effects?  → Spirituality

True

False

5. "I often feel restless, have a tight sensation in my chest, and increased heart rate at times"?  → Tardive dyskinesia

True

False

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