Question 1

A group of nursing students are taking their first major examination.What should the nursing instructor expect the students might experience?

Accepted Answer

A)  Posttraumatic stress disorder 
B)  Panic disorder 
C)  Mild anxiety 
D)  Moderate anxiety 
A)  Posttraumatic stress disorder 
B)  Panic disorder 
C)  Mild anxiety 
D)  Moderate anxiety

Question 2

A patient admitted with a conversion disorder after an automobile accident insists he is paralyzed, although no physical cause for his paraplegia can be found.What is the best nursing response when the patient asks the nurse to push him to his room?

Accepted Answer

A)  "There is nothing wrong with your arms.Roll yourself to your room." 
B)  "I will help you to walk to your room.I know you can walk." 
C)  "Let me lift the foot rests so you can move your chair with your feet." 
D)  "OK.I am going that way myself." 
A)  "There is nothing wrong with your arms.Roll yourself to your room." 
B)  "I will help you to walk to your room.I know you can walk." 
C)  "Let me lift the foot rests so you can move your chair with your feet." 
D)  "OK.I am going that way myself."

Question 3

A nurse is assessing a patient with an acute stress disorder.What characteristics of this disorder should the nurse assess? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Diminished awareness of surroundings 
B)  Derealization 
C)  Depersonalization 
D)  Amnesia 
E)  Irritability 
A)  Diminished awareness of surroundings 
B)  Derealization 
C)  Depersonalization 
D)  Amnesia 
E)  Irritability

Question 4

Which is not considered as a probable cause of mood disorders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Loss of significant others 
B)  Learned helplessness 
C)  Neurotransmitter dysregulation 
D)  Traumatic event in childhood 
A)  Loss of significant others 
B)  Learned helplessness 
C)  Neurotransmitter dysregulation 
D)  Traumatic event in childhood

Question 5

A patient is receiving large doses of chlorpromazine (Thorazine)and begins to exhibit extrapyramidal signs of involuntary muscle movement.Which classification of drugs should the nurse anticipate will be added to the patient's protocol?

Accepted Answer

A)  Antiparkinsonian 
B)  Antihypertensive 
C)  Anticonvulsant 
D)  Antiemetic 
A)  Antiparkinsonian 
B)  Antihypertensive 
C)  Anticonvulsant 
D)  Antiemetic

Question 6

A patient says, "I just don't think I can keep going on.I just want it all to end." The nurse assesses that this patient has suicidal ideation.What is the nurse's best response?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Do you have any thoughts of harming yourself?" 
B)  "Have you felt like this before?" 
C)  "You are just depressed.When you feel better, you won't think that way." 
D)  "We will keep you safe here." 
A)  "Do you have any thoughts of harming yourself?" 
B)  "Have you felt like this before?" 
C)  "You are just depressed.When you feel better, you won't think that way." 
D)  "We will keep you safe here."

Exam 61: Psychobiological Disorders

A group of nursing students are taking their first major examination.What should the nursing instructor expect the students might experience?

A patient admitted with a conversion disorder after an automobile accident insists he is paralyzed, although no physical cause for his paraplegia can be found.What is the best nursing response when the patient asks the nurse to push him to his room?

A nurse is assessing a patient with an acute stress disorder.What characteristics of this disorder should the nurse assess? (Select all that apply.)

Which is not considered as a probable cause of mood disorders?

A patient is receiving large doses of chlorpromazine (Thorazine)and begins to exhibit extrapyramidal signs of involuntary muscle movement.Which classification of drugs should the nurse anticipate will be added to the patient's protocol?

A patient says, "I just don't think I can keep going on.I just want it all to end." The nurse assesses that this patient has suicidal ideation.What is the nurse's best response?

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