NUR 2459 Mental and Behavioral Health Nursing
Mental Health Exam 2
Question:
Which of the following individuals would be considered highest risk for suicide?
Answer:
A 70-year-old white man, Methodist low socioeconomic group diagnosis of metastic cancer of the pancreas
Question:
A client is experiencing delusions of influence how is the client expressing this delusion?
Answer:
A new tooth filing is controlling my thoughts
Question:
A nurse suspects the client is experiencing delirium which of the following assessments finding would support the nurse suspicion?
Answer:
Decrease level of consciousness with intermittent periods of hypervigilance
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Question:
Client is showing early signs of dementia the clients spouse asks. What may I expect next what is the nurse’s best response?
Answer:
He may begin to cover recognitions of his memory loss by creating events
Question:
Which symptoms should the nurse recognize as differentiating a client diagnosed with Nora cognitive disorder from a client diagnosed with delirium
Answer:
symptoms of delirium develop rapidly where symptoms of NCD develop more slowly
Question:
Which statement made by the nurse would be most appropriate to an elderly client who's confused has no history of dementia and is hospitalized for an acute urinary tract infection?
Answer:
Things this may be upsetting and confusing right now but your confusion should clear as you get better
Question:
Benztropine is ordered as needed for a client taking haloperidol after being diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder which of the five assessment by the nurse would indicate a need for this medication
Answer:
client has extrapyramidal symptoms EPS
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