NSG 552 Exam 1 Latest Update 2025-2026 150 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
A 19-year-old patient is admitted for the second time in 9 months and is acutely psychotic with a diagnosis of undifferentiated schizophrenia. The patient sits alone rubbing her arms and smiling. She tells the nurse her thoughts cause earthquakes, and that the world is burning. The nurse assesses the primary deficit associated with the
patient's condition as:
- Social isolation
- Disturbed thinking
- Altered mood states
d. Poor impulse - CORRECT ANSWER: b. Disturbed thinking
A 34-year-old male admitted with catatonic schizophrenia has been mute and motionless for several days while at home prior to admission. He still appears stuporous in the hospital. Which nursing intervention would be an initial priority?
- Orienting the patient to the unit
- Reinforcing reality with the patient
- Establishing a nonthreatening relationship
- Assessing the patient for physical problems - CORRECT ANSWER: d. Assessing the
patient for physical problems
A 60-year-old woman has been recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the oligodendrocytes of the patients central nervous system (CNS) are progressively destroyed. Which physiologic process within the neurologic system is most likely be affected by this disease process?
- Oxygen metabolism
- Neurotransmitter synthesis
- Nerve conduction 1 / 4
D) Production of cerebrospinal fluid - CORRECT ANSWER: C) Nerve conduction
A group of nursing students are reviewing the role of serotonin in psychiatric disorders.The students demonstrate a need for additional study when they identify which disorder as being associated with its dysfunction?
- Depression
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Panic disorder
D) Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER: D) Schizophrenia
A group of nursing students are reviewing the various neurotransmitters. The students demonstrate understanding when they identify which of the following as a neuropeptide?
- Melatonin
- Serotonin
- Glutamate
D) Gamma-aminobutyric acid - CORRECT ANSWER: A) Melatonin
A group of students are reviewing information about neurotransmitter subtypes. The group demonstrates understanding of the information when they identify which neurotransmitter as having muscarinic and nicotinic receptors?
- Serotonin
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
- Dopamine
D) Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER: D) Acetylcholine
A male patient becomes verbally aggressive and insists the nurse is poisoning him as she attempts to administer haloperidol (Haldol). Which action will the nurse take?
- Support the patients decision to refuse the medication. 2 / 4
- Discreetly ask an assistant to put the medication in the patients food.
- Firmly redirect the patient to take the medication.
- Speak privately with the patient and reinforce medication action. - CORRECT
ANSWER: c. Firmly redirect the patient to take the medication.
A neuron has been hyperpolarized. How will this affect the excitability of the neuron?
- The neuron will have a membrane potential farther from the threshold.
- The neuron will be more difficult to repolarize after firing.
- The membrane potential of the neuron will be closer to the threshold.
- The neurons excitability will be significantly increased. - CORRECT ANSWER: A)
The neuron will have a membrane potential farther from the threshold.
A newly admitted client has been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Which nursing diagnosis takes priority?
- Impaired social interaction
- Self-esteem deficit
- Hopelessness
D. Self-care deficit - CORRECT ANSWER: C. Hopelessness
A newly admitted patient has the diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia. Which behavior observed in the patient supports that diagnosis?
- Uses a rhyming form of speech
- Refuses to eat any unwrapped foods
- Laughs when watching a sad movie
d. Maintains an immobilized state for hours - CORRECT ANSWER: d. Maintains an
immobilized state for hours
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A nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. The nurse integrates knowledge of this disorder, identifying which neurotransmitter as being primarily involved?
- Acetylcholine
- Dopamine
- Norepinephrine
D) Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER: B) Dopamine
A nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient experiencing expressive aphasia. The nurse incorporates knowledge that the patient most likely has sustained damage to which of the following?
- The postcentral gyrus
- Brocas area
- Basal ganglia
D) The hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER: B) Brocas area
A nurse is involved in gathering information about the inheritance of mental disorders using population genetics. Which of the following would the nurse be least likely to be evaluating?
- Concordance rates
- Occurrence in first-degree relatives
- Risk factor analysis
D) Adoptions studies - CORRECT ANSWER: C) Risk factor analysis
A nurse is reading a journal article about psychoneuroimmunology. Which 16.information would the nurse most likely find? Select all that apply.
- Neurotoxins role in receptor site damage
- Hypothalamicpituitarythyroid axis disruption
- Static activity of natural killer cells in response to stress
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