NUR 384 EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM

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NUR 384 EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM

COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

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A number of assessment rating scales are available for measuring severity of depressive symptoms. Which scale would a nurse practitioner use to assess a depressed client?

• Zung Depression Scale
• Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
• Beck Depression Inventory
• AIMS Depression Rating Scale - ANSWER-2. Hamilton

Depression Rating Scale

The severity of depressive symptoms in the postpartum period varies from a feeling of the "blues," to moderate depression, to psychotic depression or melancholia. Which disorder is correctly matched with its presenting symptoms? 1 / 4

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• Maternity blues (lack of concentration, agitation, guilt, and an

abnormal attitude toward bodily functions)

• Postpartum depression (irritability, loss of libido, sleep

disturbances, expresses concern about inability to care for baby)

• Postpartum melancholia (overprotection of infant, expresses

concern about inability to care for baby, mysophobia)

• Postpartum depressive psychosis (transient depressed mood,

agitation, abnormal fear of child abduction, suicidal ideations) - ANSWER-2. Postpartum depression (irritability, loss of libido, sleep disturbances, expresses concern about inability to care for baby)

A staff nurse is counseling a depressed client. The nurse determines that the client is using the cognitive distortion of "automatic thoughts." Which client statement is evidence of the "automatic thought" of discounting positives?

• "It's all my fault for trusting him."
• "I don't play games. I never win."
• "She never visits, because she thinks I don't care." 2 / 4

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• "I don't have a green thumb. Any old fool can grow a rose." -

ANSWER-4. "I don't have a green thumb. Any old fool can grow a rose."

A client, who is taking transdermal selegiline (Emsam) for depressive symptoms, states, "My physician told me there was no need to worry about dietary restrictions." Which would be the most appropriate nursing response?

• "Because your dose of Emsam is 6 mg in 24 hours, dietary

restrictions are not recommended."

• "You must have misunderstood. An MAOI like Emsam

always has dietary restrictions."

• "Only oral MAOIs require dietary restrictions."
• "All transdermal MAOIs do not require dietary

modifications." - ANSWER-1. "Because your dose of Emsam is

• mg in 24 hours, dietary restrictions are not recommended."

After 6 months of taking imipramine (Tofranil) for depressive symptoms, a client complains that the medication doesn't seem as effective as before. Which question should the nurse ask to determine the cause of this problem? 3 / 4

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• "Are you consuming foods high in tyramine?"
• "How many packs of cigarettes do you smoke daily?"
• "Do you drink any alcohol?"
• "Are you taking St. John's wort?" - ANSWER-2. "How many

packs of cigarettes do you smoke daily?"

A nursing home resident has a diagnosis of dysthymic disorder.When planning care for this client, which of the following symptoms should a nurse expect the client to exhibit?(Select all that apply.)

• Sad mood on most days
• Mood rating of 2 out of 10 for the past 6 months
• Labile mood
• Sad mood for the past 3 years after spouse's death
• Pressured speech when communicating - ANSWER-1. Sad

mood on most days

• Sad mood for the past 3 years after spouse's death
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