WALDEN UNIVERSITY NRNP 6635 MIDTERM EXAM
2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Select the serum assessment that is used when prescribing drugs to treat psychiatric disorders in psychosomatic patients - correct answer✔✔ Potassium Select the theorist who developed the eight stages of the psychosocial life cycle - correct answer✔✔ Erickson Select two causes of dissociative amnesia - correct answer✔✔ Sexual abuse and Partner Betrayal Select the patient evaluation scale to be used before and during prescribing antipsychotic drugs
- correct answer✔✔ AIMS
Select the two comorbid disorders with which Pica occurs most commonly - correct answer✔✔ Autism and Intellectual disability Select the prognosis range of untreated PTSD patients - correct answer✔✔ 20% recover, 10% mild symptoms, 40% moderate symptoms, 30% no change or worse Select the memory category retained in transient global amnesia that is absent in dissociative amnesia - correct answer✔✔ Sequential events The following is NOT an endocrine change noted with anorexia nervosa - correct answer✔✔ Eating with friends but not Family Select the two most important elements of the psychiatric interview to establish a mental illness diagnosis. - correct answer✔✔ Psychiatrist History and mental status examination 1 / 2
Select the greatest impediment to treat anorexia nervosa patients. - correct answer✔✔ Patient Resistance Select the sleep disorder in which cataplexy is a common symptom - correct answer✔✔ Central Apnea Select the obsessive-compulsive disorder for which a patient is likely to initially seek help from a Primary Care Provider - correct answer✔✔ Hoarding Select the rating scale used to assess obsessive-compulsive disorder - correct answer✔✔ CAPS Select age after which encopresis may be correctly diagnosed - correct answer✔✔ 4 Select the mood disorder that is worsened by chronic exposure to observing violence in television, movies, and video games - correct answer✔✔ Dysthymia Select a provider's most important knowledge area essential to a successful mental health interview of a child - correct answer✔✔ Medical history Select the minimum treatment time to assess the effectiveness of antidepressant drug therapy - correct answer✔✔ 6-8 weeks What is one main difference between acute stress disorder and PTSD? - correct answer✔✔ PTSD has recurrent, distressing dreams Factors that indicate a good prognosis for PTSD disorders include all the following EXCEPT: - correct answer✔✔ Short duration of symptoms
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