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WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 1
Components of Mental Status Exam (MSE)? - CORRECT ANSWER--General appearance, attitude, behavior -Speech -Mood and Affect -Thought content -Thought process -Impulse Control -Cognition and Sensorium
How to describe thought content? - CORRECT ANSWER -- General description of what the patient talked about -I.E. information and description related to symptoms or circumstances of depression, anxiety, compulsions, phobias, delusions, SI/SH/HI/AVH
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SAD PERSONs Scale? - CORRECT ANSWER -Clinical tool to determine suicide risk
-Sex -Age -Depression -Previous Attempts -Ethanol Abuse -Relational Loss -Social Supports Lacking -Organized Plan -No Souse -Sickness
What is Thought Process? - CORRECT ANSWER -The way in which a client thinks
What is Loose Association? - CORRECT ANSWER --Shifting of idea -Illogical -Difficulty to follow
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What is Tangential Thinking? - CORRECT ANSWER -Wanders to a related topic but never makes it back to the original topic
What is Word Salad? - CORRECT ANSWER -Completely nonsensical combination of words
What is Neologisms? - CORRECT ANSWER -Made up words
What is Circumstantial Thought? - CORRECT ANSWER -Gets lost in details but eventually makes it make to the original topic
What is Thought Blocking? - CORRECT ANSWER -Thinking process stops and mind goes "blank"
What is Flight of Ideas? - CORRECT ANSWER --Often seen in mania -Pressured speech -Rapid topic changes -Topics may relate but in strange ways
What is Confabulation? - CORRECT ANSWER --Often indicates dementia 3 / 4
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-Fabrication of information to fill in missing gaps
What is Concrete Thought Process? - CORRECT ANSWER -- Only understands things literally -Common in schizophrenic patients
What is Abstract Thought Processes? - CORRECT ANSWER -- Able to think abstractly -Can be determined by asking patient how a chair and table are similar or "why should people in glass houses not throw stones?"
What are Perceptual Disturbances? - CORRECT ANSWER - Describes whether the patient is in good contact of their environment or is there is a distortion of reality (Typically presents as hallucinations)
What are Illusions? - CORRECT ANSWER --Misinterpretation of true stimuli -I.E. a curtain in a dark room is mistaken for a person
What are Hallucinations? - CORRECT ANSWER --Sensations experienced by the client without real external stimuli
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