NSG 552 Exam 1 NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

NSG 552 Exam 1
NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED 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:
a. Social isolation
b. Disturbed thinking
c. Altered mood states
d. Poor impulse - ANSWER-b. Disturbed
thinking
A nurse is teaching a medication class to
a group of psychiatric patients. One of
them asks the nurse why he has so much
more trouble learning now when he's in
his 60s than he did when he was
younger. Which of the following
concepts would the nurse integrate into
the response?
A) The extrapyramidal motor system
B) The amygdala
C) Neuroplasticity
D) Psychoneuroimmunology - ANSWERC) Neuroplasticity
A patient has experienced a stroke
(cerebral vascular accident) that has
resulted in damage to the Broca area.
Which evaluation does the nurse
conduct to reinforce this diagnosis?
a. Observing the patient pick up a spoon
b. Asking the patient to recite the
alphabet
c. Monitoring the patients blood
pressure
d. Comparing the patients grip strength
in both - ANSWER-b. Asking the patient
to recite the alphabet
The patient diagnosed with
schizophrenia asks why psychotropic
medications are always prescribed by
the doctor. The nurses answer will be
based on information that the
therapeutic action of psychotropic drugs
is the result of their effect on:
a. The temporal lobe; especially
Wernickes area
b. Dendrites and their ability to transmit
electrical impulses
c. The regulation of neurotransmitters
especially dopamine
d. The peripheral nervous system
sensitivity to the psychotropic
medications - ANSWER-c. The regulation
of neurotransmitters especially
dopamine
A student nurse mutters that it seems
entirely unnecessary to have to struggle
with understanding the anatomy and
physiology of the neurologic system. The
mentor would base a response on the
understanding that it is:
a. Necessary but generally for psychiatric
nurses who focus primarily on
behavioral interventions
b. A complex undertaking that advance
practice psychiatric nurses frequently
use in their practice
c. Important primarily for the nursing
assessment of patients with brain
trauma caused cognitive symptoms
d. Necessary for planning psychiatric
care for all patients especially those
experiencing psychiatric disorders -
ANSWER-d. Necessary for planning
psychiatric care for all patients especially
those experiencing psychiatric disorders