NCLEX-RN

NCLEX-RN Review Study Guide

5.12 Mental Health Disorder 1. What is a major mental health concern in older adults? ____________________________ 2. The eating disorder characterized by binging and purging is called ____________________________. 3. What level of anxiety is associated with the stressors of everyday life? ____________________________ 4. A person who has experienced war and suffers from flashbacks may be diagnosed with ____________________________. 5. A ____________________________ disorder is when a patient consistently worries about physical illness yet demonstrates no supportive physical evidence. The patient may use her “disorder” for secondary gains or to get out of undesirable obligations. 6. A person who has short term memory loss, cannot remember who he is or where he came from, and wanders, is diagnosed with having dissociative ____________________________. 7. Patients with bipolar disorder can have extremes of personality and behavior. When a bipolar patient is manic and is being aggressive, what is the first thing the nurse should try? ____________________________ 8. True or false, when a suicidal patient seems strangely and suddenly elated, this good and is a sign of improvement. ____________________________ 9. The patient reports that someone is telling him to do things, such as hurting or killing others. He is ____________________________, and ____________________________ is the priority. 10. Schizophrenics are often paranoid and think others are out to get them. They need to feel ____________________________ in the relationship. 11. True or false, dementia is progressive and not reversible. Delirium is a synonymous term. ____________________________ 12. What is the consequence of a patient taking Antibuse who drinks alcohol? ____________________________ 13. Delirium tremens is a result of ____________________________. 14. What is a temporary state of severe emotional disorganization, caused by failure of coping mechanisms? ____________________________ 15. Kubler-Ross identified the stages of ____________________________.

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