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Quiz 1 Psych

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Which statement about mental illness is true?
Mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political systems, and the groups defining it.
A nursing student new to psychiatric mental health nursing asks a peer what resources he can use to figure out which symptoms are present in a specific psychiatric disorder. The best answer would be:
DSM-5
Epidemiological studies contribute to improvements in care for individuals with mental disorders by:
Identifying which individuals will respond favorably to a specific treatment
Which statement best describes a major difference between a DSM-5 diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis?
The DSM-5 is associated with present symptoms, whereas the nursing diagnosis considers past, present, and potential responses to actual mental health problems.
The intervention that can be practiced by an advanced practice registered nurse in psychiatric mental health but cannot be practiced by a basic level registered nurse is:

a. Advocacy
b. Psychotherapy
c. Coordination of care
d. Community-based care
B: psychotherapy
A nurse administering a benzodiazepine should understand that the therapeutic effect of benzodiazepines results from potentiating the neurotransmitter _______________
GABA
Venlafaxine (effexor) exerts its antidepressant effect by selectively blocking the reuptake of: (two)
Serotonin and Norepinephrine
The nurse administers each of the following drugs to various patients. The patient who should be most carefully assessed for fluid and electrolyte imbalance is the one receiving:
a. Lithium
b. clozapine
c. diazepam
d. amitriptyline
Lithium
Which drug group calls for nursing assessment for development of abnormal movement disorders among individuals who take therapeutic dosages?
a. SSRIs
b. antipsychotics
c. benzodiazepines
d. tricyclic antidepressants
antipsychotics
Blockage of dopamine transmission can lead to increased pituitary secretions of prolactin. In women, this hyperprolactinemia can result in:

A dry mouth
B amenorrhea
C increased production of testosterone
D blurred vision
amenorrhea- absence of menstruation
In the DSM-5, a major change in how culture is viewed within each disorder is that:
Issues related to culture and mental illness are now integrated into the discussion of each disorder rather than separately discussing culture-bound syndromes
Julio is a 31-year-old patient who comes to your mental health outpatient clinic. Which of the following would alert you to the potential for somatization?
Julio presents with concerns involving headaches, dizziness, and fatigue
You are caring for Maria, a patient who states that she has "ghost sickness" Which is the appropriate nursing response?
"How does ghost sickness make you feel?'
Which nursing actions demonstrate cultural competence? SATA
Planning mealtimes around the patients prayer schedule
Advising a patient to visit with the hospital chaplain
Researching foods that a lacto-ovo-vegetarian patient will eat
Providing time for a patients spiritual healer to visit
The nurse is planning care for a patient of the Latin American culture. Which goal is appropriate?
Patient will visit with spiritual healer once weekly
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