NURS 6501 Module 6 Test - Question and Answers

NURS 6501 Module 6 Test

1. The APRN is assessing a patient that is talking to his mother in the corner of the room even although you are the only other person in the room. This is an example of:

2. The APRN is assessing a patient that has monotone speech and unchanged facial expressions even though he states he is happy and excited about his life. This is an example of:

3. The APRN is treating a patient with bipolar 1 disorder.  The major focus of treatment is on:

4. The APRN is assessing a patient that states that Napoleon Bonaparte is the King of France even thought he has a book that says he is dead. This is an example of:

5. The APRN would expect to find elevated blood levels of which of the following markers for patients with a diagnosis of depression?

6. Which of the following are positive clinical manifestations of schizophrenia?

7. A patient with schizophrenia will have alterations in their dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The APRN would expect it to be described as:

8. Which of the following are negative clinical manifestations of schizophrenia?

9. The APRN is assessing a patient that is talking so rapidly and urgently that it is difficult to understand. This is an example of:

10. Monoamine neurotransmission is hypothesized to be during mania.

11. Monoamine neurotransmission is hypothesized to be during depression.

12. The APRN is treating a patient with bipolar II disorder. The major focus of treatment ison:

13. What type of thoughts are characteristic of post traumatic stress disorder?

14. Obsessive compulsive disorder is characterized by what types of thoughts and behaviors?

15. The neurobiology of depression is believed to be related to the atrophy of neurons in the:

16. Abnormalities in brain development related to schizophrenia are thought to develop when?