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Exam 3: NUR253/ NUR 253 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Exam Review| Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Galen Q: illness anxiety disorder Answer: Characterized by extreme worry & fear about the possibility of having a disease. Which leads to frequent scanning of body for signs of illness **hypochondriac** Q: Factitous disorder Answer: (previously known as Munchausen syndrome) consciously pretend to be ill to ge...

Exam 1: NUR256/ NUR 256 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Nursing Guide | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade– Galen QUESTION Therapeutic use of self example •like AAA, or just offering your self to be an open ear for who ever. QUESTION Goals and Functions of the Nurse-Patient Relationship (6) Answer: •Assists pt in problem solving •Facilitates communication of distressing thoughts and feelings •Helps pt examine self-defeating...

Exam 1: NUR256/ NUR 256 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Nursing Review | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade – Galen QUESTION Dysfunction of the brain • Misinterpreting external sensations • Medications/Conditions can stimulate or suppress respiratory function, affect speech • Inappropriate response to internal stimuli (BP, fluid balance, HR) • Sexual dysfunction, sleep disturbances, increased or decreased appetite • Alterations in problem solvi...

Exam 2: NUR256/ NUR 256 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Nursing Guide | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade – Galen QUESTION Severe stress is? Identify and intervene to reduce stress by... Answer: unhealthy: Weaken biological resistance to psychiatric disorders. •Promoting a healing environment •Facilitiating successful coping •Developing future coping mechanisms QUESTION •Stressors? •Fight or Flight (aggression or withdrawal)? ...

Exam 3: NUR256/ NUR 256 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Nursing Guide | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade – Galen QUESTION what are 3 dissociative disorders •Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder •Dissociative Amnesia/ dissociative Fuge •Dissociative Identity disorder QUESTION Depersonalization Answer: •Focus is on self •Feeling of being an observer of one's own body •AS IF THEY ARE LOOKING FROM THE OUTISDE ...

Exam 2: NUR256 / NUR 256 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Exam Review | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Galen Q: assessing coping styles Answer: how they have coped in the past anxiety depression pain health sustaining habits life satisfaction effective and healthy responses to stress Q: relaxation techniques Answer: deep breathing exercises progressive muscle relaxation meditation guided imagery biofeedback physical exercise cogni...

Exam 4: NUR256/ NUR 256 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Nursing Guide | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade – Galen QUESTION Intimate Partner Violence •this includes? •Might be a? •4 of 5 victims are? •Risk Factors include? Answer: •Physical, violence, rape, stalking, psychological aggres- sion •spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, dating partner, ongoing sexual partner •women •Male who believes in male dominance and needs to be in charg...

Exam 1: NUR256 / NUR 256 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Exam Review | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Galen Q: This drug reduce anxiety without the sedative effect Answer: Buspirone (Bispar) Q: These drugs help with anxiety, REDUCE GABA, and should be avoided with other CNS depressants Answer: Benzos bitch Q: These drugs sedate without relieving anxiety/convulsions, or muscle spasms (basically don't do shit besides sedate) Answer: Z-hypno...

Exam 1: NUR256/ NUR 256 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Nursing Review | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A – Galen Q: Peplau's Model of the Nurse-Patient Relationship Answer: The nurse-patient rela- tionship "facilitates forward movement" 4 phases: • Preorientation Phase • Orientation Phase • Working Phase • Termination Phase Q: The communication process Answer: Stimulus - someone has a need to communicate Sender - the person send...

Exam 2: NUR256/ NUR 256 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Nursing | Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A – Galen Q: What is a crisis? •Crisis Intervention? •Perception of threat ? •Coping Mechanisms can be? Answer: An event that will or may lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, a group or a society. - a directive, time-limited and goal-directed strategy designed to assist those experiencing a crisis - ...