Exam 1 Last Minute Flashcards
How can cognitive ability be tested?
have them count backwards in sevens
Parietal lobe?
pain and sensation
occipital lobe?
vision
limbic system?
emotional
How can affect be evaluated?
assessing facial expressions
How can language ability be assessed?
have them write a sentence
What is a psychobiological intervention?
monitor for adverse effects of medications
A nurse decides to put a client who has a psychotic disorder in seclusion overnight because the unit is very short staffed, and the client frequently fights with other clients, what is this?
false imprisonment
Which of the following parts of the brain is associated with multiple feelings and behaviors and is sometimes referred to as the emotional brain?
limbic system
A nurse is discussing the benefits of group therapy with a client who has bipolar disorder. Which of the following is an advantage of this form of treatment?
learn from others experiences
Which of the following parts of the brain is concerned with visual reception and interpretation?
occipital lobe
Which of the following part of the brain is associated with voluntary body movement, thinking, judgement, and expression of feeling?
frontal lobe
Which of the following parts of the brain integrates all sensory input (excepts smell) on the way to the cortex
thalamus
Which of the following parts of the brain deals with sensory perception and interpretation?
parietal lobe
Which of the following parts of the brain is concerned with hearing, short-term memory, and sense of smell?
temporal lobe
Which of the following parts of the brain has control over the pituitary gland and autonomic nervous system, as well as the regulation of appetite and temperature?
hypothalamus
This neurotransmitter is associated with movement and memory?
acetylcholine
Increased levels of this neurotransmitter is associated with mania and schizophrenia?
dopamine
This part of the brain regulates breath and skeletal muscle tone?
pons
This neurotransmitter plays an important role in sleep and arousal?
serotonin
The nurse assists the physician with electroconvulsive therapy on a a client who has refused to give consent. With which of the following legal actions might the nurse be charges because of this action?
battery
A competent, voluntary client has stated he wants to leave the hospital. The nurse hides his clothes to keep him from leaving. With which of the following legal actions might the nurse be charged because of this nursing action?
false imprisonment
Joe is very restless and is pacing the room. The nurse says to Joe, “If you do not sit down in the chair and be still. I’m going to put you in restraints.” With which of the following legal actions might the nurse be charged because of this action?
assault
The nurse rounds every hour on all clients except the “hateful one”
justice
Nurse lies to client about calling the provider for more pain meds?
veracity
Nurse says they’ll be back in 10 mins, but doesn’t until 1 hr later?
veracity
Nurse administers normal saline and tells the client it is morphine.
veracity
Nurse provides wound care on a prisoner without offering pain meds.
justice
Nurse fails to assess pain in a client who is intubated.
beneficence
Nurse refuses to call a shaman for a native American client.
beneficence
