Schizophrenia & related disorders
Take Your Meds
Neurocognitive Disorders
Behaviors
Miscellaneous
100

Risk factors for schizophrenia include...(name two)

What is...

Male gender

Genetics

Neurobiological changes

100

Jerking movements and twitching of the face and tongue are referred to as this side effect

What is tardive dyskinesia?

100

Inability to smell; can occur in dementia

What is anosmia?

100

This must occur prior to removing restraints

What is the client must demonstrate calm, appropriate behaviors?

100

Anorexics typically have this comorbidity....

What is OCD?

200

Anhedonia, poor hygiene, lack of social skills, poverty of thought and lack of emotion...

What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

200
Symptoms including dry mouth, blurred vision, constipation or urinary retention, that can be side effects of many antipsychotic agents.
What is EPS (extrapyramidal symptoms)?
200

Sudden onset mental status change usually brought on by substances, hospitalization, and infections

What is delirium?

200

Priorities in caring for a patient in the manic phase...name 3

Safety

Nutrition

Rest/Sleep

Medication adherence

Verbal Deescalation (if needed)


200

Inappropriate feelings projected onto a patient by a nurse

What is countertransference?

300

Hallucinations, delusions, paranoia....

What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

300

These types of antipsychotics have the fewest side effects.

What are second-generation antipsychotics?


300

Assessment used to determine if the antipsychotics are causing a movement disorder

What is the AIMS scale?
300

Providing an older client with dementia with a PRN benzo can have this effect.

What is the increased risk of falls?

300

A nurse arranges for an aid to sit with a client overnight to avoid the use of restraints, referring to this ethical principle.

What is nonmalificence?

400

Major depression and mania occur during the active phase of this disorder

What is schizoaffective disorder?

400

Side effects of some antipsychotics which include shuffling gate, drooling, and masklike facial expression

What is Pseudoparkinsonism?

400

Type of dementia that causes visual/tactile hallucinations and cognitive changes

What is Lewy Body Dementia?

400

Assess these things when a client is in restraints. Name 2

What is...?

Circulation

Need to use the bathroom

Need to eat 

Comfort/basic needs


400

Confidentiality can be breached in these circumstances...(name 2)

What is....?

  • There is evidence or disclosure of abuse, neglect, self-harm, or suicide involving the owner of the information or someone else, especially a child or vulnerable person.
  • The law requires the information to be shared.
500

This phase of schizophrenia is where the client is withdrawn, has poor concentration, and has religious preoccupation

What is the prodromal phase?

500

A potential adverse effect of atypical antipsychotics may include sore throats and muscle aches. This could lead to....

What is agranulocytosis?

500

One of the best communication strategies to improve the orientation of a client.

What is call the person by name everytime you see them?

500

This is a good technique to use when two clients are arguing in the therapeutic milieu

What is distraction?

500

A nonpharmacologic treatment utilized to treat a variety of mental health disorders. Focuses on changing a person's thinking patterns.

What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?

600

A diagnosis that typically only has a duration of symptoms from one to six months...

What is schizophreniform disorder?

600

A life-threatening side effect that includes severe HTN, tachycardia, tachypnea, and pyrexia rarely induced by antipsychotics.

What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome?

600

One of the first things affected by a client with Alzheimer's consists of multitasking, planning, and organization

What is executive functioning?

600

Name which types of clients should have rooms assigned closer to the nurses' station. (name 3)

Who are clients that are...?

Suicidal/homicidal

Aggressive

Demonstrating self-injurious behaviors

Delusional/Paranoid

Those with frequent anger outbursts

600

Enacted in 2008, this act requires that insurances cover mental health conditions

What is The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act?

700

This complication during pregnancy can actually place a child at risk for developing schizophrenia.

What is a viral infection?

700

Antipsychotic used for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; decreases suicidal ideations

What is Clozapine?

700

Term refers to recognizing emotions, and being able to theorize what others are thinking.

What is social cognition?

700

Sign that a client is escalating in anger (includes physiological and psychological). Name 3

Who is a client that...

Is hypertensive

Has tachycardia 

Pacing back and forth

Has clenched fists

Is yelling at other clients

Continuous or absent eye contact

700

The historical nursing leader who helped focus practice to recognize the importance of science in psychiatric nursing...

Who is Hildegard Peplau?