Chapter 12: Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar, and Adjustment Disorders

Chapter 12: Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar, and Adjustment Disorders

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The nurse learns at report that a newly admitted manic patient is demonstrating grandiosity. Which statement would be most consistent with this symptom?

ANS: B

An individual who is demonstrating grandiosity has an exaggerated view of his abilities. The other options are more moderate statements and lack that element of exaggeration.

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2. The nurse will base a discussion of dysthymia on the fact that the condition:

ANS: C

Dysthymia is identified as a chronic low-level depression frequently lasting over a period of several years without remitting. Dysthymia has a slow, insidious onset. Delusional thinking is not a common manifestation of dysthymia. Suicidal thoughts are seen among dysthymic patients.

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3. What is the priority nursing diagnosis for a patient exhibiting signs of acute mania that include exaggerated physical activity, agitation, insomnia, and anorexia?

ANS: A

Risk for injury is the priority diagnosis. Possible injuries include dehydration, which may result from not drinking and trauma, which may result from bumping into objects or from physical altercations. The other options are valid diagnoses, but not of highest priority.

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4. A patient has been admitted with a diagnosis of atypical depression. In planning interventions, the nurse would expect to consider the characteristic symptom of:

ANS: B

Behavioral characteristics of atypical depression include the feeling that one’s limbs are so heavy they cannot be lifted or moved (leaden paralysis). Seasonal mood changes are characteristic of seasonal affective disorder. Psychomotor agitation and depression that is greater in the morning than in the evening are characteristics more likely to be observed in patients with melancholic depression.

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5. An inappropriately dressed patient has not slept for 3 days while making excessive, expensive long-distance phone calls. When the patient can be heard singing loudly in the examining room, the nurse makes initial plans to focus on:

ANS: A

Patients with mania frequently ignore their basic physiologic needs, as evidenced by not sleeping for 3 days, thus making these assessments the priority. Limits, although appropriate to consider, are not the priority. The manic state precludes a thorough assessment initially. Suicide assessment is not a priority at this time but reckless behavior could result in personal injury.

DIF:   Cognitive Level: Application        REF:  Page 245        TOP:  Nursing Process: Planning

MSC:   NCLEX: Physiological Integrity