ANCC PMHNP Exam entire exam
Final Exam Study Guide: Practice
Questions with Answers and
Evidence-Based 2026/2027 Graded
A+
3-year-old masturbates, play with self, says naughty
things - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-FREUD's PSYCHOSOCIAL
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT - PHALLIC STAGE - 3-6 years
old
- This is NORMAL for children this age.
Freud stages of psychosexual development -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-PNEUMOIC - Old Age Parents Love
Grandchildren
Oral (0-18 months)
,Anal (18 months - 3 years)
Phallic (3 years to 6 years)
Latent (6 to 12)
Genital (12 +)
ACUTE STRESS DISORDER - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Depression,
dissociation, recurring nightmares, sleep disturbances,
problems in concentrations, reliving the event, dreams,
flashbacks -
UP to ONE MONTH - Less than 1 month.
if LONGER than 1 month=PTSD
5-year-old tells you his brother sodomized him -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Tell mom don't leave him alone with
patient and call CPS implement crisis
Child is playing with doll in a sexual way - You SUSPECT
sexual abuse - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Perform FURTHER
ASSESSMENT and GATHER ENOUGH INFO BEFORE Calling
CPS to report
,suspected Sexual Abuse - You HAVE to report but you
have to have something
(assessment data) to report - Assess = FIRST
13-year-old want to smoke - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-ask him of
his plan to stop smoking
MMSE/ FOLSTEIN - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-MMSE/FOLSTEIN
Mr. Folstein had Benjamin Button's disease where he
was normal from 30-25 yrs old, then deteriorated mildly
from 24-21 yrs old, became moderately demented from
20-13 yrs old, until he reached age 11 where it was too
severe to stay at home.
Beck Depression Inventory - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Beck was
20 yrs old when he started medication & therapy.
Unfortunately, at age 31 it became too SEVERE and was
hospitalized.
HAM-A - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Hamilton A started
medication & therapy at 24 yrs old for moderate anxiety.
, Sadly, when he turned 27 yrs old he was hospitalized for
SEVERE anxiety.
HAM-D - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Hamilton D began medication
& therapy at 14 yrs old. He later had a dose increase at
age 17 for MODERATE/SEVERE depression. But soon
after, it became SEVERE at age 23 & he was hospitalized.
PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Penelope Q was just 10 yrs old when she started
antidepressants & therapy. At age 15, she required a
dose increase due to moderate/severe depression. It
helped her until she turned 20 when it became SEVERE,
and she had to be hospitalized.
GAD-7 scale - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Gary was just 10 yrs old
when he was treated with meds & therapy for anxiety.
Yet his symptoms still worsened and at 15 yrs old he was
hospitalized for SEVERE anxiety.
Final Exam Study Guide: Practice
Questions with Answers and
Evidence-Based 2026/2027 Graded
A+
3-year-old masturbates, play with self, says naughty
things - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-FREUD's PSYCHOSOCIAL
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT - PHALLIC STAGE - 3-6 years
old
- This is NORMAL for children this age.
Freud stages of psychosexual development -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-PNEUMOIC - Old Age Parents Love
Grandchildren
Oral (0-18 months)
,Anal (18 months - 3 years)
Phallic (3 years to 6 years)
Latent (6 to 12)
Genital (12 +)
ACUTE STRESS DISORDER - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Depression,
dissociation, recurring nightmares, sleep disturbances,
problems in concentrations, reliving the event, dreams,
flashbacks -
UP to ONE MONTH - Less than 1 month.
if LONGER than 1 month=PTSD
5-year-old tells you his brother sodomized him -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Tell mom don't leave him alone with
patient and call CPS implement crisis
Child is playing with doll in a sexual way - You SUSPECT
sexual abuse - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Perform FURTHER
ASSESSMENT and GATHER ENOUGH INFO BEFORE Calling
CPS to report
,suspected Sexual Abuse - You HAVE to report but you
have to have something
(assessment data) to report - Assess = FIRST
13-year-old want to smoke - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-ask him of
his plan to stop smoking
MMSE/ FOLSTEIN - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-MMSE/FOLSTEIN
Mr. Folstein had Benjamin Button's disease where he
was normal from 30-25 yrs old, then deteriorated mildly
from 24-21 yrs old, became moderately demented from
20-13 yrs old, until he reached age 11 where it was too
severe to stay at home.
Beck Depression Inventory - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Beck was
20 yrs old when he started medication & therapy.
Unfortunately, at age 31 it became too SEVERE and was
hospitalized.
HAM-A - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Hamilton A started
medication & therapy at 24 yrs old for moderate anxiety.
, Sadly, when he turned 27 yrs old he was hospitalized for
SEVERE anxiety.
HAM-D - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Hamilton D began medication
& therapy at 14 yrs old. He later had a dose increase at
age 17 for MODERATE/SEVERE depression. But soon
after, it became SEVERE at age 23 & he was hospitalized.
PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Penelope Q was just 10 yrs old when she started
antidepressants & therapy. At age 15, she required a
dose increase due to moderate/severe depression. It
helped her until she turned 20 when it became SEVERE,
and she had to be hospitalized.
GAD-7 scale - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Gary was just 10 yrs old
when he was treated with meds & therapy for anxiety.
Yet his symptoms still worsened and at 15 yrs old he was
hospitalized for SEVERE anxiety.
