AND ANSWERS (2023-2024) VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question: 1
Concerns when treating geriatric patients with psychotherapeutic drugs include all of the
following EXCEPT:
• Elderly persons may be more susceptible to adverse effects of
psychotherapeutic drugs.
• Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
• Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more rapidly.
• Elderly persons may excrete psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
Question 2
The treatment of others equitably and distribution of benefits/burdens fairly is known as which
of the following?
• Fidelity
• Justice
• Beneficence
• Non-maleficence
Question 3
Persons who subordinate their own needs to those of others, get other to assume responsibility
for major areas of the lives, lack self-confidence, and may experience intense discomfort when
alone for more than a brief period of time are demonstrating characteristics consistent with
which of the following personality disorders?
• Avoidant personality disorder
• Passive personality disorder
• Dependent personality disorder
• Antisocial personality disorder
Question 4
According to Sullivan, which of the following are consistent with a mentor/mentee relationship?
• Mentors are assigned
• Mentor relationships are shorter term
• Goals for the mentoring relationship are set mutually.
• A and B only
Question 5
,A form of child abuse in which a parent or caretaker repeatedly fabricates or actually inflicts
injury or illness in a child for whom medical intervention is then sought, often in an emergency
setting, is known as which of the following?
• Korsakoff's syndrome
• Snyder's syndrome
• Munchausen syndrome
• Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Question 6
The need for nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their education and training is
necessary for which of the following reasons? Select all that apply.
• The growth in number and proportion of older Americans
• The projected primary care physician shortage by 2025
• Increased number of individuals who have access to healthcare
• The economic push for cost-effective healthcare
Question 7
The ARNP assessing lifestyle as a social determinant of health would ask about which of the
following?
• Diet
• Education
• Health literacy
• Inherited diseases
Question 8
In educating the patient beginning to take Lithium, the ARNP explains which of the following
related to diet and fluid intake?
• Caffeine and alcohol act as hydration agents and can raise your lithium concentrations.
• Drink at least a gallon or more of water per day and limit your salt intake.
• If you go on a diet, your doctor may need to increase frequency of blood tests.
• All of the above
Question 9
The goal of psychotropic treatment is to eliminate all manifestations of a disorder to below the
syndromal threshold, which is defined as which of the following?
• Response
• Remission
• Resistance
• Sensitization
, Question 10
The NP can impact health policy and healthcare by doing which of the following?
• Become an active member of local, state, and/or national NP organizations.
• Become familiar with the resources available on NP organization websites.
• Volunteer to serve on legislative committees within professional NP organizations.
• All the above
Question 11
A term used to describe individuals and families who are found to live in overcrowded homes ,
relocate frequently, and struggle to pay rent and monthly expenses is which of the following?
• Homelessness
• Housing instability
• Transiency
• A and B
Question 12
Which of the following is consistent with current literature regarding the epidemiology of
dependent personality disorder?
• Dependent personality is more common in men than in women.
• Dependent personality disorder is more common in young children than in older ones.
• Persons with chronic physical illness in childhood may be most susceptible to
this disorder.
• B and C only
Question 13
Patients who injure themselves by self-mutilation (i.e., cutting their skin) but who usually do not
wish to die are said to have which of the following?
• Suicide intent
• Suicidal ideations
• Parasuicidal behavior
• Aborted suicide attempt
Question 14
The NP preceptor should have which of the following?
• Knowledge of the NP role
• The ability to be a role model for the preceptee
• Solid clinical skill set in the specialty for which the NP student is being precepted
• All the above
Question 15