PMHNP-BC Pocket Prep passed A+
Ethical Principal Terms (Justice, Veracity, Respect, Fidelity) - ✔✔•Justice: Doing what is fair
•Veracity: Telling the truth
•Respect: Treating everyone with equal dignity
•Fidelity: Being true and loyal
Inferential statistics - ✔✔numerical values that enable a researcher to draw conclusions that extend
beyond the immediate data alone. Examples include t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson's r correlation,
probability, and p-value.
Descriptive statistics - ✔✔are used to describe the basic features of the data in a study. They are
numerical values that summarize, organize and describe observations. Examples include mean, standard
deviation, and variance.
Three phases of a therapeutic relationship - ✔✔1.Introduction
2.Working
3.Termination
EPS Signs and Symptoms - ✔✔Affect motor function and muscle movement
•Akathisia: motor restlessness, inability to remain still, rocking, pacing, or constant motion of a
unilateral limb, subjective sense of restlessness, often mistaken for increasing anxiety
•Akinesia: absence of movement, difficulty initiating motion, subjective feeling of lack of motivation to
move, often mistaken for laziness or lack of interest
•Dystonia: muscle spasticity usually in the back or neck, subjectively painful, often mistaken for
agitation
•Pseudo-Parkinson's: shuffling gait, motor slowing, mask-like facial expression, pill-rolling; tremors,
muscle rigidity
,•Tardive dyskinesia: involuntary abnormal muscle movement of the mouth, tongue, face, and jaw that
may progress to limbs, can be irreversible, can occur as an acute process at the initiation of medications
or as a chronic condition at any point during treatment
Progression of Alzheimer's - ✔✔The onset of symptoms in Alzheimer's disease follows this progression:
(1) mood changes, (2) cognitive impairment, (3) decline in functional independence, (4) behavioral and
motor symptoms. Mood changes are usually manifested as apathy rather than depression and are
resistant to antidepressant medications but responsive to cholinesterase inhibitors
Computer Competence vs. Literacy - ✔✔Computer competency is the ability to demonstrate
proficiency in the use of software applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and
knowledge in computer terminology, hardware selection, and simple maintenance functions.
Computer literacy is the level of expertise and familiarity someone has with computers. It generally
refers to the ability to use an application rather than to write code. Individuals who are very computer
literate are called power users. Information literacy involves recognizing when information is needed
and being able to efficiently locate and use it. Information competency is often used as a synonym for
information literacy.
Counter-transference - ✔✔Countertransference represents the nurse practitioner's emotional reaction
to the patient based on his or her past experiences. Signs that indicate the presence of
countertransference include:
•Intense emotional reactions during the first encounter with the patient
•Recurrent anxiety or uneasiness while dealing with a patient
•Uncharacteristic carelessness when following up with a patient
•Difficulty empathizing
•Resistance to others treating the patient
•Preoccupation or dreaming about the patient
•Frequently running overtime or cutting time short with patient
, •Depression during or after an interaction with a patient
Sources of Knowledge Strongest to Weakest - ✔✔•Level 1 (strongest): Systematic review of
randomized controlled trials or systematic review of nonrandomized trials
•Level 2: Single randomized controlled trial or single nonrandomized trial
•Level 3: Systematic review of correlational or observational studies
•Level 4: Single correlational or observational study
•Level 5: Systematic review of descriptive, qualitative, or physiologic studies
•Level 6: Single descriptive, qualitative, or physiologic study
•Level 7 (weakest): Opinions of authorities and expert committees
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare, - ✔✔Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare, but life-
threatening, idiosyncratic reaction to neuroleptic medications that is characterized by fever, muscular
rigidity, altered mental status, and autonomic dysfunction. NMS often occurs shortly after the initiation
of neuroleptic treatment, or after dose increases.
Wernicke's syndrome, - ✔✔Wernicke's syndrome, also known as Wernicke encephalopathy, is a
neurological disease characterized by the clinical triad of confusion, the inability to coordinate voluntary
movement (ataxia), and eye (ocular) abnormalities. Her symptoms cannot be explained by Wernicke
encephalopathy.
Korsakoff syndrome - ✔✔Korsakoff syndrome is a chronic memory disorder caused by severe
deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1). Korsakoff syndrome is most commonly caused by alcohol misuse
and is often, but not always, preceded by an episode of Wernicke encephalopathy. Her symptoms
cannot be explained by Korsakoff psychosis.
Metasynthesis - ✔✔a scientific study that analyzes a collection of qualitative studies. These studies
discover meaning by summarizing the results in a narrative format.
Ethical Principal Terms (Justice, Veracity, Respect, Fidelity) - ✔✔•Justice: Doing what is fair
•Veracity: Telling the truth
•Respect: Treating everyone with equal dignity
•Fidelity: Being true and loyal
Inferential statistics - ✔✔numerical values that enable a researcher to draw conclusions that extend
beyond the immediate data alone. Examples include t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson's r correlation,
probability, and p-value.
Descriptive statistics - ✔✔are used to describe the basic features of the data in a study. They are
numerical values that summarize, organize and describe observations. Examples include mean, standard
deviation, and variance.
Three phases of a therapeutic relationship - ✔✔1.Introduction
2.Working
3.Termination
EPS Signs and Symptoms - ✔✔Affect motor function and muscle movement
•Akathisia: motor restlessness, inability to remain still, rocking, pacing, or constant motion of a
unilateral limb, subjective sense of restlessness, often mistaken for increasing anxiety
•Akinesia: absence of movement, difficulty initiating motion, subjective feeling of lack of motivation to
move, often mistaken for laziness or lack of interest
•Dystonia: muscle spasticity usually in the back or neck, subjectively painful, often mistaken for
agitation
•Pseudo-Parkinson's: shuffling gait, motor slowing, mask-like facial expression, pill-rolling; tremors,
muscle rigidity
,•Tardive dyskinesia: involuntary abnormal muscle movement of the mouth, tongue, face, and jaw that
may progress to limbs, can be irreversible, can occur as an acute process at the initiation of medications
or as a chronic condition at any point during treatment
Progression of Alzheimer's - ✔✔The onset of symptoms in Alzheimer's disease follows this progression:
(1) mood changes, (2) cognitive impairment, (3) decline in functional independence, (4) behavioral and
motor symptoms. Mood changes are usually manifested as apathy rather than depression and are
resistant to antidepressant medications but responsive to cholinesterase inhibitors
Computer Competence vs. Literacy - ✔✔Computer competency is the ability to demonstrate
proficiency in the use of software applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and
knowledge in computer terminology, hardware selection, and simple maintenance functions.
Computer literacy is the level of expertise and familiarity someone has with computers. It generally
refers to the ability to use an application rather than to write code. Individuals who are very computer
literate are called power users. Information literacy involves recognizing when information is needed
and being able to efficiently locate and use it. Information competency is often used as a synonym for
information literacy.
Counter-transference - ✔✔Countertransference represents the nurse practitioner's emotional reaction
to the patient based on his or her past experiences. Signs that indicate the presence of
countertransference include:
•Intense emotional reactions during the first encounter with the patient
•Recurrent anxiety or uneasiness while dealing with a patient
•Uncharacteristic carelessness when following up with a patient
•Difficulty empathizing
•Resistance to others treating the patient
•Preoccupation or dreaming about the patient
•Frequently running overtime or cutting time short with patient
, •Depression during or after an interaction with a patient
Sources of Knowledge Strongest to Weakest - ✔✔•Level 1 (strongest): Systematic review of
randomized controlled trials or systematic review of nonrandomized trials
•Level 2: Single randomized controlled trial or single nonrandomized trial
•Level 3: Systematic review of correlational or observational studies
•Level 4: Single correlational or observational study
•Level 5: Systematic review of descriptive, qualitative, or physiologic studies
•Level 6: Single descriptive, qualitative, or physiologic study
•Level 7 (weakest): Opinions of authorities and expert committees
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare, - ✔✔Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare, but life-
threatening, idiosyncratic reaction to neuroleptic medications that is characterized by fever, muscular
rigidity, altered mental status, and autonomic dysfunction. NMS often occurs shortly after the initiation
of neuroleptic treatment, or after dose increases.
Wernicke's syndrome, - ✔✔Wernicke's syndrome, also known as Wernicke encephalopathy, is a
neurological disease characterized by the clinical triad of confusion, the inability to coordinate voluntary
movement (ataxia), and eye (ocular) abnormalities. Her symptoms cannot be explained by Wernicke
encephalopathy.
Korsakoff syndrome - ✔✔Korsakoff syndrome is a chronic memory disorder caused by severe
deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1). Korsakoff syndrome is most commonly caused by alcohol misuse
and is often, but not always, preceded by an episode of Wernicke encephalopathy. Her symptoms
cannot be explained by Korsakoff psychosis.
Metasynthesis - ✔✔a scientific study that analyzes a collection of qualitative studies. These studies
discover meaning by summarizing the results in a narrative format.
