ANCC PMHNP Board Exam- Comprehensive
Questions and Correct Answers, Updated
2024.
Purpose of Dopamine
Inhibition of prolactin production
Sleep
Learning
Attention
Pleasure and reward
Movement
Memory
Mood
What term best describes the reelationship between an individual's health and a number of other
variables, including the amoutn of healthcare consumed?
Health production function- math expression that shows the relationship between an individual's health
and a number of other variables.
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How much time should you allow for Celexa to provide its initial therapeutic effect and the patient to see
an improvement in symptoms?
,4-6 weeks
Clients have what rights?
Right to privacy and confidentiality
Right to least restrictive treatment measures
Right to consent and withdraw consent at any given time
Which inferential statistic determines whether the means of 2 groups are statistically different from each
other?
t-test
enables one to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone
(ANOVA tests the difference among 3 or more groups, Pearson's r correlation- tests the relationship
between 2 variables, probability-likelihood, p value- probability of a particular result occurring by
chance)
What symptoms would a patient exhibit if they were experiencing an excess serotonin?
Restlessness, agitation, myoclonus, vital sign abnormalilties
What term descries a colletion of individuals who coordinate lobbying efforts around a common interest
and seek to influence policymakers?
Special interest group.
What are 3 phases of a therapeutic relationship between NP and pt?
1. Intro
2. Working-
3. Termination
The following describes what stage of a therapeutic relationship? Clarifying patient expectations, ID
goals, treatment plan, preventative healthcare, measuring outcomes of care, reprioritizing plan
Working phase
Which type of family therapy uses genograms, structural mapping, emphasizes understanding to
produce change in the family structure.
Structural family therapy
Symptoms of excess GABA
excess sleepiness, increased blood pressure, shallow breathing
Symptoms of insufficient GABA
Sz, trouble concentrating, insomnia, depression, anxiety
HAM-A
,Hamilton Anxiety Scale, most commonly used
14 domains, 14=mild, 18-24= moderate, 25-30=severe
When would you not use seclusion and restraint?
Extremely unstable medical or psychiatric conditions
Delirious or demented patients unable to tolerate decreased stimulation
Overtly suicidal patients
When should you use seclusions and restraint?
Prevent significant disruption to treatment program or physical surroundings
Decrease sensory overstimulation
What is the difference between pharmacokinetics, and pharmaodynamics?
pharmacokinetics is whatthe body does to drugs, pharmacodynamics is what the drug does to the body
Problems with the frontal lobe could lead to what
personality changes
problems with the temporal lobe can lead to
aphasia and amnesia
problems with the occipital lobe can lead to
visual field defects
problems with the parietal lobe can lead to
densory perceptual disturbances and agnosia
This type of advanced nurse evaluates, diagnoses, and treats a wide range of medical conditions
nurse practitioner
This type of advanced practice nurse consults researches educates and coordinates care
Clinical nurse specialist
This type of advnaced practice nurse provides well-woman gyno care, management pregnancy, child
birth, antipartum post partum.
Nurse midwife
According to Piaget wat what cognitive stage do children develop object permanence?
sensorimotor
Occurs when a patient is unabe to see others as somethimes good sometimes bad
splitting
, what is the therapeautic dose of riseridone for an adolescent?
3 mg
What core comopetency is the NP demonstrating when she evaluates the appropriate use of seclusion
and restraints?
NP core competency: Quality
What core competency is the NP demonstrating when participating in a special interest group?
NP core competency: Policy
By whom and where was the first NP role introduced?
Loretta C. Ford, Henry Silver; University of Colorado
What factors constrain the growth of the NP role?
Increased concerns over reinbursement fraud and abuse, reinbursement struggles, need for formal
supervisory or collaborative relationships with physicians, overlapping scope of practice
What regulatory or statutory dimension provides different rules and regulations for each state?
Statutory law
What regulatory or statutory dimension forms a process by which an agency of state government grants
permission to persons to engage in the practice of that profession?
Licensure
What regulatory or statutory dimension forms a process used to protect the public by ensuring a
minimum level of professional competence.
Credentialing
What regulatory or statutory dimension determines the scope of practice and assures the public that a
person has mastery of a specified body of knowledge.
Certification
HITECH(health information technology for economic and clinical health Act)
meaningful use incentive
charting system for physician order set
Incentive payment for sharing specific electronic health record(EHR)
Basic criteria for involuntary admission
danger to self or others
unable to care for self
poor nutritional intake
What are the four main components of HIPPA
Questions and Correct Answers, Updated
2024.
Purpose of Dopamine
Inhibition of prolactin production
Sleep
Learning
Attention
Pleasure and reward
Movement
Memory
Mood
What term best describes the reelationship between an individual's health and a number of other
variables, including the amoutn of healthcare consumed?
Health production function- math expression that shows the relationship between an individual's health
and a number of other variables.
Brainpower
Read More
Previous
Play
Next
Rewind 10 seconds
Move forward 10 seconds
Unmute
0:04
/
0:15
Full screen
How much time should you allow for Celexa to provide its initial therapeutic effect and the patient to see
an improvement in symptoms?
,4-6 weeks
Clients have what rights?
Right to privacy and confidentiality
Right to least restrictive treatment measures
Right to consent and withdraw consent at any given time
Which inferential statistic determines whether the means of 2 groups are statistically different from each
other?
t-test
enables one to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone
(ANOVA tests the difference among 3 or more groups, Pearson's r correlation- tests the relationship
between 2 variables, probability-likelihood, p value- probability of a particular result occurring by
chance)
What symptoms would a patient exhibit if they were experiencing an excess serotonin?
Restlessness, agitation, myoclonus, vital sign abnormalilties
What term descries a colletion of individuals who coordinate lobbying efforts around a common interest
and seek to influence policymakers?
Special interest group.
What are 3 phases of a therapeutic relationship between NP and pt?
1. Intro
2. Working-
3. Termination
The following describes what stage of a therapeutic relationship? Clarifying patient expectations, ID
goals, treatment plan, preventative healthcare, measuring outcomes of care, reprioritizing plan
Working phase
Which type of family therapy uses genograms, structural mapping, emphasizes understanding to
produce change in the family structure.
Structural family therapy
Symptoms of excess GABA
excess sleepiness, increased blood pressure, shallow breathing
Symptoms of insufficient GABA
Sz, trouble concentrating, insomnia, depression, anxiety
HAM-A
,Hamilton Anxiety Scale, most commonly used
14 domains, 14=mild, 18-24= moderate, 25-30=severe
When would you not use seclusion and restraint?
Extremely unstable medical or psychiatric conditions
Delirious or demented patients unable to tolerate decreased stimulation
Overtly suicidal patients
When should you use seclusions and restraint?
Prevent significant disruption to treatment program or physical surroundings
Decrease sensory overstimulation
What is the difference between pharmacokinetics, and pharmaodynamics?
pharmacokinetics is whatthe body does to drugs, pharmacodynamics is what the drug does to the body
Problems with the frontal lobe could lead to what
personality changes
problems with the temporal lobe can lead to
aphasia and amnesia
problems with the occipital lobe can lead to
visual field defects
problems with the parietal lobe can lead to
densory perceptual disturbances and agnosia
This type of advanced nurse evaluates, diagnoses, and treats a wide range of medical conditions
nurse practitioner
This type of advanced practice nurse consults researches educates and coordinates care
Clinical nurse specialist
This type of advnaced practice nurse provides well-woman gyno care, management pregnancy, child
birth, antipartum post partum.
Nurse midwife
According to Piaget wat what cognitive stage do children develop object permanence?
sensorimotor
Occurs when a patient is unabe to see others as somethimes good sometimes bad
splitting
, what is the therapeautic dose of riseridone for an adolescent?
3 mg
What core comopetency is the NP demonstrating when she evaluates the appropriate use of seclusion
and restraints?
NP core competency: Quality
What core competency is the NP demonstrating when participating in a special interest group?
NP core competency: Policy
By whom and where was the first NP role introduced?
Loretta C. Ford, Henry Silver; University of Colorado
What factors constrain the growth of the NP role?
Increased concerns over reinbursement fraud and abuse, reinbursement struggles, need for formal
supervisory or collaborative relationships with physicians, overlapping scope of practice
What regulatory or statutory dimension provides different rules and regulations for each state?
Statutory law
What regulatory or statutory dimension forms a process by which an agency of state government grants
permission to persons to engage in the practice of that profession?
Licensure
What regulatory or statutory dimension forms a process used to protect the public by ensuring a
minimum level of professional competence.
Credentialing
What regulatory or statutory dimension determines the scope of practice and assures the public that a
person has mastery of a specified body of knowledge.
Certification
HITECH(health information technology for economic and clinical health Act)
meaningful use incentive
charting system for physician order set
Incentive payment for sharing specific electronic health record(EHR)
Basic criteria for involuntary admission
danger to self or others
unable to care for self
poor nutritional intake
What are the four main components of HIPPA
