PMHNP Psychopharmacology – Midterm & Final Exam Answers –
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program – Complete Study Guide.
1. Single-Provider Integrated Treatment: Combination of psychopharmacologic,
medical, and psychotherapy approaches
2. Cognitive Restructuring: Process involving changing negative to positive
thoughts
3. Immature Regressive Defense Mechanism: Behavior like assuming fetal
position in response to stress
4. Therapeutic Touch: Manipulative and body-based therapy
5. Psychic Determinism Principle: Freudian concept assuming all actions have
purpose
6. Treatment Plan for Children: Consideration of family goals, temperament, and
child's perspective
7. American Nurses Association's Purpose: Defines role and actions of the NP
in psychiatric nursing
8. Boundaries in Therapy: Initial contact should include information on
boundaries 9. Developmental Issues in Psychotherapy: Consider resilience,
strengths, functional status, social skills
10. Pathological Attachment: Behavior indicating need for therapist addressing
attachment
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, 11. Behavioral Therapy Types: Includes cognitive behavioral therapy, aversion
therapy, and hypnosis
12. Solution-Focused Therapy Techniques: Includes exceptional-finding,
scaling, and miracle questions
13. Desired Outcomes of Biofeedback: Increase self-efficacy, positive baseline
change, self-regulation
14. Patient Outcome Measures: Excludes parental role, includes practice
guidelines and patient-reported measures
15. Interpersonal Relations in IPT: Driving force in IPT, excluding personality
and character problems
16. Mind-Body Intervention: Prayer and counseling are forms of mind-body
intervention
17. AIP Model: Developed for better understanding of EMDR
18. Common Factors in Treatment: PMHNP can utilize common factors and
elements for treatment
19. Contingency Management: Operates under operant conditioning principles
20. Malpractice Lawsuit Elements: Includes duty of care, breach of standard,
injury related to breach
21. Nurse-Client Relationship: Focuses on client's needs, deliberately vague
goals
22. Common Element Approach: Combines psychotherapy with medication for
ADHD in children
23. Levels of Consciousness: Conscious, preconscious, unconscious (excluding
post-conscious)
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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program – Complete Study Guide.
1. Single-Provider Integrated Treatment: Combination of psychopharmacologic,
medical, and psychotherapy approaches
2. Cognitive Restructuring: Process involving changing negative to positive
thoughts
3. Immature Regressive Defense Mechanism: Behavior like assuming fetal
position in response to stress
4. Therapeutic Touch: Manipulative and body-based therapy
5. Psychic Determinism Principle: Freudian concept assuming all actions have
purpose
6. Treatment Plan for Children: Consideration of family goals, temperament, and
child's perspective
7. American Nurses Association's Purpose: Defines role and actions of the NP
in psychiatric nursing
8. Boundaries in Therapy: Initial contact should include information on
boundaries 9. Developmental Issues in Psychotherapy: Consider resilience,
strengths, functional status, social skills
10. Pathological Attachment: Behavior indicating need for therapist addressing
attachment
1/5
, 11. Behavioral Therapy Types: Includes cognitive behavioral therapy, aversion
therapy, and hypnosis
12. Solution-Focused Therapy Techniques: Includes exceptional-finding,
scaling, and miracle questions
13. Desired Outcomes of Biofeedback: Increase self-efficacy, positive baseline
change, self-regulation
14. Patient Outcome Measures: Excludes parental role, includes practice
guidelines and patient-reported measures
15. Interpersonal Relations in IPT: Driving force in IPT, excluding personality
and character problems
16. Mind-Body Intervention: Prayer and counseling are forms of mind-body
intervention
17. AIP Model: Developed for better understanding of EMDR
18. Common Factors in Treatment: PMHNP can utilize common factors and
elements for treatment
19. Contingency Management: Operates under operant conditioning principles
20. Malpractice Lawsuit Elements: Includes duty of care, breach of standard,
injury related to breach
21. Nurse-Client Relationship: Focuses on client's needs, deliberately vague
goals
22. Common Element Approach: Combines psychotherapy with medication for
ADHD in children
23. Levels of Consciousness: Conscious, preconscious, unconscious (excluding
post-conscious)
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