ANCC FNB TEST 1,2 AND 3 NEWEST 2025 TEST
BANK| COMPLETE 350 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| FAMILY NURSING
PRACTITIONER ANCC BOARD EXAM PREP| BRAND
NEW!!
TEST 1
Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very unkempt and apathetic. Although
several months have passed since his wife's death he has not progressed at all through his grieving. You
assess this condition as which of the following? disenfranchised grief panic disorder complicated grief
physiologic grief - -Correct Answer: complicated grief
RATIONALE: A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical, psychological,
cognitive and spiritual responses to the death of a significant other. But when the person shows
persistent maladaptive behaviors such as not taking care of personal hygiene and/or appearance and
does not progress through the mourning process, this is complicated grief.
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following
atypical
antidepressants should not be prescribed within the recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine - -Correct Answer:
Trazodone
RATIONALE: If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery phase,
the patient should not be prescribed this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause
the patient to develop orthostatic hypotension and priapism.
,To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader which of the following would be most
appropriate?
Use longer sentences.
Use abstract concepts.
Discourage questioning.
Use examples and review. - -Correct Answer:
Use examples and review.
RATIONALE: To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples and review. The other choices are
not helpful. You should use short sentences and easy to read layouts; be concrete rather than abstract;
and teach them how to ask questions about their health. Also, tell context first and use visual, use
common words and examples, and explain meaning.
A 21-year old woman presents with complaints of milky discharge from her breasts. She doesn't have
any other symptoms and is not pregnant, nor has been before. She tells the nurse about each
medication that she takes. Which of these drugs may be implicated as the cause of the symptom?
aspirin
Lamotrigine Risperidone sertraline - -Correct Answer:
Risperidone
RATIONALE: Risperidone can cause the greatest prolactin elevation among atypical psychotics. A milky
white discharge known as galactorrhea could be a sign of an underlying condition. The fact that the
woman takes Risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic, would likely point to the cause and should be
switched with one less likely to have that same side effect.
Which of the following would be considered one of the main things that is responsible for about 2/3 of
psychiatric hospital readmissions?
Not sufficient care.
Medication noncompliance
Biophysical assessments
None of the above - -Correct Answer:
Medication noncompliance
, RATIONALE: Medication noncompliance is a major problem with the psychiatric mental
health patients. The home health nurses assists by helping the patients
to see the relationship between their compliance with their medication regimen and
control of their symptoms.
Which of the following would be considered an important form of communication that can help to
promote consistency in the care of the patient at the same time that it justifies their stay in the
hospital? Review of care. Documentation
Verbal reporting
None of the above - -Correct Answer:
Documentation
RATIONALE: The other 3 options above are incorrect.
One of the most important aspects of nursing is documentation. Documentation can promote
consistency in the care of the patient and is also used to help justify the patient remaining in the
hospital.
Effects of an overdose of LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) can include all of the following except?
Vomiting
Respiratory failure
Hypertensive crisis
Seizures - -Correct Answer:
Hypertensive crisis
RATIONALE: Hypertensive crisis would be considered a symptom of PCP overdose.
Vomiting, respiratory failure and seizures would be considered an effect
of LSD overdose.
Symptoms of serotonin syndrome include all of the following EXCEPT: insomnia nausea loss of
coordination sweating or shivering with goose bumps - -Correct Answer:
nausea
, Symptoms of serotonin syndrome can present in patients that have drug combinations
that are contraindicated. They can vary from restlessness and agitation to tremors,
chills, headaches, and insomnia as well as loss of coordination. Nausea has not been
implicated in serotonin syndrome.
What is the rate of suicide attempts for patients having dissociative identity disorder?
30 %
45 %
70 %
60 % - - Correct Answer:
70 %
RATIONALE: People with dissociative identity disorder have one of the highest risks for suicide.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5),more than 70% of
outpatients with DID have attempted suicide, and multiple suicide attempts are common.
Of the following, which would not be considered a phase of schizophrenia treatment? Maintenance
Acute
Cognitive
Stabilization - -Correct Answer: Cognitive
RATIONALE: Cognitive is not one of the three phases of schizophrenia treatment.
The three phases are:
Phase 1: acute
Phase 2: stabilization
Phase 3: maintenance
The patient should be monitored for effects of psychotropic medications which can impact cardiac
rhythms. Which of the following could be a potential cardiac side effect? A prolonged QT interval
Narrowing of the QRS
Both A and B
None of the above - -Correct Answer:
A prolonged QT interval
BANK| COMPLETE 350 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| FAMILY NURSING
PRACTITIONER ANCC BOARD EXAM PREP| BRAND
NEW!!
TEST 1
Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very unkempt and apathetic. Although
several months have passed since his wife's death he has not progressed at all through his grieving. You
assess this condition as which of the following? disenfranchised grief panic disorder complicated grief
physiologic grief - -Correct Answer: complicated grief
RATIONALE: A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical, psychological,
cognitive and spiritual responses to the death of a significant other. But when the person shows
persistent maladaptive behaviors such as not taking care of personal hygiene and/or appearance and
does not progress through the mourning process, this is complicated grief.
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following
atypical
antidepressants should not be prescribed within the recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine - -Correct Answer:
Trazodone
RATIONALE: If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery phase,
the patient should not be prescribed this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause
the patient to develop orthostatic hypotension and priapism.
,To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader which of the following would be most
appropriate?
Use longer sentences.
Use abstract concepts.
Discourage questioning.
Use examples and review. - -Correct Answer:
Use examples and review.
RATIONALE: To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples and review. The other choices are
not helpful. You should use short sentences and easy to read layouts; be concrete rather than abstract;
and teach them how to ask questions about their health. Also, tell context first and use visual, use
common words and examples, and explain meaning.
A 21-year old woman presents with complaints of milky discharge from her breasts. She doesn't have
any other symptoms and is not pregnant, nor has been before. She tells the nurse about each
medication that she takes. Which of these drugs may be implicated as the cause of the symptom?
aspirin
Lamotrigine Risperidone sertraline - -Correct Answer:
Risperidone
RATIONALE: Risperidone can cause the greatest prolactin elevation among atypical psychotics. A milky
white discharge known as galactorrhea could be a sign of an underlying condition. The fact that the
woman takes Risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic, would likely point to the cause and should be
switched with one less likely to have that same side effect.
Which of the following would be considered one of the main things that is responsible for about 2/3 of
psychiatric hospital readmissions?
Not sufficient care.
Medication noncompliance
Biophysical assessments
None of the above - -Correct Answer:
Medication noncompliance
, RATIONALE: Medication noncompliance is a major problem with the psychiatric mental
health patients. The home health nurses assists by helping the patients
to see the relationship between their compliance with their medication regimen and
control of their symptoms.
Which of the following would be considered an important form of communication that can help to
promote consistency in the care of the patient at the same time that it justifies their stay in the
hospital? Review of care. Documentation
Verbal reporting
None of the above - -Correct Answer:
Documentation
RATIONALE: The other 3 options above are incorrect.
One of the most important aspects of nursing is documentation. Documentation can promote
consistency in the care of the patient and is also used to help justify the patient remaining in the
hospital.
Effects of an overdose of LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) can include all of the following except?
Vomiting
Respiratory failure
Hypertensive crisis
Seizures - -Correct Answer:
Hypertensive crisis
RATIONALE: Hypertensive crisis would be considered a symptom of PCP overdose.
Vomiting, respiratory failure and seizures would be considered an effect
of LSD overdose.
Symptoms of serotonin syndrome include all of the following EXCEPT: insomnia nausea loss of
coordination sweating or shivering with goose bumps - -Correct Answer:
nausea
, Symptoms of serotonin syndrome can present in patients that have drug combinations
that are contraindicated. They can vary from restlessness and agitation to tremors,
chills, headaches, and insomnia as well as loss of coordination. Nausea has not been
implicated in serotonin syndrome.
What is the rate of suicide attempts for patients having dissociative identity disorder?
30 %
45 %
70 %
60 % - - Correct Answer:
70 %
RATIONALE: People with dissociative identity disorder have one of the highest risks for suicide.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5),more than 70% of
outpatients with DID have attempted suicide, and multiple suicide attempts are common.
Of the following, which would not be considered a phase of schizophrenia treatment? Maintenance
Acute
Cognitive
Stabilization - -Correct Answer: Cognitive
RATIONALE: Cognitive is not one of the three phases of schizophrenia treatment.
The three phases are:
Phase 1: acute
Phase 2: stabilization
Phase 3: maintenance
The patient should be monitored for effects of psychotropic medications which can impact cardiac
rhythms. Which of the following could be a potential cardiac side effect? A prolonged QT interval
Narrowing of the QRS
Both A and B
None of the above - -Correct Answer:
A prolonged QT interval
