LAST MINUTE PMHNP PART 1 EXAM
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
What should you do if a child reports being abused? correct
answers >> Interview the child separately and report to CPS.
What should you do if you observe a child playing with a doll/toy
in a sexual way? correct answers >> Immediately report to
CPS.
How should you conduct an interview with an inpatient?
correct answers >> In a private area with the door
open/partially open.
Why is it important to build therapy rapport with adolescents?
correct answers >> To establish trust and confidentiality, while
informing them of exceptions.
What can create an ethical dilemma when it comes to patient
confidentiality? correct answers >> Parents feel entitled to
information, but you must advocate for your patient and their
confidentiality.
What should you obtain before faxing labs to a referral?
correct answers >> Informed consent.
,What should you do if a patient inhales acetone/nail polish and
feels weird? correct answers >> Consider doing a urine drug
screen and get involved.
What is cultural expected response to a stressor? correct
answers >> Interpret patient's symptoms based on their culture.
· This does not mean your patient has a mental illness.
· Ask the patient to interpret the patient's (cultural) symptoms.
· Cultural assessment - Cultural Formulation Interview
What is the purpose of cultural assessment? correct answers
>> To understand the cultural context of the patient's
symptoms.
What is a cultural formulation interview? correct answers >>
An interview to clarify the meaning of illness or predicament in
the patient's cultural context.
What is brief supportive therapy? correct answers >>
Therapy offered to patients experiencing cultural syndromes,
such as job loss or house loss.
How should somatic complaints of pain be validated? correct
answers >> Validate the patient's pain based on their cultural
context.
What is the goal of culture formulation interviews? correct
answers >> To empower the patient and contextualize their
situation in their local world.
,How should Native Americans' interpretation of mental illness be
respected? correct answers >> Respect their belief that it is
caused by an imbalance between an individual's relationship with
the world.
Which ethnic group has the highest rate of suicide/suicide
attempts in the United States? correct answers >> Native
Americans.
What do Native Americans believe in for healing? correct
answers >> They believe in a Healing stick with healing powers.
What is susto? correct answers >> Folk illness in the Latino
population caused by a shocking, unpleasant, or frightening
experience that is believed to cause the soul to leave the body.
What is ataque de nervios? correct answers >> Puerto Rican
syndrome characterized by uncontrollable shouting and
aggression.
o Attack of nerves: Uncontrollable shouting, attacks of crying,
trembling, heat in the cheat rising into the head, and verbal or
physical aggression.
What is mal de ojo? correct answers >> Illness caused by the
evil eye, resulting in fatigue, headache, weight loss, exhaustion,
and malaise
What is empacho? correct answers >> Blocked intestine
causing indigestion (feeling bloated and nausea).
, What is mollera caida? correct answers >> Sunken fontanel
in infants.
What is the role of a traditional healer? correct answers >>
May be included in the patient's care plan with informed consent.
What should be considered when providing psychoeducation to a
patient from a specific culture? correct answers >>
Information should be based on cultural context.
What is the purpose of diverse population education? correct
answers >> To provide multicultural teaching and education.
What assessment parameters should be used when providing
psychoeducation to a patient from a specific culture? correct
answers >> Ethnospecific assessment parameters.
What should be done if a patient cannot understand English?
correct answers >> Provide an interpreter to be culturally
sensitive.
What should a staff nurse do if a Native American patient has a
healing stick? correct answers >> Accommodate the patient
and allow them to keep the healing stick.
What should a staff nurse do if a Native American patient has a
healing stick? correct answers >> Accommodate the patient
and allow them to keep the healing stick.
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
What should you do if a child reports being abused? correct
answers >> Interview the child separately and report to CPS.
What should you do if you observe a child playing with a doll/toy
in a sexual way? correct answers >> Immediately report to
CPS.
How should you conduct an interview with an inpatient?
correct answers >> In a private area with the door
open/partially open.
Why is it important to build therapy rapport with adolescents?
correct answers >> To establish trust and confidentiality, while
informing them of exceptions.
What can create an ethical dilemma when it comes to patient
confidentiality? correct answers >> Parents feel entitled to
information, but you must advocate for your patient and their
confidentiality.
What should you obtain before faxing labs to a referral?
correct answers >> Informed consent.
,What should you do if a patient inhales acetone/nail polish and
feels weird? correct answers >> Consider doing a urine drug
screen and get involved.
What is cultural expected response to a stressor? correct
answers >> Interpret patient's symptoms based on their culture.
· This does not mean your patient has a mental illness.
· Ask the patient to interpret the patient's (cultural) symptoms.
· Cultural assessment - Cultural Formulation Interview
What is the purpose of cultural assessment? correct answers
>> To understand the cultural context of the patient's
symptoms.
What is a cultural formulation interview? correct answers >>
An interview to clarify the meaning of illness or predicament in
the patient's cultural context.
What is brief supportive therapy? correct answers >>
Therapy offered to patients experiencing cultural syndromes,
such as job loss or house loss.
How should somatic complaints of pain be validated? correct
answers >> Validate the patient's pain based on their cultural
context.
What is the goal of culture formulation interviews? correct
answers >> To empower the patient and contextualize their
situation in their local world.
,How should Native Americans' interpretation of mental illness be
respected? correct answers >> Respect their belief that it is
caused by an imbalance between an individual's relationship with
the world.
Which ethnic group has the highest rate of suicide/suicide
attempts in the United States? correct answers >> Native
Americans.
What do Native Americans believe in for healing? correct
answers >> They believe in a Healing stick with healing powers.
What is susto? correct answers >> Folk illness in the Latino
population caused by a shocking, unpleasant, or frightening
experience that is believed to cause the soul to leave the body.
What is ataque de nervios? correct answers >> Puerto Rican
syndrome characterized by uncontrollable shouting and
aggression.
o Attack of nerves: Uncontrollable shouting, attacks of crying,
trembling, heat in the cheat rising into the head, and verbal or
physical aggression.
What is mal de ojo? correct answers >> Illness caused by the
evil eye, resulting in fatigue, headache, weight loss, exhaustion,
and malaise
What is empacho? correct answers >> Blocked intestine
causing indigestion (feeling bloated and nausea).
, What is mollera caida? correct answers >> Sunken fontanel
in infants.
What is the role of a traditional healer? correct answers >>
May be included in the patient's care plan with informed consent.
What should be considered when providing psychoeducation to a
patient from a specific culture? correct answers >>
Information should be based on cultural context.
What is the purpose of diverse population education? correct
answers >> To provide multicultural teaching and education.
What assessment parameters should be used when providing
psychoeducation to a patient from a specific culture? correct
answers >> Ethnospecific assessment parameters.
What should be done if a patient cannot understand English?
correct answers >> Provide an interpreter to be culturally
sensitive.
What should a staff nurse do if a Native American patient has a
healing stick? correct answers >> Accommodate the patient
and allow them to keep the healing stick.
What should a staff nurse do if a Native American patient has a
healing stick? correct answers >> Accommodate the patient
and allow them to keep the healing stick.
