PMHNP-BC Practice EXAM 2026-2027 \NEWEST
VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS \VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
\BRAND NEW !! ACTUAL PRACTICE EXAM
The PMHNP is supervising Answer A. Agraphesthesia is the inability to
a nurse practitioner recognize letters or numbers drawn on the palm
student. When presenting with a pointed object. Choreiform movements
the case, the student describe repetitive and rapid jerking and involuntary
notes that the patient has coordinated movements. Astereognosis is the
an inability to recognize condition in which the patient is unable to
letters or numbers drawn discriminate between objects based on touching.
on the palm with a pointed Dysdiadochokinesia is the inability to perform
object. This sign is called: rapidly alternating hand movements.
A. Agraphesthesia
B. Choreiform
C. Astereognosis
D. Dysdiadochokinesia
A member of the group Answer A. The member is expressing the belief
states that his problem is regarding the seriousness of the condition as minimal,
not that bad and he can and that the cost of abstaining from the addiction is
stop anytime he chooses. reducing time with friends. Self-efficacy is an
Using on occasion is just a individual's belief in his or her innate ability to achieve
way to have fun with a goal and perceived benefits refer to the
friends. Which concepts of individual's perception of the effectiveness of an
the Health Belief Model action to reduce a threat or illness. Perceived
best describes the group susceptibility is the individual's perception of acquiring
member's readiness to disease or illness, and cues to action are stimuli
change? necessary to trigger a health-promoting behavior.
A. Perceived severity
and perceived barriers
B. Self-efficacy and perceived
benefits
C. Cues to action and
,perceived
susceptibility
D. Self-efficacy and
perceived
susceptibility
A 30-year-old man with Answer B. He is in the contemplation stage: The patient
three past psychiatric has indicated that a problem exists but has not
hospitalizations for expressed a desire to change.
schizoaffective disorder
presents for follow-up
care with the PMHNP.
Before discharge, the
patient received court
ordered Zyprexa Relprevv
300 mg IM X 1. The
patient tells the PMHNP
that he is aware that
smoking can "make him
need more medication."
Which stage of change is
the patient in?
A. Precontemplation
B. Contemplation
C. Preparation
D. Action
A middle-school girl who Answer D. Failing to master the stage of initiative
is timid to take any risks, versus guilt inhibits the development of purpose and
prefers solitary activities, virtue, and children remain followers, lack self-
and does not ask questions initiative, and can feel like they are a bother to others.
of her teachers for fear that Middle-school children are in the stage of development
she is bothering them of industry versus inferiority and moving toward
likely did not master identity versus role confusion.
which developmental
,stage?
A. Trust versus mistrust
B. Autonomy versus shame and
doubt
C. Industry versus inferiority
D. Initiative versus guilt
A woman who discovers Answer A. Children in this stage are considered
her husband has preoperational and have an organized schema that
committed suicide in the has helped them understand that when people go to
middle of the night work, they come back. Thinking at this stage is
decides to tell her 4- and egocentric and magical. Introducing this new
6-year-old children the accommodation to the children will make them think
next morning that the that when mommy goes to work, she will not be
reason daddy is not here returning home.
today is that he went to
work. Based on their
developmental stage, what
might they assume when
mommy says she is going
to work?
A. Going to work means
you are not coming
home
B. Mommy will come home,
as has been the case in
the past
C. When someone cannot
be seen, then they cease
to exist
D. Daddy will come home
when mommy goes to
work
, A 66-year-old registered Answer A. Mastering the developmental stage of
nurse, who retired from generativity versus stagnation leads to the
psychiatry 3 years ago, development of caring as a virtue and a desire to be a
spends much of her time part of a broader community, leave a legacy, and feel
watching television. She is useful. Failing to master this stage yields a lack of
easily irritated by those interest in the broader community, and feelings of
interrupting her shows and leading a disconnected existence with a nothing to
has no desire to engage in contribute.
any activities or identify
with a broader
community. Which
developmental stage did
she fail to master?
A. Generativity versus
stagnation
B. Ego integrity versus despair
C. Industry versus inferiority
D. Initiative versus guilt
The PMHNP is evaluating a Answer A. Cranial nerve III oculomotor coordinates eye
68-year-old man for movements including eye lid function and pupillary
symptoms of major dilation. Cranial IV (throchlea) allows for the downward
depression. While medial gaze, V (trigeminal nerve) is associated with the
assessing the appearance mandible function of mastication, VI (abducens) allows
of the patient, an obvious for eye movement in the downward motion.
left-sided ptosis is noted.
Which cranial nerve is
directly linked to this
condition?
A. III
B. IV
C. V
D. VI
Which of the following Answer A. Dendrites transmit information to the soma.
receives messages and Axons transmit information from the soma. Synapses
conducts impulses to the are the gap between two nerve cells. The myelin sheath
soma? is the fatty layer that prevents interference and
A. Dendrite
increases speed of impulse transmission along the
B. Axon
axon.
C. Synapse
D. Myelin sheath
VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS \VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
\BRAND NEW !! ACTUAL PRACTICE EXAM
The PMHNP is supervising Answer A. Agraphesthesia is the inability to
a nurse practitioner recognize letters or numbers drawn on the palm
student. When presenting with a pointed object. Choreiform movements
the case, the student describe repetitive and rapid jerking and involuntary
notes that the patient has coordinated movements. Astereognosis is the
an inability to recognize condition in which the patient is unable to
letters or numbers drawn discriminate between objects based on touching.
on the palm with a pointed Dysdiadochokinesia is the inability to perform
object. This sign is called: rapidly alternating hand movements.
A. Agraphesthesia
B. Choreiform
C. Astereognosis
D. Dysdiadochokinesia
A member of the group Answer A. The member is expressing the belief
states that his problem is regarding the seriousness of the condition as minimal,
not that bad and he can and that the cost of abstaining from the addiction is
stop anytime he chooses. reducing time with friends. Self-efficacy is an
Using on occasion is just a individual's belief in his or her innate ability to achieve
way to have fun with a goal and perceived benefits refer to the
friends. Which concepts of individual's perception of the effectiveness of an
the Health Belief Model action to reduce a threat or illness. Perceived
best describes the group susceptibility is the individual's perception of acquiring
member's readiness to disease or illness, and cues to action are stimuli
change? necessary to trigger a health-promoting behavior.
A. Perceived severity
and perceived barriers
B. Self-efficacy and perceived
benefits
C. Cues to action and
,perceived
susceptibility
D. Self-efficacy and
perceived
susceptibility
A 30-year-old man with Answer B. He is in the contemplation stage: The patient
three past psychiatric has indicated that a problem exists but has not
hospitalizations for expressed a desire to change.
schizoaffective disorder
presents for follow-up
care with the PMHNP.
Before discharge, the
patient received court
ordered Zyprexa Relprevv
300 mg IM X 1. The
patient tells the PMHNP
that he is aware that
smoking can "make him
need more medication."
Which stage of change is
the patient in?
A. Precontemplation
B. Contemplation
C. Preparation
D. Action
A middle-school girl who Answer D. Failing to master the stage of initiative
is timid to take any risks, versus guilt inhibits the development of purpose and
prefers solitary activities, virtue, and children remain followers, lack self-
and does not ask questions initiative, and can feel like they are a bother to others.
of her teachers for fear that Middle-school children are in the stage of development
she is bothering them of industry versus inferiority and moving toward
likely did not master identity versus role confusion.
which developmental
,stage?
A. Trust versus mistrust
B. Autonomy versus shame and
doubt
C. Industry versus inferiority
D. Initiative versus guilt
A woman who discovers Answer A. Children in this stage are considered
her husband has preoperational and have an organized schema that
committed suicide in the has helped them understand that when people go to
middle of the night work, they come back. Thinking at this stage is
decides to tell her 4- and egocentric and magical. Introducing this new
6-year-old children the accommodation to the children will make them think
next morning that the that when mommy goes to work, she will not be
reason daddy is not here returning home.
today is that he went to
work. Based on their
developmental stage, what
might they assume when
mommy says she is going
to work?
A. Going to work means
you are not coming
home
B. Mommy will come home,
as has been the case in
the past
C. When someone cannot
be seen, then they cease
to exist
D. Daddy will come home
when mommy goes to
work
, A 66-year-old registered Answer A. Mastering the developmental stage of
nurse, who retired from generativity versus stagnation leads to the
psychiatry 3 years ago, development of caring as a virtue and a desire to be a
spends much of her time part of a broader community, leave a legacy, and feel
watching television. She is useful. Failing to master this stage yields a lack of
easily irritated by those interest in the broader community, and feelings of
interrupting her shows and leading a disconnected existence with a nothing to
has no desire to engage in contribute.
any activities or identify
with a broader
community. Which
developmental stage did
she fail to master?
A. Generativity versus
stagnation
B. Ego integrity versus despair
C. Industry versus inferiority
D. Initiative versus guilt
The PMHNP is evaluating a Answer A. Cranial nerve III oculomotor coordinates eye
68-year-old man for movements including eye lid function and pupillary
symptoms of major dilation. Cranial IV (throchlea) allows for the downward
depression. While medial gaze, V (trigeminal nerve) is associated with the
assessing the appearance mandible function of mastication, VI (abducens) allows
of the patient, an obvious for eye movement in the downward motion.
left-sided ptosis is noted.
Which cranial nerve is
directly linked to this
condition?
A. III
B. IV
C. V
D. VI
Which of the following Answer A. Dendrites transmit information to the soma.
receives messages and Axons transmit information from the soma. Synapses
conducts impulses to the are the gap between two nerve cells. The myelin sheath
soma? is the fatty layer that prevents interference and
A. Dendrite
increases speed of impulse transmission along the
B. Axon
axon.
C. Synapse
D. Myelin sheath
