PMHNP role correct answers scholarly activities publishing lectures presentation preceptor ship
continuing education mentoring mutual respect client advocacy participate in ANA American
psychiatric nurse association international Society of psychiatric nurses health policy legal and
ethical responsibility participate in government health policy activities case management risk
assessment for high risk situation risk management intervened to reduce risk of non-healthy
behaviors and advance directives.
PMHNP scope of Practice correct answers
Psychiatric H& P components correct answers Onset
duration
characteristics
associated aggravating factors
relieving factors
treatment and summary.
Psychiatric Assessment correct answers establish therapeutic relationship of acceptance empathy
professionalism respect gather data review the purpose consider safety issues communication
skills screening tools developmental assessment differential diagnosis assess precipitating events
stressors biological social psychological develop a treatment plan that safe based on evidence
and culture competent must instill hope to decrease anxiety provide education and follow up labs
and referrals to neuropsych testing therapy education psychotropic meds reassurance follow up
plan.
objective MSE scales in which examiner rates patient correct answers cooperative conversate
without acute distress orientation dress for agencies than cycle motor activity iContact euthymic
affect fall even congruent with reported mood of speech is spontaneous normal rate appropriate
volume and tone with no problems expressing self thought content is normal elicited content
denies suicide denies homicidal process appears linear coherent goal directed cognition appears
grossly intact with appropriate attention span and concentration and average fund of knowledge
judgment appears fair insight appears fair the patient is able to articulate needs is motivated for
compliance adherence to medication regime is willing and able to participate with treatment
disposition and discharge planning.
Psychiatric Interview correct answers the most important element in the evaluation and care of
persons with mental illness
Psychiatric H&P correct answers
psychiatric goals correct answers
psychiatric treatment correct answers
PMHNP mental health Anxiety assessment tools correct answers GAD-7:
, 5-9 mild,
10-14 mod,
15-21 severe
HAM- A:
14-17 mild,
18-24 mod,
25-30 severe
PMHNP depression rating tool correct answers HAM-D:
0-7 norm,
8-13 mild,
14-18 mod,
19-22 sv,
23 severly severe
PQH-9:
1-4 min,
5-9 mild,
10-14 mod,
15-19 sev mod, >20 sv
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
0-13 min depression
14-19 mild depression
20-28 mod depression
29-63 severe depression
Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS) correct answers BSDS
0-6 high unlike
7-12 low risk
13-19 mod
20-25 high likely
social determinants of health correct answers The conditions in which people are born, grow,
live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global,
national, and local levels
Serotonin Syndrome correct answers With any drug that increases 5-HT (e.g., MAO inhibitors,
SNRIs, TCAs) hyperthermia, confusion, myoclonus, cardiovascular instability, flushing,
diarrhea, seizures. A patient who presents with an excess of serotonin is likely experiencing
serotonin syndrome. Serotonin syndrome is classified by restlessness, agitation, myoclonus, and
vital sign abnormalities. Patients with a deficit of serotonin would present with depression, sleep
dysregulation, and loss of appetite.
-Treatment: cyproheptadine (5-HT2 receptor antagonist).