ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-MENTAL HEALTH NP TEST EXAM
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RATED & GRADED A
1. If a mental health nurse is found guilty by criminal law, her punishment may
be which of the following?
Fines.
Loss of medical license.
Imprisonment.
All of the above: Correct Answer:
All of the above.
If a mental health nurse is found guilty by criminal law, their punishment may be fines, loss of
medical license, and even imprisonment. Nurses should be cautious in their practice, and to
make sure to follow all set laws.
2. 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
A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical, psycholog- ical, 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
, ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-MENTAL HEALTH NP TEST EXAM
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appearance and does not progress through the mourning process, this is complicated grief.
3. 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
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.
4. 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.
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
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health. Also, tell context first and use visual, use common words and examples,
and explain meaning.
5. 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
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.
6. 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
Medication noncompliance is a major problem with the psychiatric mental health patients.
The home health nurses assists by helping the patients
, ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-MENTAL HEALTH NP TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WELL
RATED & GRADED A
to see the relationship between their compliance with their medication regimen and control of
their symptoms.
7. Which of the following would be considered an important form of commu-
nication 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
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WELL
RATED & GRADED A
1. If a mental health nurse is found guilty by criminal law, her punishment may
be which of the following?
Fines.
Loss of medical license.
Imprisonment.
All of the above: Correct Answer:
All of the above.
If a mental health nurse is found guilty by criminal law, their punishment may be fines, loss of
medical license, and even imprisonment. Nurses should be cautious in their practice, and to
make sure to follow all set laws.
2. 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
A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical, psycholog- ical, 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
, ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-MENTAL HEALTH NP TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WELL
RATED & GRADED A
appearance and does not progress through the mourning process, this is complicated grief.
3. 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
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.
4. 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.
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
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WELL
RATED & GRADED A
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health. Also, tell context first and use visual, use common words and examples,
and explain meaning.
5. 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
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.
6. 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
Medication noncompliance is a major problem with the psychiatric mental health patients.
The home health nurses assists by helping the patients
, ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-MENTAL HEALTH NP TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WELL
RATED & GRADED A
to see the relationship between their compliance with their medication regimen and control of
their symptoms.
7. Which of the following would be considered an important form of commu-
nication 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
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