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PMHNP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK| COMPLETE 650 EXPECTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| PMHNP
EXAM REVIEW 2025 (BRAND NEW!!)
Stages of Change (Transtheoretical Model) .....ANSWER.....
(Prochaska & DiClemente)
● Precontemplation—little to no awareness of the problem or
intent to change
● Contemplation—thinking about making a change in the next 6
months, weigh pros and cons
● Preparation—prepare to make change within the next month,
start to make small changes
● Action—enacted the change for 1 day-6 months
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● Maintenance—maintained behavior/change for 6 months or
longer
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs .....ANSWER..... ● Physiological
(food, water, shelter, warmth)
● Safety (security, stability, freedom from fear)
● Belonging/love (friends, family, spouse, lover)
● Self-esteem (achievement, mastery, recognition, respect)
● Self-actualization (pursue, inner talent, creativity, fulfillment)
Benner's Model .....ANSWER..... ● Novice—unconscious
incompetence, no experience, governed by rules and regulations
● Advanced beginner—able to analyze and deliberately act
● Competency/proficiency—2-5 yrs experience, able to
synthesize info/coordinate
● Expert—flexible, intuitive, efficient
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MMSE Scoring .....ANSWER..... ○ 23-30 normal
○ 19-23 borderline
○ <19 impaired
MMSE components .....ANSWER..... ● Orientation
● Registration (repeat 3 words)
● Attention and Calculation (count backwards from 100 by 7,
spell words backward)
● Recall (repeat the same 3 words from immediate recall)
● Language (name an object, repeat a phrase, read a sentence,
write a sentence, copy intersecting pentagons)
Levels of Prevention .....ANSWER..... · Primary prevention—
methods to avoid occurrence of disease (most population-based
health promotion efforts)
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· Secondary prevention—methods to diagnose and treat existent
disease in early stages before it causes significant morbidity
· Tertiary prevention—methods to reduce negative impact of
existent disease by restoring function and reducing disease-
related complications
· Quaternary prevention—methods to mitigate or avoid results of
unnecessary or excessive interventions in the health system
frontal lobe .....ANSWER..... A region of the cerebral cortex that
has specialized areas for movement, abstract thinking, planning,
memory, and judgement
-prefrontal, motor strip, EPS, basal ganglia
temporal lobe .....ANSWER..... hearing, language (Wernicke's),
memory, emotion
parietal lobe .....ANSWER..... sensory processing and input
PMHNP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK| COMPLETE 650 EXPECTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| PMHNP
EXAM REVIEW 2025 (BRAND NEW!!)
Stages of Change (Transtheoretical Model) .....ANSWER.....
(Prochaska & DiClemente)
● Precontemplation—little to no awareness of the problem or
intent to change
● Contemplation—thinking about making a change in the next 6
months, weigh pros and cons
● Preparation—prepare to make change within the next month,
start to make small changes
● Action—enacted the change for 1 day-6 months
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● Maintenance—maintained behavior/change for 6 months or
longer
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs .....ANSWER..... ● Physiological
(food, water, shelter, warmth)
● Safety (security, stability, freedom from fear)
● Belonging/love (friends, family, spouse, lover)
● Self-esteem (achievement, mastery, recognition, respect)
● Self-actualization (pursue, inner talent, creativity, fulfillment)
Benner's Model .....ANSWER..... ● Novice—unconscious
incompetence, no experience, governed by rules and regulations
● Advanced beginner—able to analyze and deliberately act
● Competency/proficiency—2-5 yrs experience, able to
synthesize info/coordinate
● Expert—flexible, intuitive, efficient
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MMSE Scoring .....ANSWER..... ○ 23-30 normal
○ 19-23 borderline
○ <19 impaired
MMSE components .....ANSWER..... ● Orientation
● Registration (repeat 3 words)
● Attention and Calculation (count backwards from 100 by 7,
spell words backward)
● Recall (repeat the same 3 words from immediate recall)
● Language (name an object, repeat a phrase, read a sentence,
write a sentence, copy intersecting pentagons)
Levels of Prevention .....ANSWER..... · Primary prevention—
methods to avoid occurrence of disease (most population-based
health promotion efforts)
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· Secondary prevention—methods to diagnose and treat existent
disease in early stages before it causes significant morbidity
· Tertiary prevention—methods to reduce negative impact of
existent disease by restoring function and reducing disease-
related complications
· Quaternary prevention—methods to mitigate or avoid results of
unnecessary or excessive interventions in the health system
frontal lobe .....ANSWER..... A region of the cerebral cortex that
has specialized areas for movement, abstract thinking, planning,
memory, and judgement
-prefrontal, motor strip, EPS, basal ganglia
temporal lobe .....ANSWER..... hearing, language (Wernicke's),
memory, emotion
parietal lobe .....ANSWER..... sensory processing and input
