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ANCC PMHNP Certification Exam Predictor
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1. Nutritional deficiency in vegan diet that mimics psychiatric symptoms
ANS -
Niacin
2. Deficiency associated with chronic alcohol abuse
ANS Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
3. Positive Babinski reflex is normal for what age range
ANS Birth to age 2
4. System where the insurer is not only the payer but also the provider of
healthcare ANS Managed Care Organization (MCO)
5. 2 part Q
ANS Recommended starting dose of risperidone (Risperdal) for adoles- cence age 13 to 17; and recommended therapeutic dose for adolescence ANS 0.5 mg/day; 3 mg/day
6. What type of family therapy use a structural mapping or genograms as a
treatment intervention ANS Structural family therapy
7. Emphasizes how, when, and to whom family members relate in order to
understand and change family structure; goal is to produce structural change in family organization; uses genograms to illustrate Relationships using sym-
2 / bols for overinvolvement, conflict, and coalitions. ANS Structural family therapy
8. Involves coordinating care across treatment settings to ensure quality out-
comes ANS case management
9. Example of mental health promotion is
ANS validating of feelings and ensuring patients they are not. ANS Normalcy; crazy
10. Collection of individuals who coordinate lobbying efforts Around a com-
mon interest and seek to influence policy makers ANS Special interest group
11. Employee of a senator or representative Who keeps the legislator in-
formed, meets with constituents, And drafts reports ANS Legislative assistant
12. A group of members of Congress or a political party created to support a
defined political ideology ANS caucus (congressional)
13. When unpaid individuals contact their legislators to influence policy
ANS -
grassroots lobbying
14. The HAM-A is ranked from 0 (not present) to 4 (severe). What scores
indicate mild anxiety? ANS 14-
15. The HAM-A is ranked from 0 (not present) to 4 (severe). What scores
indicate mild anxiety? ANS 18-
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19. Piaget's stages of cognitive development when children begin using logic
or reasoning about concrete events. ANS concrete operational stage (6-11 years)
20. Piaget's stages of cognitive development when children begin to think
abstractly, reason hypothetically, use deductive logic, ANS formal operational stage (11-19 years)
21. Piaget's sensoriomotor stage of cognitive development when children
develop object permanence ANS Infancy (birth to 2 years)
22. Piagets preoperational stage
ANS Early childhood (2-5 years)
23. Piagets concrete operational stage
ANS Middle childhood (6-11 years)
24. Piagets formal operational stage
ANS Adolescence (11-19 years)
25. Commonly seen in Japan and Korea taijin kyofusho is a form of what
mental illness ANS Social phobia
26. Time frame for Celexa to have a therapeutic effect
ANS 4-6 weeks
27. When started on an SSRI may take weeks for effect and should be
continued for months to prevent relapse ANS 4-6 weeks, 6-12 months
28. Thiazide diuretics such as hydrochlorothiazide [increase/decrease?] lithi- um
clearance, thus [increase/decrease?] the amount of lithium in the body ANS - Decrease; increase
29. inferential statistics that assess whether the means of two groups are
5 / statistically different from each other ANS t-test
30. inferential statistics that tests the difference among three or more groups-
ANS Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
31. inferential statistics that tests the relationship etween two variables
ANS Pear- son's r correlation
32. inferential statistics that shows the likelihood of an event occurring
ANS prob- ability
33. inferential statistic that describes the probability of a particular result
occurring by chance alone ANS p-value/level of significance
34. any event that alters patient progress toward expected outcomes (practi-
tioner competency, severity of illness) ANS variance
35. mathematical expression that shows the relationship between an individ-
ual's health and a number of other variables, including the amount of health care consumed (multiple choice ANS health alliance, health economics, health care system, health production function) ANS health production function
36. describes the organizational and institutional structures through which an
economy makes choices regarding production, consumption, and distribution of medical services (multiple choice ANS health alliance, health economics, health care system, health production function) ANS health care system
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44. stroke impact Broca's area and would likely result in speech diffi-
culty and not receptive understanding ANS frontal lobe
45. considered gold standard for treating manic episodes
ANS lithium
46. Baseline labs required for lithium initiation
ANS thyroid panel, BUN/creatinine, pregnancy test EKG for patients over 50
47. Guided imagery, meditation, yoga, biofeedback are interventions
under umbrella of complementary and alternative therapies (CATS) ANS mind-body
48. aromatherapy is a based therapy
ANS biological
49. Acupuncture and reflexology are body-based therapies
ANS manipula- tive
50. Tension between what one wants to do and what is morally right. Ethical
ANS ethical conflict
51. Conflicts between different ethical perspectives. Ethical.
ANS ethical dilemma
52. BDI rating scale
ANS Beck Depression Inventory
53. EPDS rating scale
ANS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
54. SCAS rating scale
ANS Spence Children's Anxiety Scale
55. Where does variable expression of a gene for a disorder come from? DNA,
8 / RNA, cellular level, or nucleotide bases? ANS Cellular level
10 / ANS cognitive therapy
66. therapy approach in which client reflects on life and self-confrontation is
encouraged ANS existential therapy
67. motor restlessness, inability to sit still, rocking, pacing, constant motion of
a unilateral limb, subjective sense of restlessness ANS akathisia
68. absence of movement, difficulty initiating motion
ANS Akinesia
69. muscle spasticity
ANS Dystonia
70. shuffling gait, motor slowing, mask-like facial expression, pill-rolling,
tremors, muscle rigidity ANS Pseudo-Parkinson's
71. involuntary abnormal muscle movement of the mouth, tongue, face, and
jaw that may progress to limbs; can be irreversible; can occur as an acute process at the initiation of treatment ANS Tardive dyskinesia (TD)
72. Medication with 24-hour half-life will require how many hours to reach a
steady state in the body ANS 120 hours (five half-lives to reach steady state)
73. Point at which the amount of drug eliminated between doses is equal to
the dose administered ANS steady-state
74. time needed to clear 50% of medication from the system
ANS half-life
75. Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development virtues
11 / ANS Trust vs Mis- trust ANS Hope
76. Autonomy vs shame and doubt
ANS Will
77. Initiative vs guilt
ANS purpose
13 / ANS humanistic therapy
89. Targets finding meaning and purpose in life but is based on accepting
reality and making responsible decisions ANS existential therapy
90. Time-limited therapy that focuses on the present stressor
ANS interpersonal therapy (IPT)
91. Therapy that stresses emotional regulation, increasing stress tolerance,
developing interpersonal skills, and mindfulness. ANS DBT (dialectical behavior therapy)
92. If a patient threatens to commit suicide, what legal doctrine allows a nurse
practitioner to involuntarily admit them ANS parens patriae
93. Patients with suicidal thoughts usually exhibit severe hopelessness and
believe that through suicide they will experience gain. ANS Secondary gain
94. Which medication is least likely to cause sedation while managing symp-
toms of schizophrenia ANS Aripiprazole (Abilify)
95. Prohibits nurse practitioners in a managed-care plan I'm discussing alter-
native treatment options not covered by the insurance plan ANS Gag Rule
96. Most important consideration when prescribing an antidepressant to IND
with known bipolar disorder ANS Whether a mood stabilizing agent is prescribed (or antipsychotic)
97. Type of systematic review that analyzes a collection of qualitative studies-
ANS Metasynthesis
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98. Type of systematic review that analyzes a collection of quantitative stud-
ies ANS meta-analysis
99. Type of family therapy that uses miracle questioning, scaling, and excep-
tion-finding questions ANS solution-focused therapy
100. Therapy based on the effective resolution of problems using personal
resources and strengths ANS solution-focused therapy
101. Therapy focused on providing a structural change in family dynamics to
manage problems more effectively ANS structural family therapy
102. Therapy designed to increase each member of the family's awareness of
each other's role ANS Family systems therapy
103. Therapy that views symptoms as metaphors and teaches the family new
ways to behave to reduce problem behaviors ANS strategic family therapy
104. T/F impaired memory is a symptom of discontinuation syndrome, along
with flu-like symptoms, fatigue, lethargy, myalgia, decreased concentration, N/V, parenthesis, irritability, anxiety, insomnia, crying, dizziness, vertigo ANS True
