PMHNP Exam Reported Questions With 100% Verified Answers
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PMHNP Exam Reported Questions With
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What is dissemination? - answerGetting the research information out to those who need to know it!
Publication - highest level
Presenting at National Conference
Presenting at Local Conference
Journal Club where one person reviews an arti...
What does messenger RNA code for? - answer✔Amino Acids
What is epigenetics? - answer✔Factors that affect genes - environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
What part of the brain is involved with OCD? - answer✔Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal
What happens to the brain during adolescence? - answer✔Dendritic pruning
Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
When do males typically present with schizophrenia? - answer✔10-25 yo
When do females typically present with schizophrenia? - answer✔25-35 yo
What does Erythromycin to trileptal? - answer✔You will need to decreases the level because
Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin is a inhibitor
ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what? - answer✔Heart Failure
HTN
What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs - answer✔Leukotriene receptor
agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo = agitation, aggression, anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia,
SI, tremor
What should you watch for with Tegretol? - answer✔Agranulocytosis and Hyponatremia
What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests? - answer✔CKBB, CKMM, CKMB
Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle damage? - answer✔CKMB
What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB? - answer✔Polymyositis
Rhabdo
What is a normal CKMB? - answer✔0.3 mcg/L
What psychoactives does Detrol interact with? - answer✔Topamax
What CN are you assessing when you have the patient shrug their shoulders? - answer✔CN XI - Spinal
Accessory
What do you see in labs with HIV & Dementia? - answer✔CD4 <200
Viral Load is high
<20% get it with antiretroviral treatment
What is the scoring with the Beck Depression Inventory? - answer✔Self-Report - 0-63
0-13 - minimal
14-19 - mild
20-28 - moderate
29-63 - severe
What is sensitivity? - answer✔Helps rule-out disease = True Positive = Snout
What is specificity? - answer✔Helps rule-in disease = True Negative = Spin
What does a sed rate measure? - answer✔Inflammation (ESR - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate) =
distance in mm RBC's have descended in 1 hour.
What is a normal sed rate or ESR? - answer✔0-22 males
0-29 females
What is a retic count? - answer✔Measures % of reticulocytes in blood (immature RBC's) Indicates
whether enough RBC's are being produced by bone marrow.
What does a decreased retic count indicate? - answer✔Anemia - acute or chronic bleeding
What does an increased retic count indicate? - answer✔Bone marrow disorder or Vitamin Deficiency
What does an abnormal retic ount indicate in general? - answer✔Doesn't diagnose anything. First step is
ID source of the issue.
What happens when you mix tegretol and macrolides? - answer✔Increase tegretol levels.
What happens if a pregnant women takes Accutane? - answer✔Birth defects.
What labs do you get with RA? - answer✔Sed rate, RF, ANA, C reactive protein, CBC, CMP, CRP - helps
confirm diagnosis.
CRP and ESR are both increased in RA but NOT in osteoarthritis.
Where does the NP Code of Ethics come from? - answer✔ANA
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