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ANCC PMHNP Test Questions and Answers 20251. Purpose of Dopamine: Inhibition of prolactin production
Sleep
Learning
Attention
Pleasure and reward
Movement
Memory
Mood
2. What term best describes the reelationship between an individual's health
and a number of other variables, including the amoutn of healthcare con-
sumed?: Health production function- math expression that shows the relationship
between an individual's health and a number of other variables.
3. How much time should you allow for Celexa to provide its initial therapeu-
tic effect and the patient to see an improvement in symptoms?: 4-6 weeks
4. Clients have what rights?: Right to privacy and confidentiality
Right to least restrictive treatment measures
Right to consent and withdraw consent at any given time
5. Which inferential statistic determines whether the means of 2 groups are
statistically different from each other?: t-test
enables one to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone
(ANOVA tests the difference among 3 or more groups, Pearson's r correlation- tests
the relationship between 2 variables, probability-likelihood, p value- probability of
a particular result occurring by chance)
6. What symptoms would a patient exhibit if they were experiencing an
excess serotonin?: Restlessness, agitation, myoclonus, vital sign abnormalilties
7. What term descries a colletion of individuals who coordinate lobbying ef-
forts around a common interest and seek to influence policymakers?: Special
interest group.
8. What are 3 phases of a therapeutic relationship between NP and pt?: 1.
Intro
2. Working-
3. Termination
9. The following describes what stage of a therapeutic relationship? Clarify-
ing patient expectations, ID goals, treatment plan, preventative healthcare,
measuring outcomes of care, reprioritizing plan: Working phase
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10. Which type of family therapy uses genograms, structural mapping, em-
phasizes understanding to produce change in the family structure.: Structural
family therapy
11. Symptoms of exess GABA: excess sleepiness, increased blood pressure,
shallow breathing
12. Symptoms of insufficient GABA: Sz, trouble concentrating, insomnia, de-
pression, anxiety
13. A Hamilton Anxiety score of 14-17 indicates what?: Mild Anxiety
14. A Hamilton Anxiety score of 18-24 indicates what?: Moderate Anxiety
15. A Hamilton Anxiety score of 25-30 indicates what?: Severe Anxiety
16. When would you not use seclusion and restraint?: Extremely unstable
medical or psychiatric conditions
Delirious or demented patients unable to tolerate decreased stimulation
Overtly suicidal patients
17. When should you use seclusions and restraint?: Prevent significant disrup-
tion to treatment program or physical surroundings
Decrease sensory overstimulation
18. What is the difference between pharmacokinetics, and pharmaodynam-
ics?: pharmacokinetics is whatthe body does to drugs, pharmacodynamics is what
the drug does to the body
19. Problems with the frontal lobe could lead to what: personality changes
20. problems with the temporal lobe can lead to: aphasia and amnesia
21. problems with the occipital lobe can lead to: visual field defects
22. problems with the parietal lobe can lead to: densory perceptual distur-
bances and agnosia
23. This type of advanced nurse evaluates, diagnoses, and treats a wide
range of medical conditions: nurse practitioner
24. This type of advanced practice nurse consults researches educates and
coordinates care: Clinical nurse specialist
25. This type of advnaced practice nurse provides well-woman gyno care,
management pregnancy, child birth, antipartum post partum.: Nurse midwife
26. According to Piaget wat what cognitive stage do children develop object
permanence?: sensorimotor
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