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a 36 year old caucasian male arrives for his usual monthly medication appointment.diagnosed with schizophrenia & has been stabilized on haldol for 9 years. today he states he has an inner feeling of restlessness & inability to remain still. what type of

E.P.S is suspected? - CORRECT ANSWER: akathisia

a 44 year old woman presents to your office with suspected conversion disorder.according to erikson, failure to resolve which psychosocial stage is associated with later

development of this psychpathology? - CORRECT ANSWER: initiative versus guilt

a 53 year old menopausal woman presents with complaints of anhedonia, depressed mood, & vasomotor symptoms. what medication effectively treats both vasomotor

symptoms and depression? - CORRECT ANSWER: desvenlafaxine/pristiq

it is an S.N.R.I.

a NP volunteers on the weekend to provide social skills education for a group of intellectually disabled teens. what level of prevention is this? - CORRECT ANSWER: tertiary prevention

a patient presents with high fever, pharyngitis, and oral and perianal ulcerations. what

psychiatric emergency would you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER: clozapine-induced

agranulocytosis -particular to the ulcerations

a person who is proficient in the use of software, hardware selection, & computer

maintenance possesses what skill? - CORRECT ANSWER: computer competency

according to erikson, during which psychosocial stage would you expect a person to

develop a sense of unity in life's accomplishments? - CORRECT ANSWER: ego-

integrity versus despair

according to erikson, failure to resolve what psychosocial stage is associated with the

development of conduct disorder? - CORRECT ANSWER: identity versus role

confusion

an NP helps a local school district implement a new DARE program. this is an example

of what type of prevention strategy? - CORRECT ANSWER: primary prevention

as a nurse practitioner you are expected to be competent in what areas? - CORRECT

ANSWER: policy, practice inquiry, and technology and information literacy

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at what age would you expect a child to sit alone with good coordination, imitate scribble, develop mild separation anxiety, and respond to social play such as peek-a-

boo? - CORRECT ANSWER: 40 weeks or about 8 months old

autism spectrum disorder can present with what deficits? - CORRECT ANSWER: lack

of social reciprocity, insistence on sameness, & nonverbal communication

bipolar is believed to be related to an increase in what neurotransmitter? - CORRECT

ANSWER: glutamate

borderline personality disorder falls under which cluster of personality disorder traits? -

CORRECT ANSWER: B

cluster A: odd, eccentric group - CORRECT ANSWER: pair of schizos: paranoid, schizoid, & schizotypal

cluster b: erratic, dramatic group - CORRECT ANSWER: anti-border history for the

narcissistic: antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic

Cluster C personality disorder traits - CORRECT ANSWER: Anxious, fearful, avoidant, dependent, obsessive compulsive

cluster c: anxious, fearful group - CORRECT ANSWER: the obsessive-compulsive

avoids and fears independence: avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive

compared with physicians, nurse practitioners save the consumer & the insurance

company what percent of costs? - CORRECT ANSWER: 20 percent

competence to be executed was established in what supreme court case? - CORRECT

ANSWER: ford versus wainwright

disorganized thinking, loose associations, tics & stereotypic behavior suggest that a

patient is experiencing an excess of what neurotransmitter? - CORRECT ANSWER:

dopamine

eating disorders are characterized by what? - CORRECT ANSWER: disordered

patterns of eating, accompanied by distress, disparagement, preoccupation, & a distorted perception of one's body shape

families seeking equilibrium in the face of change is an example of what concept? -

CORRECT ANSWER: homeostasis

following fda labeling, what medication can be started at age 3 for A.D.D.? - CORRECT

ANSWER: amphetamines

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for an act to be considered criminal, it must have 2 components: actus reus & mens rea.

what is actus reus? - CORRECT ANSWER: voluntary conduct

freud would argue that adults who use 'biting' sarcasm as a defense mechanism are

fixated in which psychosexual stage of development? - CORRECT ANSWER: oral

how do managed care organizations control health care costs? - CORRECT ANSWER:

bargain with medical practices for reduced rates on visits

how does lithium affect an ECG? - CORRECT ANSWER: it can invert the t-waves

how does the body remove both serotonin and norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft? -

CORRECT ANSWER: an active re-uptake process

If first onset of manic symptoms occurs after age 40, what is likely the cause? -

CORRECT ANSWER: another medical condition

in a family systems context, what is the definition of morphogenesis? - CORRECT

ANSWER: a family's tendency to adapt to change when changes are necessary.

in a hospital psychiatric consultation setting, what is one of the most common mental

illness diagnoses? - CORRECT ANSWER: adjustment disorder

in almost all cultures, what is the most commonly used intoxicating substance? -

CORRECT ANSWER: alcohol

in almost every state, nurse practitioners are reimbursed at what percentage of the

allowable physician rate? - CORRECT ANSWER: 85 percent

in bipolar 1, men are more prone than women to have what? - CORRECT ANSWER:

manic episodes women are more likely to have depressive episodes & rapid cycling

in how many states do nurse practitioners have the legal authority to dispense controlled substances? - CORRECT ANSWER: 34, dispense not prescribe, texas is not one of them

in how many states do nurse practitioners have the legal authority to prescribe

controlled substances? - CORRECT ANSWER: 48

intimate partner violence is defined as what? - CORRECT ANSWER: physical,

emotional, economic, or sexual pain and injury that is intentionally inflicted by a person's intimate partner

is a durable power of attorney limited to terminal illness only? - CORRECT ANSWER: no

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