FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ANCC PMHNP EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ANCC PMHNP EXAM

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Question 1: Which medication used to treat ADHD is non-stimulant?

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Strattera (atomoxetine) Question 2: The DSM-IV-TR is the most common classification system used to identify and diagnose mental illness. The one aspect of an illness not discussed in the DSM is...

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lab tests useful in diagnosing common disorders.Question 3: A child presents with a behavioral pattern of negative, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior expecially towards adults and authority roles. The most likely diagnosis for this child is?

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Oppositional defiant disorder Question 4: The affective instability common in some personality disorders can be clinically managed with which meds?

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Anticonvulsants, SSRIs, MAOIs

Question 5: The concept of substance abuse implies that the individual is?

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Having functional problems related to frequent or excessive substance use.Question 6: The psychodynamic theory of anxiety states that the etiology of anxiety is what?

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Conflict between the id and the superego Question 7: A man thinks his wife is ugly as he sees her one morning. He doesn't tell her because he doesn't want to hurt her. Later in the day he subconciously gets the urge to send her flowers. This unconscious action is...

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Undoing

Question 8: What is the role of neurotransmitters in the CNS?

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To communicate between neurons.Question 9: In evaluating a client for insomnia, what factors are most consistent with a presentation of transient insomnia?

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Usually caused by stress, jet lag, or physical environmental concerns Question 10: Insomnia is a common finding in clients with psychiatric disorder and is most commonly found in clients diagnosed with?

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Mood disorders

Question 11: Insomnia in children is most often caused by?

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Family stress

Question 12: Prescribing TCAs to people who are suicidal is risky because?

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TCAs are fatal in overdose.

Question 13: Mrs. Smith is voluntarily admitted to the hospital. After 24 hours she states she wishes to leave because "this place can't help me." The best nursing action that reflects the legal right of the client is to...

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Explain that the client cannot leave until the nurse can complete further assessment.

Question 14: What is produced in the locus ceruleus?

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Norepinepherine is synthesized in the locus cereuleus.Question 15: Which known teratogenic effects can be caused by the common psychotropic medications depakote and lithium?

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Lithium cases Epstein anomaly and depakote causes spina bifida.Question 16: If a patient has dystonia with pain and stiffness what medication may be useful?

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Cogentin.

Question 17: What is the function and location of Broca's area?

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Located in frontal lobe and responsible for expressive speech Question 18: What is the trend in legal rulings on cases involving mental illness over the past 25 years?

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Protect the individual's freedom or rights when he or she is committed to a psychiatric hospital.

Question 19: An example of a mature, healthy defense mechanism is...

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Suppression Question 20: When treating elderly people, you should keep in mind that they are more sensitive to issues of drug toxicity because of?

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Decreased protein binding

Question 21: The neurotransmitter deregulation theory of the etiology of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia supports that psychois is caused in part by?

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An excess of dopamine.Question 22: A client presents with complaints in changes in appetite, feeling fatigued, problems with rest-sleep cycle, and changes in libido. What is the neuroanatomical area of the brain responsible for the normal regulation of these functions?

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Hypothalamus.Question 23: You are using Beck's cognitive-behavioral therapy and know that this will help the client to?

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Recognize and change his or her automatic thoughts.

Question 24: The study of what the body does to drugs is called?

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Pharmacokinetics

Question 25: Homeostasis in a family refers to?

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Balance or stability that the family returns to despite its dysfunction.Question 26: A diagnosis of mental retardation is made when a person has significantly below-average intelligence accompanied by impaired functioning. The IQ range for consideration of mental retardation is an IQ below?

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70 Question 27: The most significant finding that should alert you to the possible diagnosis of delirium is?

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Rapid onset of symptoms different from baseline functioning.