ANCC PMHNP CERT EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS
1. How do you assess cranial nerve V trigeminal?Answer Tell patient to close eyes, take piece of
cotton or other soft item and lightly touch either one of both sides of each of the three divisions of the trigeminal.
2. How do you assess for cranial nerve VII facialAnswer Observe the patient for nystagmus or
twitching of the eye. This nerve controls facial movements and expression, check for symmetry. Have the patient
wrinkle forehead, close eyes, smile, pucker lips, show teeth, and putt out cheeks.
3. primitive reflexesAnswer reflexes, controlled by "primitive" parts of the brain, that disappear during the first
year
of life
4. Mororeflex
Answer Extending of limbs when they hear a loud noise (defend themselves)
5. rooting reflex
Answer a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for
the nipple
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,6. palmer grasp
Answer grasping with the whole hand
7. scope of practice
Answer The range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by law for a profession
8. Quality Improvement (QI)
Answer an approach to the continuous study and improvement of the processes of providing health care
services to meet the needs of patients and others and inform health care policy
9. PDSA model
Answer Plan-Do-Study-Act Model from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
10. Trendelenburg sign
Answer Occurs with severe subluxation of one hip
When the child stands on the good leg, the pelvis looks level. When the child stands on the attected leg the pelvis drops
toward the good side
11. CYP450 inhibitors
Answer Fluvoxamine
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, Fluoxetine
Paroxetine
Duloxetine
Sertraline
12. CYP450 inducers
Answer Carbamazepine
Phenobarbital
Phenytoin
Rifampin
Griseofulvin
St John's Wort
13. What is the adverse effect of Depakote on the liver?
Answer can cause liver damage, and the
risk is more likely to occur during the first 6 months of taking the medication. Signs might include nausea or vomiting,
loss of appetite, abdominal pain, dark-colored urine, facial swelling, and yellowing of the skin or white of eyes
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QUESTIONS
1. How do you assess cranial nerve V trigeminal?Answer Tell patient to close eyes, take piece of
cotton or other soft item and lightly touch either one of both sides of each of the three divisions of the trigeminal.
2. How do you assess for cranial nerve VII facialAnswer Observe the patient for nystagmus or
twitching of the eye. This nerve controls facial movements and expression, check for symmetry. Have the patient
wrinkle forehead, close eyes, smile, pucker lips, show teeth, and putt out cheeks.
3. primitive reflexesAnswer reflexes, controlled by "primitive" parts of the brain, that disappear during the first
year
of life
4. Mororeflex
Answer Extending of limbs when they hear a loud noise (defend themselves)
5. rooting reflex
Answer a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for
the nipple
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22
,6. palmer grasp
Answer grasping with the whole hand
7. scope of practice
Answer The range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by law for a profession
8. Quality Improvement (QI)
Answer an approach to the continuous study and improvement of the processes of providing health care
services to meet the needs of patients and others and inform health care policy
9. PDSA model
Answer Plan-Do-Study-Act Model from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
10. Trendelenburg sign
Answer Occurs with severe subluxation of one hip
When the child stands on the good leg, the pelvis looks level. When the child stands on the attected leg the pelvis drops
toward the good side
11. CYP450 inhibitors
Answer Fluvoxamine
2/
22
, Fluoxetine
Paroxetine
Duloxetine
Sertraline
12. CYP450 inducers
Answer Carbamazepine
Phenobarbital
Phenytoin
Rifampin
Griseofulvin
St John's Wort
13. What is the adverse effect of Depakote on the liver?
Answer can cause liver damage, and the
risk is more likely to occur during the first 6 months of taking the medication. Signs might include nausea or vomiting,
loss of appetite, abdominal pain, dark-colored urine, facial swelling, and yellowing of the skin or white of eyes
3/
22
