NU664C Exam 1 Practice Questions Overview (NEW 2025/ 2026 Update) Family Psychiatric Mental Health

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NU664C Exam 1 Practice Questions
Overview (NEW 2025/ 2026 Update) Family
Psychiatric Mental Health I Guide| Questions
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Question 1: Stands for Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, Education.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Consensus Model LACE

Question 2: Definition: Always act in the patient's best interest.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Beneficence

Question 3: Four elements needed to prove malpractice: Duty, breach, damages,
causation.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Malpractice

Question 4: Indicated when a patient interprets a proverb literally: 'You can't judge a book
by the cover.'

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Concrete thinking

Question 5: Aspect assessed by asking: 'If you had a fever for 3 days, what would you do?'

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Cognition

Question 6: Best nurse response to an adolescent who says, 'You'll just tell my parents
everything.'

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Feelings are private, but safety issues must be shared.

Question 7: What the nurse is doing when a patient says, 'You're laughing. Tell me what's
happening.'

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Clarifying perceptual disturbance

Question 8: Diagnosis likely for a 10-year-old in foster care due to abuse presenting with
impaired concentration and apprehension.

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CORRECT ANSWER IS: Reactive attachment disorder

Question 9: Developmental task represented by 'I volunteer with Meals on Wheels' vs. 'I'm
too busy to help others'.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Generativity vs. Self-Absorption

Question 10: Psychosocial crisis evident in a 26-month-old who refuses toilet training and
often says 'No!'.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Question 11: Stands for Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, Education.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: LACE model in advanced practice nursing

Question 12: Includes all except: Independent of values.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: PMHNP practice framework

Question 13: Diagnosis is NOT part of the MSE.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Mental Status Examination (MSE)

Question 14: Likely experiencing changes in the amygdala, hippocampus, and temporal
lobe.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Memory issues

Question 15: Brain area affected in a patient with schizophrenia showing disorganized
thinking.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Frontal lobe

Question 16: Reduces anxiety in the brain.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: GABA function

Question 17: Legal action justified when a patient threatens harm to others.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Involuntary hospitalization

Question 18: Appropriate action is to stop and explore the patient's concerns.

CORRECT ANSWER IS: Patient refuses antipsychotic injection

Question 19: Nurse's focus in working with an anxious, withdrawn patient is to encourage
assertive communication.