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PMHNP Study Guide is a comprehensive Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner exam preparation resource covering essential concepts in psychiatric assessment, mental health disorders, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, treatment planning, and clinical decision-making. This guide helps PMHNP students strengthen their knowledge, improve critical thinking, and prepare effectively for certification exams through organized, exam-focused review content.

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,Tarasoff v. University of California To warn potential victim of imminent risk of danger




What is included on prescription




Apraxia unable to plan or do motor movement




Interpersonal Nursing Hildegard Peplau




Deontological Theory An action is judged as good or bad based on the act itself regardless of the
outcomes



Teleological Theory Action is judged as good or bad based on the outcome or consequences




Virtue Ethics Actions are chosen based on the moral virtues or character of the person making
the decision



4 elements of negligence 1. Duty - NP had a duty to exercise reasonable care
2. Breach of Duty - The NP violated the applicable standard of care
3. Proximate cause- Causal relationship between breach in care and client's
injury
4. Damages - client suffers permanent and substantial damages


Client advocacy includes participating in professional nursing organizations




Time until PTSD diagnosis can be given ? 1 month - prior is acute stress disorder (3 days to 1 month)




According to Erikson, when does somatization disorder initiative v guilt
occur?



overall goal of case management promote quality, cost-effective outcomes




environment includes physical and psychosocial factors




highest risk for homeless single parent household, usually a female . teen moms also




Elements of working phase of therapy - clarifying client expectations
- implementing treatment plan
- measuring and evaluating outcomes of care
- here, client transference occurs and client is resistant to care practices and
change

,Elements of termination phase - reviewing client's progress
- establishing long term plan of care
- focusing on self-management strategies
- client often resistance to termination, shows regression and re-emergence of
symptoms


Trust v. Mistrust - first stage
- birth to 1
- Ability to form meaning relationships and hope for the future, trust in others
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Trust v. mistrust failures results in? poor relationships, lack of future hope, suspicion of others
- development of addiction, psychosis, depression



Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt - 1 to 3 years
- Self- control, self-esteem and will power
- lack of fulfillment leads to poor self-control, low self-esteem, lack of
independence
- paranoia, OCD, impulsivity


Initiative v. Guilt - 3 to 6
- self- directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose
- lack of self-initiated behavior
- lack of goal orientation
- conversion disorder


Industry v. Inferiority - 6 to 12
- ability to work; sense of competency and achievement
- problems are sense of inferiority and difficulty with working/learning
- problems with creative inhibition


Indentity v. Role Confusion - 12 to 20
- personal sense of identity
- identity confusion, poor self-identification in group settings


Intimacy v. Isolation - 20 to 35 years
- committed relationships and capacity to love
- problems are emotional isolation and egocentrism


Generavity v. self-absorption -35-65 years
- ability to give time and talents to others
-ability to care for others
- problems here are self-absorption, inability to grow and change as a person,
inability to care for others


Integrity v despair Late adulthood
- fulfillment and comfort with life
- willingness to face death
- insight on life's events
- problems here can be bitterness, sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over
impending death


Who should and shouldn't get the shingles vaccine - anyone 60 and over who had the chicken pox
- do not give to immunocompromised /HIV?AIDS or people on high dose steroids



10 year plan for nursing's plan toward computer literacy? TIGER




O'Connor v. Donaldson Established that mental illness alone is not enough for involuntary hospitalization
-- mentally ill cannot be confined against their will if they can survive on their own



Rennie V. Klein patients have the right to refuse any treatment

, Roger v. Oken patient can refuse treatment but guardian may authorize their treatment




Durham v. United States not responsible if crime was committed due to mental illness




HITECH included under which bill? American Recovery and reinvestment act




Oral phase - birth to 1




Anal phase - 1 to 3
- basis for the development of self-confidence and personal autonomy
- failure results in excessive orderliness, stubbornness, willfulness


Phallic - 3 to 5/6
- identify with the same sex parent
- come to terms with the oedipal complex
- penis was interest of both of male and female kids
- unconscious fantasies of sex with opposite sex parent


Latency - 5/6 to adolescence
- not interested in sexual stuff



Genital - adolescence to adulthood




Caucus group of politicians or congress members created to support a defined political
ideology



Special interest group - group of individuals who coordinate lobbying efforts around a common interest
and seek to influence policy makers



% of americans with private insurance 64 %

14.5% have medicare
15% medicaid
16% uninsured


Labs showing alcohol disorder - slightly elevated MCV
- AST elevated 40% and ALT 20% (AST is more elevated) normal AST is (40)
normal ALT is 56
- increased trigylcerides
- increased prothrombin time
- elevated amylase
- elevated uric acid
- low WBC count


What distinguishes substance abuse from dependence? using alcohol even though it interferes with a chronic disease like diabetes




Atypical features weight gain, excessive sleep, feeling of being sluggish or paralyzed, sensitive to
rejection



trazadone and nefazadone SARI

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