PMHNP-BC LMR Practice Questions and
Answers with Explanations 2026
Priority questions...
Initial action questions... - Correct Answers ✅1. ABC's -
Airway, Breathing, Circulation
2. Maslow's Hierarchy (physiologic needs first: food, water,
warmth, rest)
3. Nursing process (Assessment before intervention). Collect
data to support the problem towards a resolution.
Safety for the patient is.... - Correct Answers ✅Usually the
right answer
Interprofessional collaboration... - Correct Answers ✅Is
encouraged
Culture... - Correct Answers ✅Is important to be included
in all nursing care
SAFETY is... - Correct Answers ✅a PRIORITY. Reassure the
patient they are safe and that it is a priority
Goal of safety is... - Correct Answers ✅to ensure they are
safe and can cope effectively before they leave
No harm contracts... - Correct Answers ✅Safety/no harm
contract or agreement is incorrect
,PMHNP-BC LMR Practice Questions and
Answers with Explanations 2026
Pseudo dementia and depression - Correct Answers ✅Can
be used simultaneously in exam
Hallmarks of vascular dementia - Correct Answers
✅Carotid bruits, fundoscopic abnormalities, enlarged cardiac
chambers
Safety starts at... - Correct Answers ✅Admission or right
after the patient is admitted
Interviewing patients... - Correct Answers ✅> In a private
office with the door open or partially opened.
> Do not interview in their room or dayroom
> Safety over privacy!! People need to have access to help
you if patient becomes aggressive
Doll/Toy play in sexualized way - Correct Answers ✅Report
to CPS immediately
Adolescents - Correct Answers ✅> build therapeutic
rapport - what they tell you is confidential unless harmful to
self or others
> No need to interview adolescents with their parents.
,PMHNP-BC LMR Practice Questions and
Answers with Explanations 2026
Adolescents and relationships - Correct Answers ✅> If
consensual with a different gender of the same age = OK
> If one is older, might need to let parent know
Referring Out - Correct Answers ✅If there is something you
can do before referring them out that is within your scope of
practice - help before referring
Culture expected response to a stressor = - Correct
Answers ✅meaning/context = cultural syndrome = brief
supportive therapy = job/house loss
Cultural Formulation Interviews - Correct Answers ✅>
Clarify meaning of illness or predicament
> Contextualize their situation in their local world
> Empower the patient
Somatic complaints of pain - Correct Answers
✅understand patient's symptoms based on context
Multicultural population - Correct Answers ✅>
multicultural teaching = ethnospecific assessment
parameters
> Respect
> Native Americans - Highest ethnic suicide rate
, PMHNP-BC LMR Practice Questions and
Answers with Explanations 2026
> Imbalance between and individuals relationship with the
world
Ethnic groups... - Correct Answers ✅***Healing stick =
teach nurse about cultural competency
> Choose non-confrontational answers
Release of Information (ROI) - Correct Answers ✅If patient
wants you to release information to a traditional healer,
family member, or spiritual leader - this is OK, just need
informed consent as it is culturally sensitive.
Cultural Syndromes - Correct Answers ✅Clusters of
symptoms and attributions that tend to co-occur among
those is specific cultural groups, communities, or contexts.
Recognized locally as coherent patterns of experience.
Susto - Correct Answers ✅> "fright" common folk illness
> Latino population
> Resulting from a shocking, unpleasant, frightening
experience causing the soul to leave the body
Susto Symptoms - Correct Answers ✅> appetite
disturbances
> Inadequate or excessive sleep
Answers with Explanations 2026
Priority questions...
Initial action questions... - Correct Answers ✅1. ABC's -
Airway, Breathing, Circulation
2. Maslow's Hierarchy (physiologic needs first: food, water,
warmth, rest)
3. Nursing process (Assessment before intervention). Collect
data to support the problem towards a resolution.
Safety for the patient is.... - Correct Answers ✅Usually the
right answer
Interprofessional collaboration... - Correct Answers ✅Is
encouraged
Culture... - Correct Answers ✅Is important to be included
in all nursing care
SAFETY is... - Correct Answers ✅a PRIORITY. Reassure the
patient they are safe and that it is a priority
Goal of safety is... - Correct Answers ✅to ensure they are
safe and can cope effectively before they leave
No harm contracts... - Correct Answers ✅Safety/no harm
contract or agreement is incorrect
,PMHNP-BC LMR Practice Questions and
Answers with Explanations 2026
Pseudo dementia and depression - Correct Answers ✅Can
be used simultaneously in exam
Hallmarks of vascular dementia - Correct Answers
✅Carotid bruits, fundoscopic abnormalities, enlarged cardiac
chambers
Safety starts at... - Correct Answers ✅Admission or right
after the patient is admitted
Interviewing patients... - Correct Answers ✅> In a private
office with the door open or partially opened.
> Do not interview in their room or dayroom
> Safety over privacy!! People need to have access to help
you if patient becomes aggressive
Doll/Toy play in sexualized way - Correct Answers ✅Report
to CPS immediately
Adolescents - Correct Answers ✅> build therapeutic
rapport - what they tell you is confidential unless harmful to
self or others
> No need to interview adolescents with their parents.
,PMHNP-BC LMR Practice Questions and
Answers with Explanations 2026
Adolescents and relationships - Correct Answers ✅> If
consensual with a different gender of the same age = OK
> If one is older, might need to let parent know
Referring Out - Correct Answers ✅If there is something you
can do before referring them out that is within your scope of
practice - help before referring
Culture expected response to a stressor = - Correct
Answers ✅meaning/context = cultural syndrome = brief
supportive therapy = job/house loss
Cultural Formulation Interviews - Correct Answers ✅>
Clarify meaning of illness or predicament
> Contextualize their situation in their local world
> Empower the patient
Somatic complaints of pain - Correct Answers
✅understand patient's symptoms based on context
Multicultural population - Correct Answers ✅>
multicultural teaching = ethnospecific assessment
parameters
> Respect
> Native Americans - Highest ethnic suicide rate
, PMHNP-BC LMR Practice Questions and
Answers with Explanations 2026
> Imbalance between and individuals relationship with the
world
Ethnic groups... - Correct Answers ✅***Healing stick =
teach nurse about cultural competency
> Choose non-confrontational answers
Release of Information (ROI) - Correct Answers ✅If patient
wants you to release information to a traditional healer,
family member, or spiritual leader - this is OK, just need
informed consent as it is culturally sensitive.
Cultural Syndromes - Correct Answers ✅Clusters of
symptoms and attributions that tend to co-occur among
those is specific cultural groups, communities, or contexts.
Recognized locally as coherent patterns of experience.
Susto - Correct Answers ✅> "fright" common folk illness
> Latino population
> Resulting from a shocking, unpleasant, frightening
experience causing the soul to leave the body
Susto Symptoms - Correct Answers ✅> appetite
disturbances
> Inadequate or excessive sleep
