Practice PMHNP-BC Exam Questions
and Answers 2023-2024
, A patient with bulimia nervosa is being treated by a PMHNP. Which of the following is the first-line
pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa? - CORRECT ANS:A) antidepressants
Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar symptoms to a panic attack? -
CORRECT ANS:A) MDD
Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the following ethnic/racial groups? -
CORRECT ANS:D) African AMericans
Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having: - CORRECT ANS:A) Dramatic and affective
instability
Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having: - CORRECT ANS:B) odd, unusual, eccentric.
and asocial
A PMHNP works in a community mental health clinic and evaluates a patient's competency to make
decisions about their own treatment. Which of the following best describes the concept of competency
in mental health care? - CORRECT ANS:D) the ability to make informed decision about tx options
You are a new nurse practitioner treating a victim of intimate partner violence. Your client states that
she had been in the abusive relationship for over 10 years prior to the perpetrator being arrested and
jailed. To better establish a diagnosis, you need more information and decide to perform a mental status
exam on the client.
Mental status exam findings indicative of abuse include all of the following except: - CORRECT ANS:D)
having an extroverted personality
A young woman brings her 77-year-old father to a clinic. She believes her father has Alzheimer's disease
because he has been depressed and forgetful lately. What are the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's
disease? - CORRECT ANS:C) Mood changes
and Answers 2023-2024
, A patient with bulimia nervosa is being treated by a PMHNP. Which of the following is the first-line
pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa? - CORRECT ANS:A) antidepressants
Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar symptoms to a panic attack? -
CORRECT ANS:A) MDD
Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the following ethnic/racial groups? -
CORRECT ANS:D) African AMericans
Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having: - CORRECT ANS:A) Dramatic and affective
instability
Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having: - CORRECT ANS:B) odd, unusual, eccentric.
and asocial
A PMHNP works in a community mental health clinic and evaluates a patient's competency to make
decisions about their own treatment. Which of the following best describes the concept of competency
in mental health care? - CORRECT ANS:D) the ability to make informed decision about tx options
You are a new nurse practitioner treating a victim of intimate partner violence. Your client states that
she had been in the abusive relationship for over 10 years prior to the perpetrator being arrested and
jailed. To better establish a diagnosis, you need more information and decide to perform a mental status
exam on the client.
Mental status exam findings indicative of abuse include all of the following except: - CORRECT ANS:D)
having an extroverted personality
A young woman brings her 77-year-old father to a clinic. She believes her father has Alzheimer's disease
because he has been depressed and forgetful lately. What are the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's
disease? - CORRECT ANS:C) Mood changes
