NSG 679 PMHNP EXAM QUESTIONS UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NSG 679 PMHNP EXAM QUESTIONS UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. A PMH nurse applying King's model to a nurse-client interaction identifies the outcome using what
term?
A) Transaction
B) Adaptation
C) Transpersonal caring
D) Self-system
Answer:
A.

Question:
2. A PMH nurse is working on an inpatient unit that uses a privilege system. The PMH nurse understands
that this intervention integrates which group of theories?
A) Behavioral
B) Developmental
C) Humanistic
D) Cognitive
Answer:
B.

Question:
3. A PMH nurse is assessing a young adult and determines that the individual has achieved successful
resolution of the previous stage of growth and development as evidenced by demonstrating which traits?
A) Drive and hope
B) Direction and purpose
C) Devotion and fidelity
D) Production and care
Answer:
C

Question:
4. A PMH nurse is developing a plan of care integrating Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Which area would
the PMH nurse identify as the priority?
A) Adequate food
B) Predictable social environment
C) Acceptance from family
D) Positive self-image
Answer:
A

,Question:
5. When teaching a client about the brain, which area would a nurse identify when describing the part of
the brain involved with verbal language function, including areas for both receptive and expressive
speech?
A) Right hemisphere
B) Parietal lobe
C) Occipital lobe
D) Left hemisphere
Answer:
D

Question:
6. A PMH nurse is developing a plan of care for a client experiencing expressive aphasia. The PMH nurse
incorporates knowledge that the client most likely has sustained damage to what area?
A) Postcentral gyrus
B) Broca's area
C) Basal ganglia
D) Hippocampus
Answer:
B

Question:
7. A PMH nurse is caring for an older adult who has experienced damage to the frontal lobe after an
automobile accident. The PMH nurse anticipates that the client will have difficulty with which function?
A) Smell
B) Concept formation
C) Receptive speech
D) Hearing
Answer:
B

Question:
8. A PMH nurse is caring for a client who has experienced damage to the parietal lobes of the brain. The
PMH nurse anticipates that the client will have difficulty with which activity?
A) Perceiving motor input
B) Calculating a math problem
C) Seeing objects in front of the client
D) Speaking fluently
Answer:
B

, Question:
9. A client has been diagnosed with memory dysfunction associated with Alzheimer's disease. The PMH
nurse determines that damage to the client's brain includes deterioration of temporal lobe structures and the
nerves of which area?
A) Basal ganglia
B) Limbic system
C) Frontal lobe
D) Hippocampus
Answer:
D

Question:
10. The PMH nurse is caring for a hospitalized client who has been diagnosed with a disorder of the
hypothalamus. When developing the client's plan of care, in which area would the PMH nurse anticipate a
problem?
A) Sleep
B) Constipation
C) Speech
D) Motor activity
Answer:
A

Question:
11. A client who is scheduled to undergo a sleep-deprivation electroencephalogram (EEG) in the morning
is experiencing moderate anxiety about the procedure. Based on an understanding of this test, which would
the PMH nurse avoid?
A) Explaining in depth what to expect during the upcoming procedure
B) Administering a benzodiazepine medication prescribed for anxiety
C) Taking a thorough history of the client's use of prescribed and illicit drugs
D) Giving the client a noncaffeinated beverage of choice
Answer:
B

Question:
12. A PMH nurse is reviewing the various neurotransmitters and their functions. The PMH nurse
demonstrates understanding by identifying which substance as a neuropeptide?
A) Somatostatin
B) Serotonin
C) Glutamate
D) Gamma-aminobutyric acid
Answer:
A