Practice PMHNP-BC Exam Questions
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?
A) antidepressants
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar symptoms to a panic
attack?
A) MDD
3 multiple choice options
Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the following ethnic/racial
groups?
D) African AMericans
3 multiple choice options
Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having:
A) Dramatic and affective instability
3 multiple choice options
Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having:
B) odd, unusual, eccentric. and asocial
3 multiple choice options
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?
D) the ability to make informed decision about tx options
3 multiple choice 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:
D) having an extroverted personality
3 multiple choice options
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?
C) Mood changes
3 multiple choice options
Tanner Stages define physical measurement in the development of primary and secondary
sex characteristics in both females and males. What is stage 2 of a female's breast
development?
B) breast bud stage with elevation of breast and papilla
3 multiple choice options
stage of tanner's development: breast bud stage with elevation of breast and papilla
A) stage 5
3 multiple choice options
You are a new nurse practitioner treating a recently paroled convict. This patient has a
history of violent abuse of their partners. All of the following diagnoses are characteristic of
this population except:
D) ODD
3 multiple choice options
A PMH-BC evaluates a 77-year-old man with the rapid onset of cognition with
inattentiveness and disturbances in consciousness. On assessment, the patient presents
with episodes of psychomotor agitation and retardation.
Based on the patient's presentation and symptoms, the PMH-BC should assess them for
which of the following diagnoses?
C) mixed delirium
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following would be an appropriate early intervention strategy for a community
mental health clinic to target personality disorders?
A) provide education and guidance to new and expectant parents through groups,
community education and social outreach
3 multiple choice options
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?
A) antidepressants
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar symptoms to a panic
attack?
A) MDD
3 multiple choice options
Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the following ethnic/racial
groups?
D) African AMericans
3 multiple choice options
Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having:
A) Dramatic and affective instability
3 multiple choice options
Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having:
B) odd, unusual, eccentric. and asocial
3 multiple choice options
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?
D) the ability to make informed decision about tx options
3 multiple choice 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:
D) having an extroverted personality
3 multiple choice options
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?
C) Mood changes
3 multiple choice options
Tanner Stages define physical measurement in the development of primary and secondary
sex characteristics in both females and males. What is stage 2 of a female's breast
development?
B) breast bud stage with elevation of breast and papilla
3 multiple choice options
stage of tanner's development: breast bud stage with elevation of breast and papilla
A) stage 5
3 multiple choice options
You are a new nurse practitioner treating a recently paroled convict. This patient has a
history of violent abuse of their partners. All of the following diagnoses are characteristic of
this population except:
D) ODD
3 multiple choice options
A PMH-BC evaluates a 77-year-old man with the rapid onset of cognition with
inattentiveness and disturbances in consciousness. On assessment, the patient presents
with episodes of psychomotor agitation and retardation.
Based on the patient's presentation and symptoms, the PMH-BC should assess them for
which of the following diagnoses?
C) mixed delirium
3 multiple choice options
Which of the following would be an appropriate early intervention strategy for a community
mental health clinic to target personality disorders?
A) provide education and guidance to new and expectant parents through groups,
community education and social outreach
3 multiple choice options
