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PMHNP-BC EXAM QUESTIONS 2023-2024 LATEST UPDATED EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
1. A patient with bulimia nervosa is being treated by a PMHNP. Which of the
following is the first-line pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa?: A) antidepres-
sants
2. Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar symp-
toms to a panic attack?: A) MDD
3. Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the fol-
lowing ethnic/racial groups?: D) African AMericans
4. Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having:: A) Dramatic
and affective instability
5. Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having:: B) odd, unusu-
al, eccentric. and asocial
6. A PMHNP works in a community mental health clinic and evaluates a pa-
tient'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
7. You are a new nurse practitioner treating a victim of intimate partner vio-
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lence. 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
8. 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 forget- ful
lately. What are the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?: C) Mood
changes
9. 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
10.stage of tanner's development: breast bud stage with elevation of breast
and papilla: A) stage 5
11.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
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12. 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.
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PMHNP-BC EXAM QUESTIONS 2023-2024 LATEST UPDATED EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
1. A patient with bulimia nervosa is being treated by a PMHNP. Which of the
following is the first-line pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa?: A) antidepres-
sants
2. Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar symp-
toms to a panic attack?: A) MDD
3. Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the fol-
lowing ethnic/racial groups?: D) African AMericans
4. Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having:: A) Dramatic
and affective instability
5. Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having:: B) odd, unusu-
al, eccentric. and asocial
6. A PMHNP works in a community mental health clinic and evaluates a pa-
tient'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
7. You are a new nurse practitioner treating a victim of intimate partner vio-
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lence. 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
8. 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 forget- ful
lately. What are the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?: C) Mood
changes
9. 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
10.stage of tanner's development: breast bud stage with elevation of breast
and papilla: A) stage 5
11.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
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12. 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.
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