3/14/25, 11:20 PM PMHNP Board Review
PMHNP Board Review
PMHNP BOARD REVIEW EXAM 2025-2026 NEWEST VERSION
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS \\REAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS \\ALREADY
GRADED A+
Terms in this set (181)
1. Title protection as an NP Nurse Practice
2. Determines Scope of Practice
3. Sets credentialing Act (specific to
requirements
4. Determines grounds for
discipline that state)
x4 fundamentals guaranteed by 1. Right to be EDUCATED
HIPAA: 2. Right to access MEDICAL RECORDS
1. Right to be ___ r/t 3. Right to request AMENDMENT of personal health information
HIPAA privacy protection 4. Right to require permission for the DISCLOSURE of patient health
2. Right to access ___ information
3. Right to request ___ of
personal health information
4. Right to require permission
for the ___ of patient health
information
For a Pt with Bipolar 1, the Pt >1
will have a Hx of an elevated,
IRRITABLE, or expansive mood week
for ___, and 60% of people with
Bipolar 1 will have an episode of MDD
___ preceding/following the
manic state. x4
Shifts from depressive to Rapid
manic states occurring at a
rate of ___ per year is referred Cycling
to as ___ which occurs mainly in
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___ (90%) and has a worse Women
prognosis
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Mania
The gold standard for Tx of ___ Antisuicidal
is Lithium (Lithobid) which has
___ effects, but a narrow Effect
therapeutic window of ___
mEq/l and is monitored at x12 .5-1.2 mEq/l
hrs after the prior dose (___
level) and is dosed ___ for Trough Level
acute mania and ___ in
maintenance dose. 1,200-2,400 mg -
Manic State 900-
1,200 mg -
Maintenance
<6 y/o = 10-20 mg
Carbamazepine (Tegretol) is an >6 y/o = 400-1200 ,g
anticonvulsant medication that
is dosed ___ Agranulocy
<6 y/o & ___ >6 y/o and has tosis
black box warnings for (x2) ans Aplastic
puts Asians at risk for Anemia
___
Steven Johnson's Syndrome
Disorder Age of Onset
Disorder Age of
Intellectual disability.
Onset
Infancy MDDD. Late
Intellectual
Teens
disability
ADHD. Early childhood
MDDD
ADHD Dementia. >85 y/o
Schizophrenia Schizophrenia. Men 18-
Dementia 25 y/o Women 25-35
y/o
The Id Hunger / Sex / Aggression
The Ego Rational Mind (Executive Function)
The Superego Moral Center (right vs. Wrong)
The therapeutic nurse-client Interpersonal Relations
relationship is central to nursing
Theory (Peplau)
Orientation
Phase Working
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Phase
Termination
Phase
Defense Mechanism Reaction Formation
Overcompensation where
unacceptable thoughts and
behaviors are pushed from
conscious awareness and the
opposite thoughts and
behaviors are displayed.
Defense Mechanism Undoing
Behaviors there in time to make
up for unacceptable actions /
feelings
Defense Mechanism Sublimation
Unconscious process of
substituting socially
acceptable activities for
unacceptable impulses.
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PMHNP Board Review
PMHNP BOARD REVIEW EXAM 2025-2026 NEWEST VERSION
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS \\REAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS \\ALREADY
GRADED A+
Terms in this set (181)
1. Title protection as an NP Nurse Practice
2. Determines Scope of Practice
3. Sets credentialing Act (specific to
requirements
4. Determines grounds for
discipline that state)
x4 fundamentals guaranteed by 1. Right to be EDUCATED
HIPAA: 2. Right to access MEDICAL RECORDS
1. Right to be ___ r/t 3. Right to request AMENDMENT of personal health information
HIPAA privacy protection 4. Right to require permission for the DISCLOSURE of patient health
2. Right to access ___ information
3. Right to request ___ of
personal health information
4. Right to require permission
for the ___ of patient health
information
For a Pt with Bipolar 1, the Pt >1
will have a Hx of an elevated,
IRRITABLE, or expansive mood week
for ___, and 60% of people with
Bipolar 1 will have an episode of MDD
___ preceding/following the
manic state. x4
Shifts from depressive to Rapid
manic states occurring at a
rate of ___ per year is referred Cycling
to as ___ which occurs mainly in
/ 1/40
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___ (90%) and has a worse Women
prognosis
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Mania
The gold standard for Tx of ___ Antisuicidal
is Lithium (Lithobid) which has
___ effects, but a narrow Effect
therapeutic window of ___
mEq/l and is monitored at x12 .5-1.2 mEq/l
hrs after the prior dose (___
level) and is dosed ___ for Trough Level
acute mania and ___ in
maintenance dose. 1,200-2,400 mg -
Manic State 900-
1,200 mg -
Maintenance
<6 y/o = 10-20 mg
Carbamazepine (Tegretol) is an >6 y/o = 400-1200 ,g
anticonvulsant medication that
is dosed ___ Agranulocy
<6 y/o & ___ >6 y/o and has tosis
black box warnings for (x2) ans Aplastic
puts Asians at risk for Anemia
___
Steven Johnson's Syndrome
Disorder Age of Onset
Disorder Age of
Intellectual disability.
Onset
Infancy MDDD. Late
Intellectual
Teens
disability
ADHD. Early childhood
MDDD
ADHD Dementia. >85 y/o
Schizophrenia Schizophrenia. Men 18-
Dementia 25 y/o Women 25-35
y/o
The Id Hunger / Sex / Aggression
The Ego Rational Mind (Executive Function)
The Superego Moral Center (right vs. Wrong)
The therapeutic nurse-client Interpersonal Relations
relationship is central to nursing
Theory (Peplau)
Orientation
Phase Working
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Phase
Termination
Phase
Defense Mechanism Reaction Formation
Overcompensation where
unacceptable thoughts and
behaviors are pushed from
conscious awareness and the
opposite thoughts and
behaviors are displayed.
Defense Mechanism Undoing
Behaviors there in time to make
up for unacceptable actions /
feelings
Defense Mechanism Sublimation
Unconscious process of
substituting socially
acceptable activities for
unacceptable impulses.
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