PMHNP Exam Reported Newest Questions
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1. What is dissemination?
ANS: Getting the research information out to those who need to know it!
Publication - highest level Presenting
at National Conference Presenting at
Local Conference
Journal Club where one person reviews an article
2. What does a 17 on MMSE mean?
ANS: Moderate cognitive impairment
3. What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system?
ANS: Inducer -->will lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
4. What do BCP's do to Lamictal?
ANS: Inducer - will lower dose of Lamictal
5. What is a Type I research error?
ANS: There IS a difference but you say there isn't a difference.
6. What is a Type II research error?
ANS: There is NO difference but you say there is a difference.
,7. What is pseudo-dementia?
ANS: Cognitive impairment secondary to depression that clears when treated in the
elderly. Dementia won't improve.
8. Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar grasp?
ANS: Yes.
9. What is a drug 1/2 life?
ANS: The time it takes for 50% of a drug to be eliminated from the body.
10. What 3 atypicals can be used with teens?
ANS: Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel - low doses
11. What is a risk of using Tramadol?
ANS: Serotonin Syndrome as it is very seroton- ergic.
12. What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the risk of SJS?
ANS: HLAB-1502
13. When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis?
ANS: With worsening of SJS
14. How many generations do you include for a genogram?
ANS: 1st degree - moth- er, father, siblings
2nd degree - grandparents & cousins 3rd
degree -
15. What does messenger RNA code for?
ANS: Amino Acids
16. What is epigenetics?
ANS: Factors that affect genes - environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
17. What part of the brain is involved with OCD?
,ANS: Basal Ganglia Occipito-Frontal
18. What happens to the brain during adolescence?
ANS: Dendritic pruning Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
19. When do males typically present with schizophrenia?
ANS: 10-25 yo
, 20. When do females typically present with schizophrenia?
ANS: 25-35 yo
21. What does Erythromycin to trileptal?
ANS: You will need to decreases the level because Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin
is a inhibitor
22. ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what?
ANS: Heart Failure HTN
23. What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs
ANS: - Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo = agitation, aggression,
anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia, SI, tremor
24. What should you watch for with Tegretol?
ANS: Agranulocytosis and Hyponatrem- ia
25. What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests?
ANS: CKBB, CKMM, CKMB
26. Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle dam- age?
ANS: CKMB
27. What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB?
ANS: Polymyositis Rhabdo
28. What is a normal CKMB?
ANS: 0.3 mcg/L
29. What psychoactives does Detrol interact with?
ANS: Topamax KCL
Zonegran
30. What CN are you assessing when you have the patient shrug their shoul- ders?
and Answers () (Verified by
Expert)
1. What is dissemination?
ANS: Getting the research information out to those who need to know it!
Publication - highest level Presenting
at National Conference Presenting at
Local Conference
Journal Club where one person reviews an article
2. What does a 17 on MMSE mean?
ANS: Moderate cognitive impairment
3. What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system?
ANS: Inducer -->will lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
4. What do BCP's do to Lamictal?
ANS: Inducer - will lower dose of Lamictal
5. What is a Type I research error?
ANS: There IS a difference but you say there isn't a difference.
6. What is a Type II research error?
ANS: There is NO difference but you say there is a difference.
,7. What is pseudo-dementia?
ANS: Cognitive impairment secondary to depression that clears when treated in the
elderly. Dementia won't improve.
8. Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar grasp?
ANS: Yes.
9. What is a drug 1/2 life?
ANS: The time it takes for 50% of a drug to be eliminated from the body.
10. What 3 atypicals can be used with teens?
ANS: Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel - low doses
11. What is a risk of using Tramadol?
ANS: Serotonin Syndrome as it is very seroton- ergic.
12. What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the risk of SJS?
ANS: HLAB-1502
13. When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis?
ANS: With worsening of SJS
14. How many generations do you include for a genogram?
ANS: 1st degree - moth- er, father, siblings
2nd degree - grandparents & cousins 3rd
degree -
15. What does messenger RNA code for?
ANS: Amino Acids
16. What is epigenetics?
ANS: Factors that affect genes - environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
17. What part of the brain is involved with OCD?
,ANS: Basal Ganglia Occipito-Frontal
18. What happens to the brain during adolescence?
ANS: Dendritic pruning Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
19. When do males typically present with schizophrenia?
ANS: 10-25 yo
, 20. When do females typically present with schizophrenia?
ANS: 25-35 yo
21. What does Erythromycin to trileptal?
ANS: You will need to decreases the level because Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin
is a inhibitor
22. ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what?
ANS: Heart Failure HTN
23. What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs
ANS: - Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo = agitation, aggression,
anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia, SI, tremor
24. What should you watch for with Tegretol?
ANS: Agranulocytosis and Hyponatrem- ia
25. What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests?
ANS: CKBB, CKMM, CKMB
26. Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle dam- age?
ANS: CKMB
27. What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB?
ANS: Polymyositis Rhabdo
28. What is a normal CKMB?
ANS: 0.3 mcg/L
29. What psychoactives does Detrol interact with?
ANS: Topamax KCL
Zonegran
30. What CN are you assessing when you have the patient shrug their shoul- ders?
