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Prepare with the ANCC PMHNP Sample Test – Latest 2025 Revised Exam Questions and Correct Answers, authored by American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This verified resource includes detailed rationales covering psychiatric assessment, mental health disorders, pharmacology, therapeutic interventions, patient management, and clinical decision-making, helping PMHNP students master essential concepts and confidently succeed on ANCC certification exams

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B. has failed to master object constancy - A patient with borderline personality disorder experiences
intense anxiety when an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner goes on vacation. The best
explanation for this reaction is that the patient:

A. has failed to develop clear ego boundaries.

B. has failed to master object constancy.

C. is employing primitive idealization.

D. is employing projective identification.



D. The patient's suicide potential is increased. - 2. A patient has been taking escitalopram (Lexapro) 10 mg
daily for four weeks. Initially, the patient reported depression and suicidal thoughts. The patient's sleep,
appetite, energy, and appearance have now begun to improve. Which statement applies to this patient?

A. The medication should be discontinued.

B. The medication should be increased.

C. The patient's risk for suicide is not a concern.

D. The patient's suicide potential is increased.



A. Attempting to understand a patient's subjective world - 3. Which behavior reflects existentially oriented
therapy?

A. Attempting to understand a patient's subjective world

B. Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs

C. Developing specific plans for change




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D. Establishing general group goals



B. educating the survivors about prodromal symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. - 4. Serving as a
member on a crisis team, an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner provides crisis
intervention to the survivors of a plane crash. Forty-eight hours after the accident, the survivors describe
vivid flashbacks, startle reactions, and disrupted sleep patterns. The nurse practitioner responds by:

A. advising the survivors to consider using a hypnotic medication for a brief period.

B. educating the survivors about prodromal symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.

C. encouraging the survivors to rest during the day.

D. suggesting that the survivors join a posttrauma support group.



A. an understanding that leaving a significant other may be painful, but also presents an opportunity for
growth. - 5. An adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner uses the interpersonal therapy
model with a patient to establish a therapeutic alliance based upon empathy and trust. The nurse
practitioner recognizes the patient's readiness to terminate therapy when the patient demonstrates:

A. an understanding that leaving a significant other may be painful, but also presents an opportunity for
growth.

B. breathing and muscle relaxation exercises that decrease muscle tension and anxiety.

C. free association, and considers the nurse practitioner's interpretation of the patient's dreams.

D. new adaptive skills and responses after completing "homework assignments."



D. view this as a self-care ritual that needs to be preserved. - 6. An Hispanic patient informs an adult
psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner during a wellness visit that he or she occasionally uses
hot chili juice to relieve a "nervous condition." The patient denies any complaints related to this practice.
The nurse practitioner's response is to:

A. actively discourage the patient from continuing this treatment.

B. offer a medication to treat the nervous condition.

C. suggest an alternative food to relieve the nervous condition.

D. view this as a self-care ritual that needs to be preserved.



B. creatinine clearance. - 7. Before an older adult patient initiates pharmacotherapy with a medication
that is cleared by the kidneys, an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner assesses the
patient's:




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