PMHNP ACTUAL EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS WELL ELABORATED
VERIFIED GRADED A+
⩥ What does a 17 on MMSE mean? Answer: Moderate cognitive
impairment
⩥ What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system? Answer: Inducer -->will
lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
⩥ What do BCP's do to Lamictal? Answer: Inducer - will lower dose of
Lamictal
⩥ What is a Type I research error? Answer: There IS a difference but
you say there isn't a difference.
⩥ What is a Type II research error? Answer: There is NO difference but
you say there is a difference.
⩥ What is pseudo-dementia? Answer: Cognitive impairment secondary
to depression that clears when treated in the elderly. Dementia won't
improve.
,⩥ Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar grasp? Answer: Yes.
⩥ What is a drug 1/2 life? Answer: The time it takes for 50% of a drug
to be eliminated from the body.
⩥ What 3 atypicals can be used with teens? Answer: Zyprexa, Abilify,
Seroquel - low doses
⩥ What is a risk of using Tramadol? Answer: Serotonin Syndrome as it
is very serotonergic.
⩥ What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the risk of SJS?
Answer: HLAB-1502
⩥ When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis? Answer: With
worsening of SJS
⩥ How many generations do you include for a genogram? Answer: 1st
degree - mother, father, siblings
2nd degree - grandparents & cousins
3rd degree -
⩥ What does messenger RNA code for? Answer: Amino Acids
,⩥ What is epigenetics? Answer: Factors that affect genes -
environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
⩥ What part of the brain is involved with OCD? Answer: Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal
⩥ What happens to the brain during adolescence? Answer: Dendritic
pruning
Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
⩥ When do males typically present with schizophrenia? Answer: 10-25
yo
⩥ When do females typically present with schizophrenia? Answer: 25-
35 yo
⩥ What does Erythromycin to trileptal? Answer: You will need to
decreases the level because Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin is a
inhibitor
⩥ ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what? Answer: Heart Failure
HTN
, ⩥ What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs
Answer: Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo =
agitation, aggression, anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia, SI,
tremor
⩥ What should you watch for with Tegretol? Answer: Agranulocytosis
and Hyponatremia
⩥ What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests? Answer: CKBB, CKMM,
CKMB
⩥ Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle
damage? Answer: CKMB
⩥ What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB? Answer: Polymyositis
Rhabdo
⩥ What is a normal CKMB? Answer: 0.3 mcg/L
⩥ What psychoactives does Detrol interact with? Answer: Topamax
KCL
Zonegran
QUESTIONS ANSWERS WELL ELABORATED
VERIFIED GRADED A+
⩥ What does a 17 on MMSE mean? Answer: Moderate cognitive
impairment
⩥ What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system? Answer: Inducer -->will
lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
⩥ What do BCP's do to Lamictal? Answer: Inducer - will lower dose of
Lamictal
⩥ What is a Type I research error? Answer: There IS a difference but
you say there isn't a difference.
⩥ What is a Type II research error? Answer: There is NO difference but
you say there is a difference.
⩥ What is pseudo-dementia? Answer: Cognitive impairment secondary
to depression that clears when treated in the elderly. Dementia won't
improve.
,⩥ Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar grasp? Answer: Yes.
⩥ What is a drug 1/2 life? Answer: The time it takes for 50% of a drug
to be eliminated from the body.
⩥ What 3 atypicals can be used with teens? Answer: Zyprexa, Abilify,
Seroquel - low doses
⩥ What is a risk of using Tramadol? Answer: Serotonin Syndrome as it
is very serotonergic.
⩥ What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the risk of SJS?
Answer: HLAB-1502
⩥ When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis? Answer: With
worsening of SJS
⩥ How many generations do you include for a genogram? Answer: 1st
degree - mother, father, siblings
2nd degree - grandparents & cousins
3rd degree -
⩥ What does messenger RNA code for? Answer: Amino Acids
,⩥ What is epigenetics? Answer: Factors that affect genes -
environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
⩥ What part of the brain is involved with OCD? Answer: Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal
⩥ What happens to the brain during adolescence? Answer: Dendritic
pruning
Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
⩥ When do males typically present with schizophrenia? Answer: 10-25
yo
⩥ When do females typically present with schizophrenia? Answer: 25-
35 yo
⩥ What does Erythromycin to trileptal? Answer: You will need to
decreases the level because Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin is a
inhibitor
⩥ ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what? Answer: Heart Failure
HTN
, ⩥ What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs
Answer: Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo =
agitation, aggression, anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia, SI,
tremor
⩥ What should you watch for with Tegretol? Answer: Agranulocytosis
and Hyponatremia
⩥ What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests? Answer: CKBB, CKMM,
CKMB
⩥ Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle
damage? Answer: CKMB
⩥ What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB? Answer: Polymyositis
Rhabdo
⩥ What is a normal CKMB? Answer: 0.3 mcg/L
⩥ What psychoactives does Detrol interact with? Answer: Topamax
KCL
Zonegran
