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APEA PMHNP ACTUAL CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026/2027
| ANCC PMHNP-BC & AANP-PMH Aligned | NGN-
Integrated Q&A | Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing
| Pass Guaranteed - A+ Graded
A patient with bulimia nervosa is being treated by a PMHNP. Which of
the following is the first-line pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa?
A) antidepressants
Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar
symptoms to a panic attack?
A) MDD
Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the
following ethnic/racial groups?
D) African AMericans
Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having:
A) Dramatic and affective instability
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Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having:
B) odd, unusual, eccentric. and asocial
A PMHNP works in a community mental health clinic and evaluates a
patient'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
You are a new nurse practitioner treating a victim of intimate partner
violence. 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
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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
forgetful lately. What are the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?
C) Mood changes
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
stage of tanner's development: breast bud stage with elevation of
breast and papilla
A) stage 5
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
APEA PMHNP ACTUAL CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026/2027
| ANCC PMHNP-BC & AANP-PMH Aligned | NGN-
Integrated Q&A | Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing
| Pass Guaranteed - A+ Graded
A patient with bulimia nervosa is being treated by a PMHNP. Which of
the following is the first-line pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa?
A) antidepressants
Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar
symptoms to a panic attack?
A) MDD
Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the
following ethnic/racial groups?
D) African AMericans
Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having:
A) Dramatic and affective instability
,2|Page
Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having:
B) odd, unusual, eccentric. and asocial
A PMHNP works in a community mental health clinic and evaluates a
patient'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
You are a new nurse practitioner treating a victim of intimate partner
violence. 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
, 3|Page
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
forgetful lately. What are the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?
C) Mood changes
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
stage of tanner's development: breast bud stage with elevation of
breast and papilla
A) stage 5
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
