LMR PMHNP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What technique is used in Strategic Therapy for a noncompliant member? -
✔✔Paradoxical directive/intervention
✔✔What technique is used in Strategic Therapy for a compliant member? - ✔✔Straight
Forward Directive
✔✔What type of therapy is used when a therapist asks, 'What worked before when you
had this problem?' - ✔✔Solution-focused therapy
✔✔What is meditation a form of? - ✔✔Muscle relaxation
✔✔What are four positive effects of physical activity on children? - ✔✔Increased body
image, increased resilience, improved relationships, decreased social anxiety
✔✔When may a closed-ended question be necessary rather than an open-ended
question? - ✔✔With children (when a narrative cannot be constructed)
✔✔What therapeutic factor does open-ended questions instill? - ✔✔Empathy
✔✔What do you do if only the wife shows up for a couple appointment? -
✔✔Reschedule the appointment
✔✔What should you do if a mother reports that her child was sodomized? - ✔✔Contact
CPS, crisis therapy
✔✔What lab test do you draw in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis? - ✔✔Erythrocyte
Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
✔✔What does PICO stand for? - ✔✔P- Patient population of interest, I - Intervention of
interest, C - Comparison of interest, O - Outcome
✔✔What is a sign of increased intracranial pressure in a baby? - ✔✔Shrill cry
, ✔✔What do you tell a mother when her preschool child is playing with his genitals? -
✔✔That is normal between 3-6 years old (Phallic stage)
✔✔What do you tell an adolescent concerned about breast enlargement? - ✔✔This is
normal between 9-16 years old and will disappear within 6 months.
✔✔How do you treat decreased sexual drive in an older female patient? -
✔✔Testosterone (improves blood flow to pelvic region)
✔✔Why are women more likely to get intoxicated and have alcohol-induced
hepatotoxicity? - ✔✔Decreased alcohol dehydrogenase
✔✔What are the two effects of decreased alcohol dehydrogenase in women? -
✔✔Increased intoxication, increased alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity
✔✔What is the grasp/palmar reflex? - ✔✔Infant grabs anything put into his or her hand
✔✔When does the palmar grasp reflex disappear? - ✔✔5-6 months
✔✔What is the Moro (startle) reflex? - ✔✔Loud noise or sudden loss of support will
cause infant to abduct/extend UE's and trunk followed by a return to flexion
✔✔When does the Moro reflex disappear? - ✔✔5-6 months
✔✔What is the Babinski (Plantar) reflex? - ✔✔The big toe is extended and the other
toes fan in response to the brushing of the sole of the foot
✔✔When does the Babinski (Plantar) reflex disappear? - ✔✔2 years
✔✔What is the absorption rate of PDE-5 inhibitors (Viagra)? - ✔✔Rapid
✔✔What two deficiencies are associated with macrocytic anemia? - ✔✔Folic acid, B12
✔✔What type of anemia does folic acid deficiency create? - ✔✔Macrocytic anemia
✔✔What deficiency is associated with microcytic anemia? - ✔✔Iron
✔✔What type of anemia does iron deficiency cause? - ✔✔Microcytic anemia
✔✔What can cause normocytic anemia? - ✔✔Acute or chronic blood loss (GI bleeding,
heavy menses)
✔✔What technique is used in Strategic Therapy for a noncompliant member? -
✔✔Paradoxical directive/intervention
✔✔What technique is used in Strategic Therapy for a compliant member? - ✔✔Straight
Forward Directive
✔✔What type of therapy is used when a therapist asks, 'What worked before when you
had this problem?' - ✔✔Solution-focused therapy
✔✔What is meditation a form of? - ✔✔Muscle relaxation
✔✔What are four positive effects of physical activity on children? - ✔✔Increased body
image, increased resilience, improved relationships, decreased social anxiety
✔✔When may a closed-ended question be necessary rather than an open-ended
question? - ✔✔With children (when a narrative cannot be constructed)
✔✔What therapeutic factor does open-ended questions instill? - ✔✔Empathy
✔✔What do you do if only the wife shows up for a couple appointment? -
✔✔Reschedule the appointment
✔✔What should you do if a mother reports that her child was sodomized? - ✔✔Contact
CPS, crisis therapy
✔✔What lab test do you draw in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis? - ✔✔Erythrocyte
Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
✔✔What does PICO stand for? - ✔✔P- Patient population of interest, I - Intervention of
interest, C - Comparison of interest, O - Outcome
✔✔What is a sign of increased intracranial pressure in a baby? - ✔✔Shrill cry
, ✔✔What do you tell a mother when her preschool child is playing with his genitals? -
✔✔That is normal between 3-6 years old (Phallic stage)
✔✔What do you tell an adolescent concerned about breast enlargement? - ✔✔This is
normal between 9-16 years old and will disappear within 6 months.
✔✔How do you treat decreased sexual drive in an older female patient? -
✔✔Testosterone (improves blood flow to pelvic region)
✔✔Why are women more likely to get intoxicated and have alcohol-induced
hepatotoxicity? - ✔✔Decreased alcohol dehydrogenase
✔✔What are the two effects of decreased alcohol dehydrogenase in women? -
✔✔Increased intoxication, increased alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity
✔✔What is the grasp/palmar reflex? - ✔✔Infant grabs anything put into his or her hand
✔✔When does the palmar grasp reflex disappear? - ✔✔5-6 months
✔✔What is the Moro (startle) reflex? - ✔✔Loud noise or sudden loss of support will
cause infant to abduct/extend UE's and trunk followed by a return to flexion
✔✔When does the Moro reflex disappear? - ✔✔5-6 months
✔✔What is the Babinski (Plantar) reflex? - ✔✔The big toe is extended and the other
toes fan in response to the brushing of the sole of the foot
✔✔When does the Babinski (Plantar) reflex disappear? - ✔✔2 years
✔✔What is the absorption rate of PDE-5 inhibitors (Viagra)? - ✔✔Rapid
✔✔What two deficiencies are associated with macrocytic anemia? - ✔✔Folic acid, B12
✔✔What type of anemia does folic acid deficiency create? - ✔✔Macrocytic anemia
✔✔What deficiency is associated with microcytic anemia? - ✔✔Iron
✔✔What type of anemia does iron deficiency cause? - ✔✔Microcytic anemia
✔✔What can cause normocytic anemia? - ✔✔Acute or chronic blood loss (GI bleeding,
heavy menses)
