PMHNP Certification Exam 2024 with Correct Answers

PMHNP Certification Exam 2024 with Correct Answers denial - Answer ️️ -refusal to admit or recognize problem or event- primitive defense mechanism projection - Answer ️️ -taking one's own unacceptable qualities and attributing them to another- primitive defense mechanism regression - Answer ️️ -reverting to patterns of behavior from earlier stage of developement- immature defense mechanism passive-aggression - Answer ️️ -indirectly expressing anger- immature defense mechanism reaction formation - Answer ️️ -taking up the opposite feeling to reduce anxiety- neurotic defense mechanism intelluctualization - Answer ️️ -focusing on intellectual component to AVOID anxiety or thinking about the matter- neurotic defense mechanism repression - Answer ️️ -keeping info out of consciousness- neurotic defense mechanism displacement - Answer ️️ -taking out frustrations, etc on people or objects less threatening- neurotic defense mechanism rationalization - Answer ️️ -explaining unacceptable in a rational or logical manner- neurotic defense mechanism splitting - Answer ️️ -seeing things about self or others in extremes, unable to integrate negative and positive- neurotic defense mechanism sublimation - Answer ️️ -converts unacceptable into acceptable (going to gym when angry)- mature, healthy defense mechanism humor, sublimation, suppression - Answer ️️ -mature, healthy defense mechanisms suppression - Answer ️️ -removal of unwanted information (thinking about matter later)- mature, healthy defense mechanism cohort study - Answer ️️ -level 3 evidence heirarchy- specific variable and a specific outcome tested Meta-analysis (systematic review) - Answer ️️ -level 1 highest level of evidence- review of high quality published research RCTs - Answer ️️ -level 2 evidence heirarchy case control study - Answer ️️ -level 4 evidence heirarchy- retrospective study of cases and controls compared case series/ reports - Answer ️️ -level 5 evidence heirarchyone study or narrative of one study/patient editorial/expert opinion - Answer ️️ -lowest level (6) of evidence heirarchy- essays herd community - Answer ️️ -resistance of group to infectious agent active immunity - Answer ️️ -resistance developed in response to an antigen (agent or vaccine) ;presence of antibody produced by host, years or lifelong passive immunity - Answer ️️ -immunity from mother or IG administered; 6-9 months sensitivity - Answer ️️ -positive in disease; SnNout- sensitive test when negative rules OUT disease specificity - Answer ️️ -negative in health; SpPin- specific test when positive rules IN disease prevalence - Answer ️️ -porportion of individuals possessing the condition at any given time incidence - Answer ️️ -NEW cases only AST elevation >40 - Answer ️️ -alcohol, statin, tylenol, depakote ALT elevation >40 - Answer ️️ -liver stress, depakote GGT elevation > 45 - Answer ️️ -possible ETOH CK elevation >240 - Answer ️️ -possible NMS GFR <60 - Answer ️️ -requires dose adjustment (normal >90) drugs/conditions that increase Li+ level - Answer ️️ -ACE inhibitors, ARBs, NSAIDs, tetracyclines, metronidazole, K sparing diuretics, thiazide diuretics, dehydration HYPOnatremia drugs or conditions that decrease Li+ level - Answer ️️ -HYPERnatremia, theophylline therapeutic lithium level - Answer ️️ -0.6-1.0 (acute mania 0.8-1.2) symptoms of lithium toxicity - Answer ️️ -lethargy, fatigue, clumsiness, weakness, muscle cramping, nausea, vomiting, SEVERE tremor, blurred vision, confusion Low Hgb- < 13.5 men or < 12.5 women - Answer ️️ -anem