PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH BOARD
CERTIFICATION EXAM
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
How many total questions are there on the PMH-BC exam? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 150 (125 scored, 25 unscored)
What are the PMH-BC exam requirements? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ RN license (min 2 years experience)
2,000 hours clinical practice in past 3 years
30 hours CE in past 3 years
10 Test Taking Techniques - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. One min
per question
2. Answer every question
,3. Have a "guess" answer
4. Identify key words (e.g. age, diagnosis)
5. Identify priority words (e.g. first, best)
6. Identify word clues (e.g. physiologic needs)
7. Identify opposites
8. Identify absolutes (e.g. just, always, never)
9. Identify duplicate facts
10. Avoid changing answers
What are the patient barriers to the therapeutic relationship? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The psychiatric illness
Being resistant to care (paranoia, cultural)
Defense mechanisms
What are the nurse barriers to the therapeutic relationship? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Distracted/ preoccupied/ not fully focused
on pts. Verbal and nonverbal cues
Countertransference
Asking patients "why" questions
Asking patients more than 1 question at a time
What are the 8 methods to enhance the therapeutic relationship? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Maintaining professional boundaries
2. Comfortable eye contact/ empathetic facial expressions
,3. Engaging with a patient with gentle, supportive tone of voice
4. Keeping relaxed, open body posture
5. Providing pt with physical comforts
6. Actively listening to what patient is saying
7. Being fully self-aware
8. Using Therapeutic silence to allow pt reflect/regroup
What practitioners are qualified to make a psychiatric diagnosis? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ MD
DO
NP
PA
What handbook is used to make a psychiatric diagnosis? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ DSM-5
In what year was the first DSM published? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1952
What are the 5 characteristics of stable mental health? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Accurately appraise and interpret reality
2. Love, experience joy, play and laugh
3. Think clearly, make appropriate decisions and problem solve
4. Control one's behavior and cope with one's thoughts
, 5. Relate to other's, form relationships, experience empathy, and manage
conflict constructively
What are the 5 characteristics of a mental health disorder? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Impairment of brain functioning caused
by neurotransmitter dysfunction, abnormal brain structure, genetic
factors or injury
2. There is evidence showing that severe psychological trauma causes
physical brain injury
3. Dysfunction in cognition, emotion regulation or behavior
4. It is usually associated with distress or disability in important
activities, relationships or occupations
5. The inability to cope with life stressors, including job changes, loss of
a loved one, birth of a child, medical challenges, etc.
What does the AIMS assessment stand for? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale
What does the AIMS assessment tool evaluate? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Assesses the presence and severity of abnormal
extremity, facial and body movement.
Higher score = worse impairment
What does the BDI assessment stand for? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Beck Depression Inventory
CERTIFICATION EXAM
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
How many total questions are there on the PMH-BC exam? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 150 (125 scored, 25 unscored)
What are the PMH-BC exam requirements? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ RN license (min 2 years experience)
2,000 hours clinical practice in past 3 years
30 hours CE in past 3 years
10 Test Taking Techniques - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. One min
per question
2. Answer every question
,3. Have a "guess" answer
4. Identify key words (e.g. age, diagnosis)
5. Identify priority words (e.g. first, best)
6. Identify word clues (e.g. physiologic needs)
7. Identify opposites
8. Identify absolutes (e.g. just, always, never)
9. Identify duplicate facts
10. Avoid changing answers
What are the patient barriers to the therapeutic relationship? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The psychiatric illness
Being resistant to care (paranoia, cultural)
Defense mechanisms
What are the nurse barriers to the therapeutic relationship? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Distracted/ preoccupied/ not fully focused
on pts. Verbal and nonverbal cues
Countertransference
Asking patients "why" questions
Asking patients more than 1 question at a time
What are the 8 methods to enhance the therapeutic relationship? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Maintaining professional boundaries
2. Comfortable eye contact/ empathetic facial expressions
,3. Engaging with a patient with gentle, supportive tone of voice
4. Keeping relaxed, open body posture
5. Providing pt with physical comforts
6. Actively listening to what patient is saying
7. Being fully self-aware
8. Using Therapeutic silence to allow pt reflect/regroup
What practitioners are qualified to make a psychiatric diagnosis? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ MD
DO
NP
PA
What handbook is used to make a psychiatric diagnosis? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ DSM-5
In what year was the first DSM published? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1952
What are the 5 characteristics of stable mental health? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Accurately appraise and interpret reality
2. Love, experience joy, play and laugh
3. Think clearly, make appropriate decisions and problem solve
4. Control one's behavior and cope with one's thoughts
, 5. Relate to other's, form relationships, experience empathy, and manage
conflict constructively
What are the 5 characteristics of a mental health disorder? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Impairment of brain functioning caused
by neurotransmitter dysfunction, abnormal brain structure, genetic
factors or injury
2. There is evidence showing that severe psychological trauma causes
physical brain injury
3. Dysfunction in cognition, emotion regulation or behavior
4. It is usually associated with distress or disability in important
activities, relationships or occupations
5. The inability to cope with life stressors, including job changes, loss of
a loved one, birth of a child, medical challenges, etc.
What does the AIMS assessment stand for? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale
What does the AIMS assessment tool evaluate? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Assesses the presence and severity of abnormal
extremity, facial and body movement.
Higher score = worse impairment
What does the BDI assessment stand for? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Beck Depression Inventory
