1. Concerns when treating geriatric patients with psychotherapeutic drugs include all of
the following
EXCEPT:
A. Elderly persons may be more susceptible to adverse effects of psychotherapeutic
drugs.
B. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
C. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more rapidly.
D. Elderly persons may excrete psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
Question 2
The treatment of others equitably and distribution of benefits/burdens fairly is known as
which of the
following?
A. Fidelity
B. Justice
C. Beneficence
D. Non-
maleficence
Question 3
Persons who subordinate their own needs to those of others, get other to assume
responsibility for major
areas of the lives, lack self-confidence, and may experience intense discomfort when
alone for more than
a brief period of time are demonstrating characteristics consistent with which of the
following personality
disorders?
A. Avoidant personality disorder
B. Passive personality disorder
C. Dependent personality
disorder
D. Antisocial personality disorder
Question 4
According to Sullivan, which of the following are consistent with a mentor/mentee
relationship?
,A. Mentors are assigned
B. Mentor relationships are shorter term
C. Goals for the mentoring relationship are set
mutually.
D. A and B only
Question 5
A form of child abuse in which a parent or caretaker repeatedly fabricates or actually
inflicts injury or
illness in a child for whom medical intervention is then sought, often in an emergency
setting, is known as
which of the following?
A. Korsakoff's syndrome
B. Snyder's syndrome
C. Munchausen syndrome
D. Munchausen syndrome by
proxy
Question 6
The need for nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their education and
training is necessary
for which of the following reasons? Select all that apply.
A. The growth in number and proportion of older Americans
B. The projected primary care physician shortage by 2025
C. Increased number of individuals who have access to
healthcare
D. The economic push for cost-effective healthcare
Question 7
The ARNP assessing lifestyle as a social determinant of health would ask about which
of the following?
A. Diet
B. Education
C. Health literacy
D. Inherited
diseases
Question 8
In educating the patient beginning to take Lithium, the ARNP explains which of the
following related to
diet and fluid intake?
A. Caffeine and alcohol act as hydration agents and can raise your lithium
concentrations.
B. Drink at least a gallon or more of water per day and limit your salt intake.
, C. If you go on a diet, your doctor may need to increase frequency of blood tests.
D. All of the above
Question 9
The goal of psychotropic treatment is to eliminate all manifestations of a disorder to
below the syndromal
threshold, which is defined as which of the following?
A. Response
B. Remission
C. Resistance
D. Sensitization
Question 10
The NP can impact health policy and healthcare by doing which of the following?
A. Become an active member of local, state, and/or national NP organizations.
B. Become familiar with the resources available on NP organization websites.
C. Volunteer to serve on legislative committees within professional NP
organizations.
D. All the above
Question 11
A term used to describe individuals and families who are found to live in overcrowded
homes, relocate
frequently, and struggle to pay rent and monthly expenses is which of the following?
A. Homelessness
B. Housing
instability
C. Transiency
D. A and B
1 points
Question 12
Which of the following is consistent with current literature regarding the epidemiology of
dependent
personality disorder?
A. Dependent personality is more common in men than in women.
B. Dependent personality disorder is more common in young children than in older
ones.
C. Persons with chronic physical illness in childhood may be most susceptible to this
disorder.
D. B and C only
Question 13
Patients who injure themselves by self-mutilation (i.e., cutting their skin) but who usually
do not wish to
the following
EXCEPT:
A. Elderly persons may be more susceptible to adverse effects of psychotherapeutic
drugs.
B. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
C. Elderly persons may metabolize psychotherapeutic drugs more rapidly.
D. Elderly persons may excrete psychotherapeutic drugs more slowly.
Question 2
The treatment of others equitably and distribution of benefits/burdens fairly is known as
which of the
following?
A. Fidelity
B. Justice
C. Beneficence
D. Non-
maleficence
Question 3
Persons who subordinate their own needs to those of others, get other to assume
responsibility for major
areas of the lives, lack self-confidence, and may experience intense discomfort when
alone for more than
a brief period of time are demonstrating characteristics consistent with which of the
following personality
disorders?
A. Avoidant personality disorder
B. Passive personality disorder
C. Dependent personality
disorder
D. Antisocial personality disorder
Question 4
According to Sullivan, which of the following are consistent with a mentor/mentee
relationship?
,A. Mentors are assigned
B. Mentor relationships are shorter term
C. Goals for the mentoring relationship are set
mutually.
D. A and B only
Question 5
A form of child abuse in which a parent or caretaker repeatedly fabricates or actually
inflicts injury or
illness in a child for whom medical intervention is then sought, often in an emergency
setting, is known as
which of the following?
A. Korsakoff's syndrome
B. Snyder's syndrome
C. Munchausen syndrome
D. Munchausen syndrome by
proxy
Question 6
The need for nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their education and
training is necessary
for which of the following reasons? Select all that apply.
A. The growth in number and proportion of older Americans
B. The projected primary care physician shortage by 2025
C. Increased number of individuals who have access to
healthcare
D. The economic push for cost-effective healthcare
Question 7
The ARNP assessing lifestyle as a social determinant of health would ask about which
of the following?
A. Diet
B. Education
C. Health literacy
D. Inherited
diseases
Question 8
In educating the patient beginning to take Lithium, the ARNP explains which of the
following related to
diet and fluid intake?
A. Caffeine and alcohol act as hydration agents and can raise your lithium
concentrations.
B. Drink at least a gallon or more of water per day and limit your salt intake.
, C. If you go on a diet, your doctor may need to increase frequency of blood tests.
D. All of the above
Question 9
The goal of psychotropic treatment is to eliminate all manifestations of a disorder to
below the syndromal
threshold, which is defined as which of the following?
A. Response
B. Remission
C. Resistance
D. Sensitization
Question 10
The NP can impact health policy and healthcare by doing which of the following?
A. Become an active member of local, state, and/or national NP organizations.
B. Become familiar with the resources available on NP organization websites.
C. Volunteer to serve on legislative committees within professional NP
organizations.
D. All the above
Question 11
A term used to describe individuals and families who are found to live in overcrowded
homes, relocate
frequently, and struggle to pay rent and monthly expenses is which of the following?
A. Homelessness
B. Housing
instability
C. Transiency
D. A and B
1 points
Question 12
Which of the following is consistent with current literature regarding the epidemiology of
dependent
personality disorder?
A. Dependent personality is more common in men than in women.
B. Dependent personality disorder is more common in young children than in older
ones.
C. Persons with chronic physical illness in childhood may be most susceptible to this
disorder.
D. B and C only
Question 13
Patients who injure themselves by self-mutilation (i.e., cutting their skin) but who usually
do not wish to
