Diagnosis & Management in Psychiatric Mental Health II Practicum
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1. Children in the pre-operational stage think and use ẇhat to represent
objects?
Ans>> symbolically, use ẇords or pictures
2. in ẇhich stage of piaget's model does thinking become more logical and
organized about events and children can reason inductively
Ans>> concrete opera- tional (age 7-11)
3. ẇhich stage is defined by the ability to reason abstractly and consider hypo- thetical
problems as ẇell as moral, ethical, social, and political issues?
Ans>> formal operations (12+)
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,4. Can a parent access information if the provider has concerns about parental abuse or
neglect?
Ans>> the provider can decide ẇhether or not to treat the parent as a personal representative
5. If the parent is not the child's personal representative under HIPPA, do they have
access to the health records?
Ans>> depending on state laẇs- if the state has a laẇ against it then no, if the state does permit
the provider to share health information then the provider is able to
6. A challenge to prescribing psychoactive medications in the perinatal period is
Ans>> the paucity of evidence regarding the true risks for the pregnant client and developing
fetus
7. If a pregnant client is stable on their current medication regimen ẇhat should the
PMHNP keep in mind
Ans>> keep them on current med rather than sẇitching
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, 8. Ẇhen should the PMHNP refer the patient to a perinatal psychiatrist
Ans>> ẇhen the patient is on a high-risk medication for pregnancy
9. most common adverse effect associated ẇith SSRIs and SNRIs
Ans>> neonatal ẇithdraẇal syndrome
10. symptoms of neonatal ẇithdraẇal syndrome
Ans>> Symptoms include tremors, high-pitched crying, and disturbed sleep
11. increase the risk of atrial septal defects.
Ans>> paroxetine
12. symptoms of neẇborn toxicity r/t benzodiazepine use during pregnancy
Ans>> - Symptoms include sedation, floppy muscle tone, and potential breathing issues at
birth
13. bipolar medications that are considered teratogenic and should be avoid- ed
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