PMHNP Mock Board Review (Fitzgerald): Test Questions and Answers Verified 100% Correct

PMHNP Mock Board Review (Fitzgerald): Test Questions and Answers Verified 100% Correct In Bowen's Family Theory, the individual can only be understood within their ___ and an increase in stable relationships is seen within the context of ___ (when compared to say... fusion which lacks boundaries) the goal is good ___ - ANSWER -Social Context Triangulation Differentiation of Self Aphasia, agnosia and apraxia damage attributed to the ___ lobe - ANSWER Parietal Lobe The reward neural pathway is the ___ and the voluntary / involuntary movement neural pathway is the ___ - ANSWER -Mesolimbic Pathway Nigrostriatal Pathway The action of any antipsychotic is to block the ___ receptor and the ___ receptor inhibits the formation of cAMP by inhibition of the enzyme ___ - ANSWER -D2 adenylate cyclase Concomitant use of triptans and SSRI or SNRI antidepressants has led to an FDA warning for ___ (but the risk is low according to JAMA study) Tx for ___ is Cyproheptadine (Periactin), fluids and ___ to decrease seizure-like movement/muscle stiffness - ANSWER -Serotonin Syndrome Benzos The ability of a Pt who had a stroke to regain the ability to speak by recruiting other areas of the brain to compensate for damaged regions is ___ - ANSWER Neural Plasticity African Americans patients are more likely to be ___ and over-diagnosed with (x2) - ANSWER -Involuntarily Hospitalized Substance Abuse / Schizophrenia Sickness, unhappiness and role functioning from ___ leaving body in Latino culture is ___ - ANSWER -Soul Susto The H.S.S.A. Mature Defense Mechanism - ANSWER -Humor Suppression Sublimation Altruism Effective therapeutic technique in ___ Psychotherapy (IPT) is ___ - ANSWER Interpersonal Psychotherapy Role Playing Dantrium (Dantrolene) or Parlodel (Bromocriptine) are both used in the Tx of ___ - ANSWER -NMS Lead Pipe Rigidity Tremors Dyskinesia Patient with bipolar most likely to be misdiagnosed with unipolar depression is ___ - ANSWER -Bipolar II Mood disorder (i.e. Bipolar, MDD, SAD...) with typically an early age of onset - ANSWER -Dysthymia (x3) Cat B psychiatric medications - ANSWER -Busparone (Buspar) Clozapine (Closaril) Lurasidone (Latuda) Due to QT prolongation, max dose of Citalopram (Celexa) is ___ in adults over ___. - ANSWER -20 mg 60 y/o SSRI withdrawal syndrome is ___ but not ___ - ANSWER -Bothersome Deadly John Bowlby developed ___ with the idea that the caregiver provides (x2) creating a stable base for the child - ANSWER -Attachment Theory Safety/Security A credential is used to provide ___ to the public by ensuring a minimum level of competence and title protect of psychiatric nurse practitioners for certification is provided by the ___ Scope of practice for any NP is determined by ___ - ANSWER -Protect American Nurses Association (ANA) State Law To be deemed incompetent requires a ___ A durable power of attorney for health care designates in writing an agent to act on behalf of an individual medically and should be considered for patients with chronic ___ - ANSWER -Court Ruling Psychiatric Disorders When considering probability is lies between ___ (something not possible) and ___ (something that will occur on every instance) and in order for the p value to have SIGNIFICANCE it must by ___ - ANSWER -0 1 .05 The ___ Report ensures that all investigators or participants in research must pass a test on protection of human subjects - ANSWER -Belmont Report