Fitzgerald PMHNP QUESTION AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT 2025
Theory - self-actualization - correct answer ✔Maslow
Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR) - correct answer ✔The risk in a control group
minus the risk in a treatment group
The concomitant use of MAOIs and St. John's wort can lead to - correct
answer ✔serotonin syndrome
Relative Risk Reduction (RRR) - correct answer ✔The percentage of risk
removed by the treatment
True randomization sample - correct answer ✔no bias in sample selection
Stratified sample - correct answer ✔a selective reproduction of the
population
non-probability sampling - correct answer ✔a sampling technique in which
there is no way to calculate the likelihood that a specific element of the
population being studied will be chosen
Reliability - correct answer ✔the concept that results can be repeated and
are not just a fluke
Validity - correct answer ✔The results indicate what the researcher thinks
they indicate
,Internal validity - correct answer ✔includes research design and steps of the
scientific method
External validity - correct answer ✔includes assessment of the interference's
or causal relationship
Retrospective study - correct answer ✔existing data are analyzed, either
qualitatively or quantitatively
Veracity - correct answer ✔The healthcare provider must be truthful and
avoid deception
LACE Essentials - correct answer ✔Licensure
Accreditation
Certification
Education
Licensure - correct answer ✔granting of authority to practice
Primary prevention - correct answer ✔-preventing the health problem
-most cost-effective form of healthcare
-immunizations
Secondary prevention - correct answer ✔-detecting the disease
-screening
,Tertiary prevention - correct answer ✔-minimizing negative disease induced
outcomes
-disease already present
-adjust therapy to avoid further damage
Conditions that originate during brain development - correct answer ✔-
schizophrenia, depression, autism, ADHD
The Reptilian Brain - correct answer ✔Brainstem and Cerebellum
Brainstem Structure - correct answer ✔Pons, medulla oblongata, midbrain
Brainstem Function - correct answer ✔-Regulates blood pressure,
respiration, level of arousal, and digestion
-Information relay to cerebellum
Brainstem effects of damage - correct answer ✔impaired inhibition, anxiety,
depression, and personality changes
Brainstem specific psychiatric conditions - correct answer ✔PTSD, paralysis,
psychosis, coma, and death
Cerebellum function - correct answer ✔coordinates balance, posture,
movement, memory, impulse control, cognition, language
Cerebellum effects of damage - correct answer ✔damage can cause ataxia,
tremors, emotional blunting, and lack of inhibition
, cerebellum specific psychiatric conditions - correct answer ✔autism and
ADHD, depression, bipolar do, schizophrenia
The emotional brain - correct answer ✔The Limbic System
The Limbic system major structures - correct answer ✔Amygdala,
Hippocampus
Amygdala key functions - correct answer ✔Regulates basic, powerful
emotions: fear, rage, sexual desire
Amygdala effects of damage - correct answer ✔Irritability, anger, aggression
Amygdala specific psychiatric conditions - correct answer ✔PTSD, panic do,
depression, autism, and schizophrenia
Hippocampus key functions - correct answer ✔Involved in memory and
converting short-term memory into long-term memory, learning
Hippocampus effects of damage - correct answer ✔Impaired memory and
attention
Hippocampus specific psychiatric conditions - correct answer ✔PTSD,
Alzheimer's, dementia, and major depression
Thalamus key functions - correct answer ✔-relay station that connects the
cortex to the limbic system for sensory information
-Influences affect, mood, and body movements associated with strong
emotion
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT 2025
Theory - self-actualization - correct answer ✔Maslow
Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR) - correct answer ✔The risk in a control group
minus the risk in a treatment group
The concomitant use of MAOIs and St. John's wort can lead to - correct
answer ✔serotonin syndrome
Relative Risk Reduction (RRR) - correct answer ✔The percentage of risk
removed by the treatment
True randomization sample - correct answer ✔no bias in sample selection
Stratified sample - correct answer ✔a selective reproduction of the
population
non-probability sampling - correct answer ✔a sampling technique in which
there is no way to calculate the likelihood that a specific element of the
population being studied will be chosen
Reliability - correct answer ✔the concept that results can be repeated and
are not just a fluke
Validity - correct answer ✔The results indicate what the researcher thinks
they indicate
,Internal validity - correct answer ✔includes research design and steps of the
scientific method
External validity - correct answer ✔includes assessment of the interference's
or causal relationship
Retrospective study - correct answer ✔existing data are analyzed, either
qualitatively or quantitatively
Veracity - correct answer ✔The healthcare provider must be truthful and
avoid deception
LACE Essentials - correct answer ✔Licensure
Accreditation
Certification
Education
Licensure - correct answer ✔granting of authority to practice
Primary prevention - correct answer ✔-preventing the health problem
-most cost-effective form of healthcare
-immunizations
Secondary prevention - correct answer ✔-detecting the disease
-screening
,Tertiary prevention - correct answer ✔-minimizing negative disease induced
outcomes
-disease already present
-adjust therapy to avoid further damage
Conditions that originate during brain development - correct answer ✔-
schizophrenia, depression, autism, ADHD
The Reptilian Brain - correct answer ✔Brainstem and Cerebellum
Brainstem Structure - correct answer ✔Pons, medulla oblongata, midbrain
Brainstem Function - correct answer ✔-Regulates blood pressure,
respiration, level of arousal, and digestion
-Information relay to cerebellum
Brainstem effects of damage - correct answer ✔impaired inhibition, anxiety,
depression, and personality changes
Brainstem specific psychiatric conditions - correct answer ✔PTSD, paralysis,
psychosis, coma, and death
Cerebellum function - correct answer ✔coordinates balance, posture,
movement, memory, impulse control, cognition, language
Cerebellum effects of damage - correct answer ✔damage can cause ataxia,
tremors, emotional blunting, and lack of inhibition
, cerebellum specific psychiatric conditions - correct answer ✔autism and
ADHD, depression, bipolar do, schizophrenia
The emotional brain - correct answer ✔The Limbic System
The Limbic system major structures - correct answer ✔Amygdala,
Hippocampus
Amygdala key functions - correct answer ✔Regulates basic, powerful
emotions: fear, rage, sexual desire
Amygdala effects of damage - correct answer ✔Irritability, anger, aggression
Amygdala specific psychiatric conditions - correct answer ✔PTSD, panic do,
depression, autism, and schizophrenia
Hippocampus key functions - correct answer ✔Involved in memory and
converting short-term memory into long-term memory, learning
Hippocampus effects of damage - correct answer ✔Impaired memory and
attention
Hippocampus specific psychiatric conditions - correct answer ✔PTSD,
Alzheimer's, dementia, and major depression
Thalamus key functions - correct answer ✔-relay station that connects the
cortex to the limbic system for sensory information
-Influences affect, mood, and body movements associated with strong
emotion
