AGACNP Practice Exam Review – Mental Health
Screening Tools, Critical Care Scales & Verified Exam
Questions
Description:
This practice exam guide provides verified answers for AGACNP preparation,
covering PHQ-9, GAD-7, CAM-ICU, RASS, and other essential mental health and
critical care tools. A concise and exam-focused resource for NP students.
6th-8th grade reading level - answer✔✔Medical and health information literature
should be written no higher than MRT - answer✔✔Multidisciplinary Response
Team Ex: Rapid response team health literacy - answer✔✔Single best predictor of
one's health status How to prepare for future mass casuality - answer✔✔Pre-
enroll in disaster and response organizations such as american red cross MU -
answer✔✔Meaningful Use; healthcare providers' use of certified EHR technology
in ways that can be measured in quality and in quantity. Root cause analysis -
answer✔✔deep investigation into a sentinel event to determine why the event
occurred, and exploring the circumstances that led to it to determine where
improvements can be made process that is part of an effort to build a culture of
, safety beyond the culture of blame Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) -
answer✔✔1-4 minimal 5-9 Mild depression 10-14 Moderate Depression 15-19
Moderate Severe Depression 20-27 Severe Depression A brief 9-item self-report
questionnaire used as a screening tool to assess severity of depression; widely used
by health care providers, in validity is well established, particularly for identifying
severe depression. generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7) - answer✔✔5-9 Mild
10-14 Moderate 15-21 Severe >\= 10 probable positive diagnosis patient self ranks 7
s/s over the last 2 weeks on a scale of 0-3 with 3 indicating nearly every day CAGE-
AID - answer✔✔Self-report questionnaire designed to quickly assess whether an
alcohol or drug assessment is needed (C=cut down, A=annoy, G=guilty, E=Eye-
opener, AID=altered to include drugs Wong-Baker FACES scale - answer✔✔a pain
assessment tool that asks patients (often children) to select one of several faces
indicating expressions that convey a range from no pain through the worst pain
(from smiling to crying) Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) - answer✔✔Used with patients
with pain from chronic diseases or acute conditions, assesses severity of pain and
impact of pain on daily functions by asking patient to fill out a survey - rates severity
of pain and impact of pain on daily function, as well as location of pain, pain meds,
and amount of pain relief Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) -
answer✔✔+4 combative +3 very agitated +2 agitated +1 restless 0 alert and calm -
1 drowsy -2 light sedation -3 moderate sedation -4 deep sedation -5 unarousable
Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) - answer✔✔Tool design to be sued for
Screening Tools, Critical Care Scales & Verified Exam
Questions
Description:
This practice exam guide provides verified answers for AGACNP preparation,
covering PHQ-9, GAD-7, CAM-ICU, RASS, and other essential mental health and
critical care tools. A concise and exam-focused resource for NP students.
6th-8th grade reading level - answer✔✔Medical and health information literature
should be written no higher than MRT - answer✔✔Multidisciplinary Response
Team Ex: Rapid response team health literacy - answer✔✔Single best predictor of
one's health status How to prepare for future mass casuality - answer✔✔Pre-
enroll in disaster and response organizations such as american red cross MU -
answer✔✔Meaningful Use; healthcare providers' use of certified EHR technology
in ways that can be measured in quality and in quantity. Root cause analysis -
answer✔✔deep investigation into a sentinel event to determine why the event
occurred, and exploring the circumstances that led to it to determine where
improvements can be made process that is part of an effort to build a culture of
, safety beyond the culture of blame Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) -
answer✔✔1-4 minimal 5-9 Mild depression 10-14 Moderate Depression 15-19
Moderate Severe Depression 20-27 Severe Depression A brief 9-item self-report
questionnaire used as a screening tool to assess severity of depression; widely used
by health care providers, in validity is well established, particularly for identifying
severe depression. generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7) - answer✔✔5-9 Mild
10-14 Moderate 15-21 Severe >\= 10 probable positive diagnosis patient self ranks 7
s/s over the last 2 weeks on a scale of 0-3 with 3 indicating nearly every day CAGE-
AID - answer✔✔Self-report questionnaire designed to quickly assess whether an
alcohol or drug assessment is needed (C=cut down, A=annoy, G=guilty, E=Eye-
opener, AID=altered to include drugs Wong-Baker FACES scale - answer✔✔a pain
assessment tool that asks patients (often children) to select one of several faces
indicating expressions that convey a range from no pain through the worst pain
(from smiling to crying) Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) - answer✔✔Used with patients
with pain from chronic diseases or acute conditions, assesses severity of pain and
impact of pain on daily functions by asking patient to fill out a survey - rates severity
of pain and impact of pain on daily function, as well as location of pain, pain meds,
and amount of pain relief Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) -
answer✔✔+4 combative +3 very agitated +2 agitated +1 restless 0 alert and calm -
1 drowsy -2 light sedation -3 moderate sedation -4 deep sedation -5 unarousable
Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) - answer✔✔Tool design to be sued for
