ANCC PMHNP PSYCH-MENTAL HEALTH NP EXAM LATEST 2025 (TEST 1, 2, & 3) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (TEST 1-3 LATEST VERSIONS EACH WITH 100 QUESTIONS EACH) | NEWEST VERSIONS ALREADY GRADED A+

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LATEST 2025 (TEST 1, 2, & 3) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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WITH 100 QUESTIONS EACH) | NEWEST VERSIONS
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ALREADY GRADED A+ fy fy fy




TEST 1 fy




Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very unkempt and
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apathetic. Although several months have passed since his wife's death he has not
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progressed at all through his grieving. You assess this condition as which of the
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following?
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disenfranchised grief
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panic disorder
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complicated grief
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physiologic grief - -Correct Answer:
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complicated grief
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RATIONALE: A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical, fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




psychological, cognitive and spiritual responses to the death of a significant other. Butwhen
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the person shows persistent maladaptive behaviors such as not taking care of personal
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hygiene and/or appearance and does not progress through the mourning process, this is
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complicated grief.
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If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following atypical
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antidepressants should not be prescribed within the recovery phase?
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Trazodone
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Duloxetine
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Bupropion
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Desvenlafaxine - -Correct Answer:
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Trazodone
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,RATIONALE: If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery phase,the fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




patient should not be prescribed this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the
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patient to develop orthostatic hypotension and priapism.
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To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader which of the followingwould
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be most appropriate?
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Use longer sentences.
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Use abstract concepts.
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Discourage questioning.
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Use examples and review. - -Correct Answer:
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Use examples and review.
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RATIONALE: To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples and review. The other fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




choices are not helpful. You should use short sentences and easy to read layouts;be
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concrete rather than abstract; and teach them how to ask questions about their health.
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Also, tell context first and use visual, use common words and examples, and explain
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meaning.
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A 21-year old woman presents with complaints of milky discharge from her breasts. She
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doesn't have any other symptoms and is not pregnant, nor has been before. She tells the
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nurse about each medication that she takes. Which of these drugs may be implicated as
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the cause of the symptom?
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aspirin
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Lamotrigine
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Risperidone
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sertraline - -Correct Answer:
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Risperidone
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RATIONALE: Risperidone can cause the greatest prolactin elevation among atypical fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




psychotics. A milky white discharge known as galactorrhea could be a sign of an underlying
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condition. The fact that the woman takes Risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic, would
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likely point to the cause and should be switched with one less likelyto have that same side
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effect.
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Which of the following would be considered one of the main things that is responsiblefor
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about 2/3 of psychiatric hospital readmissions?
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Not sufficient care.
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Medication noncompliance
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Biophysical assessments
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None of the above - -Correct Answer:
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Medication noncompliance
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RATIONALE: Medication noncompliance is a major problem with the psychiatric mental fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




health patients. The home health nurses assists by helping the patients
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to see the relationship between their compliance with their medication regimen andcontrol
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of their symptoms.
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,Which of the following would be considered an important form of communication that
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can help to promote consistency in the care of the patient at the
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same time that it justifies their stay in the hospital?
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Review of care.
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Documentation
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Verbal reporting
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None of the above - -Correct Answer:
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Documentation
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One of the most important aspects of nursing is documentation. Documentation can
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promote consistency in the care of the patient and is also used to help justify the patient
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remaining in the hospital.
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Effects of an overdose of LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) can include all of the
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following except?
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Vomiting
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Respiratory failure
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Hypertensive crisis
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Seizures - -Correct Answer:
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Hypertensive crisis
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RATIONALE: Hypertensive crisis would be considered a symptom of PCP overdose. fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




Vomiting, respiratory failure and seizures would be considered an effectof fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




LSD overdose.
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Symptoms of serotonin syndrome include all of the following EXCEPT: fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




insomnia
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nausea
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loss of coordination
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sweating or shivering with goose bumps - -Correct Answer:
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nausea
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Symptoms of serotonin syndrome can present in patients that have drug combinationsthat fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




are contraindicated. They can vary from restlessness and agitation to tremors, chills,
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headaches, and insomnia as well as loss of coordination. Nausea has not beenimplicated
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in serotonin syndrome.
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What is the rate of suicide attempts for patients having dissociative identity disorder?
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30%
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45%
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70%
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60% - -Correct Answer:
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70%
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, RATIONALE: People with dissociative identity disorder have one of the highest risks for fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




suicide. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-
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5),more than 70% of outpatients with DID have attempted suicide, and multiple suicide
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attempts are common.
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Of the following, which would not be considered a phase of schizophrenia treatment?
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Maintenance
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Acute
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Cognitive
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Stabilization - -Correct Answer:
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Cognitive
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RATIONALE: Cognitive is not one of the three phases of schizophrenia treatment.The fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




three phases are:
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Phase 1: acute f y f y




Phase 2: stabilization
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Phase 3: maintenance
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The patient should be monitored for effects of psychotropic medications which canimpact
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cardiac rhythms. Which of the following could be a potential
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cardiac side effect? fy fy




A prolonged QT interval
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Narrowing of the QRS
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Both A and B
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None of the above - -Correct Answer:A
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prolonged QT interval
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RATIONALE: With antipsychotic drugs, the triclyclic action can cause problems. These fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




medications can cause a widening of the QRS or a prolonged QT interval.
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This is a measure of the ventricular repolarization.
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Sullivan described three developmental cognitive modes of experience and believedthat
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mental disorders are related to the persistence of one of the early modes. The mode that
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begins in early childhood as the child begins to connect experiences in sequence is which
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of the following?
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prototaxic mode
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parataxic mode
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syntaxic mode
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composite mode - -Correct Answer:
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parataxic mode
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RATIONALE: The parataxic mode begins in early childhood. The child may not make fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




logical sense of the experiences and may see them as coincidence or chance events. The
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child seeks to relieve anxiety by repeating familiar experiences, although he or shemay not
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understand what he or she is doing.
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