PMHNP Comprehensive Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
abilify adverse effects - ✔✔akathisia, less sedation
Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) - ✔✔this tool
is used to monitor involuntary movements and tardive
dyskinesia in clients who take antipsychotic medication
Acamprosate (Campral) - ✔✔Reduces withdrawal in abstinent
alcoholics
acetaminophen considerations - ✔✔safe for kidney
hepatotoxic
acetylcholine - ✔✔PNS at muscarinic receptors, muscle
contraction and cognition at nicotinic receptors
acute dystonia & tx - ✔✔involuntary contractions of muscles
of the extremities, face, neck, abdomen, pelvis, or larynx in
either sustained or intermittent patterns that lead to
abnormal movements or postures
treat with anticholinergic, benadryl or cogentin
,Acute Stress Disorder - ✔✔PTSD symptoms (9) that appear for
a month or less immediately following the event, clinically
significant impairment
ADHD comorbidities - ✔✔learning disabilities, anxiety,
depression, ODD, CD
ADHD DSM-5 Criteria (types, how many sx, what age, how
many settings, duration) - ✔✔-Inattention and/or
hyperactivity that interferes with functioning or development
-6+ symptoms
-Before age 12
-Present in 2+ settings
-Clear evidence of impairment
-6 months
ADHD hyperactive/impulsive type - ✔✔Fidgeting
leaving the seat in the classroom
,running or climbing excessively
difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities
blurting out answers
difficulty waiting to take turns
talking excessively
interrupts or intrudes
ADHD inattention symptoms - ✔✔--Fails to give close
attention to details/makes mistakes in school work, work, or
other
--Difficulty sustaining attention
--Often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly
--Often does not follow instructions (*not due to oppositional
behaviour/failure to understand) and fails to finish things
--Difficulty organising tasks and activities
, --Often avoids/dislikes/reluctant to engage in tasks that
require sustained mental effort
--Often loses things
--Often easily distracted
--Often forgetful
Adjustment Disorders - ✔✔clinically significant emotional and
behavioral symptoms/change in prior level of functioning in
response to one or more specific stressors w/in 3 months of
the stressor, remit w/in 6 months of termination of the
stressor
specify: depression mood, anxiety, mixed anxiety and
depressed mood, disturbance of conduct, mixed disturbance
of emotions and conduct, unspecified
agoraphobia dsm-5 criteria - ✔✔Anxious about two or more:
- Using public transportation
- Being in open spaces
- Being in enclosed places (e.g., shops, cinema)
- Standing in line or being in a crowd
- Being outside of the home alone
abilify adverse effects - ✔✔akathisia, less sedation
Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) - ✔✔this tool
is used to monitor involuntary movements and tardive
dyskinesia in clients who take antipsychotic medication
Acamprosate (Campral) - ✔✔Reduces withdrawal in abstinent
alcoholics
acetaminophen considerations - ✔✔safe for kidney
hepatotoxic
acetylcholine - ✔✔PNS at muscarinic receptors, muscle
contraction and cognition at nicotinic receptors
acute dystonia & tx - ✔✔involuntary contractions of muscles
of the extremities, face, neck, abdomen, pelvis, or larynx in
either sustained or intermittent patterns that lead to
abnormal movements or postures
treat with anticholinergic, benadryl or cogentin
,Acute Stress Disorder - ✔✔PTSD symptoms (9) that appear for
a month or less immediately following the event, clinically
significant impairment
ADHD comorbidities - ✔✔learning disabilities, anxiety,
depression, ODD, CD
ADHD DSM-5 Criteria (types, how many sx, what age, how
many settings, duration) - ✔✔-Inattention and/or
hyperactivity that interferes with functioning or development
-6+ symptoms
-Before age 12
-Present in 2+ settings
-Clear evidence of impairment
-6 months
ADHD hyperactive/impulsive type - ✔✔Fidgeting
leaving the seat in the classroom
,running or climbing excessively
difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities
blurting out answers
difficulty waiting to take turns
talking excessively
interrupts or intrudes
ADHD inattention symptoms - ✔✔--Fails to give close
attention to details/makes mistakes in school work, work, or
other
--Difficulty sustaining attention
--Often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly
--Often does not follow instructions (*not due to oppositional
behaviour/failure to understand) and fails to finish things
--Difficulty organising tasks and activities
, --Often avoids/dislikes/reluctant to engage in tasks that
require sustained mental effort
--Often loses things
--Often easily distracted
--Often forgetful
Adjustment Disorders - ✔✔clinically significant emotional and
behavioral symptoms/change in prior level of functioning in
response to one or more specific stressors w/in 3 months of
the stressor, remit w/in 6 months of termination of the
stressor
specify: depression mood, anxiety, mixed anxiety and
depressed mood, disturbance of conduct, mixed disturbance
of emotions and conduct, unspecified
agoraphobia dsm-5 criteria - ✔✔Anxious about two or more:
- Using public transportation
- Being in open spaces
- Being in enclosed places (e.g., shops, cinema)
- Standing in line or being in a crowd
- Being outside of the home alone
