PMHNP-BC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2024|25 | GRADED A+
1. A patient with bulimia nervosa is being treated by a PMHNP. Which of the
following is the first-line pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa?: A)
antidepres-sants
2. Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar symp-
toms to a panic attack?: A) MDD
3. Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the fol-
lowing ethnic/racial groups?: D) African AMericans
4. Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having:: A) Dramatic
and affective instability
5. Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having:: B) odd, unusu-
al, eccentric. and asocial
6. A PMHNP works in a community mental health clinic and evaluates a pa-
tient's competency to make decisions about their own treatment. Which of
thefollowing best describes the concept of competency in mental health
care?: D)the ability to make informed decision about tx options
7. You are a new nurse practitioner treating a victim of intimate partner vio-
lence. Your client states that she had been in the abusive relationship for
over10 years prior to the perpetrator being arrested and jailed. To better
establisha diagnosis, you need more information and decide to perform a
mental statusexam on the client.
Mental status exam findings indicative of abuse include all of the following
except:: D) having an extroverted personality
8. A young woman brings her 77-year-old father to a clinic. She believes her
father has Alzheimer's disease because he has been depressed and
forget-ful lately. What are the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?:
C) Moodchanges
9. Tanner Stages define physical measurement in the development of primary
and secondary sex characteristics in both females and males. What is stage
2of a female's breast development?: B) breast bud stage with elevation of
breastand papilla
10. stage of tanner's development: breast bud stage with elevation of breast
and papilla: A) stage 5
11. You are a new nurse practitioner treating a recently paroled convict. This
patient has a history of violent abuse of their partners. All of the following
diagnoses are characteristic of this population except:: D) ODD
12. A PMH-BC evaluates a 77-year-old man with the rapid onset of cognition
with inattentiveness and disturbances in consciousness. On assessment,
thepatient presents with episodes of psychomotor agitation and
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retardation.
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1. A patient with bulimia nervosa is being treated by a PMHNP. Which of the
following is the first-line pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa?: A)
antidepres-sants
2. Which of the following conditions is least likely to produce similar symp-
toms to a panic attack?: A) MDD
3. Statistically, gambling disorder is most prevalent among which of the fol-
lowing ethnic/racial groups?: D) African AMericans
4. Cluster B personality disorders are characterized as having:: A) Dramatic
and affective instability
5. Cluster A personality disorders are characterized as having:: B) odd, unusu-
al, eccentric. and asocial
6. A PMHNP works in a community mental health clinic and evaluates a pa-
tient's competency to make decisions about their own treatment. Which of
thefollowing best describes the concept of competency in mental health
care?: D)the ability to make informed decision about tx options
7. You are a new nurse practitioner treating a victim of intimate partner vio-
lence. Your client states that she had been in the abusive relationship for
over10 years prior to the perpetrator being arrested and jailed. To better
establisha diagnosis, you need more information and decide to perform a
mental statusexam on the client.
Mental status exam findings indicative of abuse include all of the following
except:: D) having an extroverted personality
8. A young woman brings her 77-year-old father to a clinic. She believes her
father has Alzheimer's disease because he has been depressed and
forget-ful lately. What are the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?:
C) Moodchanges
9. Tanner Stages define physical measurement in the development of primary
and secondary sex characteristics in both females and males. What is stage
2of a female's breast development?: B) breast bud stage with elevation of
breastand papilla
10. stage of tanner's development: breast bud stage with elevation of breast
and papilla: A) stage 5
11. You are a new nurse practitioner treating a recently paroled convict. This
patient has a history of violent abuse of their partners. All of the following
diagnoses are characteristic of this population except:: D) ODD
12. A PMH-BC evaluates a 77-year-old man with the rapid onset of cognition
with inattentiveness and disturbances in consciousness. On assessment,
thepatient presents with episodes of psychomotor agitation and
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retardation.
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